Roman Breviary

91:2 It is good to give praise to the Lord: * and to sing to thy name, O most High.

91:3 To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, * and thy truth in the night:

91:4 Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: * with a canticle upon the harp.

91:5 For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: * and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

91:6 O Lord, how great are thy works! * thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

91:7 The senseless man shall not know: * nor will the fool understand these things.

91:8 When the wicked shall spring up as grass: * and all the workers of iniquity shall appear:

91:9 That they may perish for ever and ever: * but thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

91:10 For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: * and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

91:11 But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: * and my old age in plentiful mercy.

91:12 My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: * and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

91:13 The just shall flourish like the palm tree: * he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

91:14 They that are planted in the house of the Lord * shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

91:15 They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: * and shall be well treated, that they may shew,

91:16 That the Lord our God is righteous, * and there is no iniquity in him.

63:2 Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: * deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

63:3 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; * from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

63:4 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; * they have bent their bow a bitter thing, to shoot in secret the undefiled.

63:6 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: * they are resolute in wickedness.

63:6 They have talked of hiding snares; * they have said: Who shall see them?

63:7 They have searched after iniquities: * they have failed in their search.

63:7 Man shall come to a deep heart: * and God shall be exalted.

63:8 The arrows of children are their wounds: * and their tongues against them are made weak.

63:9 All that saw them were troubled; * and every man was afraid.

63:10 And they declared the works of God: * and understood his doings.

63:11 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: * and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

36:1 Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, * and shew us the light of thy mercies:

36:2 And send thy fear upon the nations, * that have not sought after thee:

36:3 That they may know that there is no God beside thee, * and that they may shew forth thy wonders.

36:4 Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, * that they may see thy power.

36:5 For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, * so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence,

36:6 That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, * that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.

36:7 Renew thy signs, and work new miracles. * Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.

36:8 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath. * Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.

36:9 Hasten the time, and remember the end, * that they may declare thy wonderful works.

36:10 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: * and let them perish that oppress thy people.

36:11 Crush the head of the princes of the enemies * that say: There is no other beside us.

36:12 Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, * and may declare thy great works.

36:13 And thou shalt inherit them * as from the beginning.

36:14 Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: * and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.

36:15 Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, * the city of thy rest.

36:16 Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, * and thy people with thy glory.

150:1 Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: * praise ye him in the firmament of his power.

150:2 Praise ye him for his mighty acts: * praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.

150:3 Praise him with sound of trumpet: * praise him with psaltery and harp.

150:4 Praise him with timbrel and choir: * praise him with strings and organs.

150:5 Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: * let every spirit praise the Lord.

O glorious lady! throned on high

Above the star-illumined sky;

Thereto ordained, thy bosom lent

To thy Creator nourishment.

Through thy sweet offspring we receive

The bliss once lost through hapless Eve;

And heaven to mortals open lies

Now thou art portal of the skies.

Thou art the door of heaven's high King,

Light's gateway fair and glistering;

Life through a Virgin is restored;

Ye ransomed nations, praise the Lord!

All honour, laud, and glory be,

O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee;

All glory, as is ever meet,

To Father and to Paraclete.

Amen.

1:68 Blessed be the Lord ✠ God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:

1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:

1:70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:

1:71 Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:

1:72 To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,

1:73 The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,

1:74 That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,

1:75 In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.

1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:

1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

1:79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.