Roman Breviary

109:1 The Lord said to my Lord: * Sit thou at my right hand:

109:1 Until I make thy enemies * thy footstool.

109:2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: * rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

109:3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: * from the womb before the day star I begot thee.

109:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: * Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

109:5 The Lord at thy right hand * hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

109:6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: * he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

109:7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: * therefore shall he lift up the head.

110:1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; * in the council of the just, and in the congregation.

110:2 Great are the works of the Lord: * sought out according to all his wills.

110:3 His work is praise and magnificence: * and his justice continueth for ever and ever.

110:4 He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord: * he hath given food to them that fear him.

110:5 He will be mindful for ever of his covenant: * he will shew forth to his people the power of his works.

110:7 That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: * the works of his hands are truth and judgment.

110:8 All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, * made in truth and equity.

110:9 He hath sent redemption to his people: * he hath commanded his covenant for ever.

110:9 (bow head) Holy and terrible is his name: * the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

110:10 A good understanding to all that do it: * his praise continueth for ever and ever.

111:1 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: * he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

111:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: * the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

111:3 Glory and wealth shall be in his house: * and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

111:4 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: * he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

111:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: * because he shall not be moved for ever.

111:7 The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: * he shall not fear the evil hearing.

111:7 His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: his heart is strengthened, * he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.

111:9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: * his horn shall be exalted in glory.

111:10 The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: * the desire of the wicked shall perish.

112:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: * praise ye the name of the Lord.

112:2 (bow head) Blessed be the name of the Lord, * from henceforth now and for ever.

112:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

112:4 The Lord is high above all nations; * and his glory above the heavens.

112:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: * and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

112:7 Raising up the needy from the earth, * and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

112:8 That he may place him with princes, * with the princes of his people.

112:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, * the joyful mother of children.

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.

Thou heavenly, new Jerusalem,

Vision of peace in prophet's dream!

With living stones built up on high,

And rising to yon starry sky;

In bridal pomp thy form is crowned,

With thousand thousand angels round!

O bride, betrothed in happy hour,

The Father's glory is thy dower;

The bridegroom's grace is shed on thee

Thou queen all fair eternally;

To Christ allied, thy Prince adored,

Bright shining city of the Lord!

Behold with pearls they glittering stand

thy peaceful gates to all expand;

By grace and strength divinely shed

Each mortal thither may be led;

Who, kindled by Christ's love, will dare

All earthly sufferings now to bear.

By many a salutary stroke,

By many a weary blow that broke,

Or polished with a workman's skill,

The stones that form that glorious pile,

They all are fitly framed to lie

In their appointed place on high.

Fair and well pleasing in thy sight,

Parent most high, enthroned in light,

And for thine only Son most meet,

And thee, all-glorious Paraclete,

To whom praise, power, and glory rise

Forever through the eternal skies.

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.