Roman Breviary

98:1 The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: * he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.

98:2 The Lord is great in Sion, * and high above all people.

98:3 Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and holy: * and the king’s honour loveth judgment.

98:4 Thou hast prepared directions: * thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.

98:5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, * for it is holy.

98:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests: * and Samuel among them that call upon his name.

98:6 They called upon the Lord, and he heard them: * he spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.

98:7 They kept his testimonies, * and the commandment which he gave them.

98:8 Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: * thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.

98:9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: * for the Lord our God is holy.

142:1 Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: * hear me in thy justice.

142:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: * for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

142:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: * he hath brought down my life to the earth.

142:3 He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old: * and my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.

142:5 I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: * I meditated upon the works of thy hands.

142:6 I stretched forth my hands to thee: * my soul is as earth without water unto thee.

142:7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: * my spirit hath fainted away.

142:7 Turn not away thy face from me, * lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

142:8 Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; * for in thee have I hoped.

142:8 Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: * for I have lifted up my soul to thee.

142:9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled: * teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God.

142:10 Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land: * for thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice.

142:11 Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble: * and in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies.

142:12 And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul: * for I am thy servant.

84:2 Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: * ‡ thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

84:3 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: * thou hast covered all their sins.

84:4 Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: * thou hast turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.

84:5 Convert us, O God our saviour: * and turn off thy anger from us.

84:6 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: * or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

84:7 Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: * and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

84:8 Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; * and grant us thy salvation.

84:9 I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: * for he will speak peace.

84:9 And unto his saints: * and unto them that are converted to the heart.

84:10 Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him: * that glory may dwell in our land.

84:11 Mercy and truth have met each other: * justice and peace have kissed.

84:12 Truth is sprung out of the earth: * and justice hath looked down from heaven.

84:13 For the Lord will give goodness: * and our earth shall yield her fruit.

84:14 Justice shall walk before him: * and shall set his steps in the way.

45:15 Verily thou art a hidden God, * the God of Israel the saviour.

45:16 They are all confounded and ashamed: * the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.

45:17 Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: * you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.

45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, * God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof:

45:19 He did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. * I am the Lord, and there is no other.

45:20 I have not spoken in secret, * in a dark place of the earth:

45:21 I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. * I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.

45:22 Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, * ye that are saved of the Gentiles:

45:23 They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, * and pray to a god that cannot save.

45:24 Tell ye, and come, and consult together: * who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time?

45:25 Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? * A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me.

45:26 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: * for I am God, and there is no other.

45:27 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, * and shall not return:

45:28 For every knee shall be bowed to me, * and every tongue shall swear.

45:29 Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: * they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.

45:30 In the Lord shall all the seed * of Israel be justified and praised.

147:1 Praise the Lord, ‡ O Jerusalem: * praise thy God, O Sion.

147:2 Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates * he hath blessed thy children within thee.

147:3 Who hath placed peace in thy borders: * and filleth thee with the fat of corn.

147:4 Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: * his word runneth swiftly.

147:5 Who giveth snow like wool: * scattereth mists like ashes.

147:6 He sendeth his crystal like morsels: * who shall stand before the face of his cold?

147:7 He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: * his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run.

147:8 Who declareth his word to Jacob: * his justices and his judgments to Israel.

147:9 He hath not done in like manner to every nation: * and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them.

Jesu, eternal truth sublime,

Through endless years the same!

Thou crown of those who through all time

Confess thy holy name:

Thy suppliant people, through the prayer

Of thy blest saint, forgive;

For his dear sake, thy wrath forbear,

And bid our spirits live.

Again returns the sacred day,

With heavenly glory bright,

Which saw him go upon his way

Into the realms of light.

All objects of our vain desire,

All earthly joys and gains,

To him were but as filthy mire;

And now with thee he reigns.

Thee, Jesu, his all-gracious Lord,

Confessing to the last,

He trod beneath him Satan's fraud,

And stood forever fast.

In holy deeds of faith and love,

In fastings and in prayers,

His days were spent; and now above

Thy heavenly feast he shares.

Then, for his sake thy wrath lay by,

And hear us while we pray;

And pardon us, O thou most high,

On this his festal day.

All glory to the Father be;

And sole Incarnate Son;

Praise, holy Paraclete, to thee;

While endless ages run.

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.

Hail holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,

our life, our sweetness, and our hope.

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.

To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping

In this valley of tears.

Turn then, most gracious Advocate,

thine eyes of mercy toward us.

And after this our exile show unto us

the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.