Roman Breviary

122:1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, * who dwellest in heaven.

122:2 Behold as the eyes of servants * are on the hands of their masters,

122:2 As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: * so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

122:3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: * for we are greatly filled with contempt.

122:4 For our soul is greatly filled: * we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

123:1 If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say: * If it had not been that the Lord was with us,

123:2 When men rose up against us, * perhaps they had swallowed us up alive.

123:3 When their fury was enkindled against us, * perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

123:5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: * perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

123:6 Blessed be the Lord, * who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

123:7 Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow * out of the snare of the fowlers.

123:7 The snare is broken, * and we are delivered.

123:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, * who made heaven and earth.

124:1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: * he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth in Jerusalem.

124:2 Mountains are round about it: * so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

124:3 For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: * that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

124:4 Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, * and to the upright of heart.

124:5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: * peace upon Israel.

125:1 When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, * we became like men comforted.

125:2 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; * and our tongue with joy.

125:2 Then shall they say among the Gentiles: * The Lord hath done great things for them.

125:3 The Lord hath done great things for us: * we are become joyful.

125:4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, * as a stream in the south.

125:5 They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.

125:6 Going they went and wept, * casting their seeds.

125:6 But coming they shall come with joyfulness, * carrying their sheaves.

126:1 Unless the Lord build the house, * they labour in vain that build it.

126:1 Unless the Lord keep the city, * he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

126:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, * rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.

126:2 When he shall give sleep to his beloved, * behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

126:4 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, * so the children of them that have been shaken.

126:5 Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; * he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

Earth's mighty Maker, whose command

Raised from the sea the solid land;

And drove each billowy heap away,

And bade the earth stand firm for aye:

That so, with flowers of golden hue,

The seeds of each it might renew;

And fruit-trees bearing fruit might yield,

And pleasant pasture of the field:

Our spirit’s rankling wounds efface

With dewy freshness of thy grace:

That grief may cleanse each deed of ill,

And o’er each lust may triumph still.

Let every soul thy law obey,

And keep from every evil way;

Rejoice each promised good to win,

And flee from every mortal sin.

Hear thou our prayer, Almighty King!

Hear thou our praises, while we sing,

Adoring with the heavenly host,

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Amen.

1:46 My soul ✠ * doth magnify the Lord.

1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Saviour.

1:48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

1:49 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name.

1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, * to them that fear him.

1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble.

1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.

1:54 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy:

1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever.