Monastic Breviary

50:3 Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.

50:3 And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.

50:4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.

50:5 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.

50:6 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

50:7 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.

50:8 For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.

50:9 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

50:10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

50:11 Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.

50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

50:13 Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.

50:14 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

50:15 I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.

50:16 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

50:17 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

50:18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

50:19 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

50:20 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

50:21 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.

5:2 Give ear, O Lord, to my words * understand my cry.

5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.

5:4 For to thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

5:5 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: * because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

5:6 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

5:7 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: * thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.

5:7 The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. * But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy,

5:8 I will come into thy house; * I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

5:9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.

5:11 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: * judge them, O God.

5:11 Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: * for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

5:12 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: * they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them.

5:12 And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: * For thou wilt bless the just.

5:13 O Lord, thou hast crowned us, * as with a shield of thy good will.

148:1 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens * ‡ praise ye him in the high places.

148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: * praise ye him, all his hosts.

148:3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: * praise him, all ye stars and light.

148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: * and let all the waters that are above the heavens, praise the name of the Lord.

148:5 For he spoke, and they were made: * he commanded, and they were created.

148:6 He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: * he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, * ye dragons, and all ye deeps:

148:8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds * which fulfill his word:

148:9 Mountains and all hills, * fruitful trees and all cedars:

148:10 Beasts and all cattle: * serpents and feathered fowls:

148:11 Kings of the earth and all people: * princes and all judges of the earth:

148:12 Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: * For his name alone is exalted.

148:14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: * and he hath exalted the horn of his people.

148:14 A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching him.

149:1 Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: * let his praise be in the church of the saints.

149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: * and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.

149:3 Let them praise his name in choir: * let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.

149:4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people: * and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

149:5 The saints shall rejoice in glory: * they shall be joyful in their beds.

149:6 The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: * and two-edged swords in their hands:

149:7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, * chastisements among the people:

149:8 To bind their kings with fetters, * and their nobles with manacles of iron.

149:9 To execute upon them the judgment that is written: * this glory is to all his saints.

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 splendour of God’s glory bright,

O thou that bringest light from light,

O light of light, light’s living spring,

O day, all days illumining.

O thou true sun, on us thy glance

Let fall in royal radiance,

The Spirit’s sanctifying beam

Upon our earthly senses stream.

The Father too our prayers implore,

Father of glory evermore,

The Father of all grace and might,

To banish sin from our delight:

To guide whate’er we nobly do,

With love all envy to subdue,

To make ill-fortune turn to fair,

And give us grace our wrongs to bear.

Our mind be in his keeping placed,

Our body true to him and chaste,

Where only faith her fire shall feed,

And burn the tares of Satan’s seed.

And Christ to us for food shall be,

From him our drink that welleth free,

The Spirit’s wine, that maketh whole,

And mocking not, exalts the soul.

Rejoicing may this day go hence,

Like virgin dawn our innocence,

Like fiery noon our faith appear,

Nor know the gloom of twilight drear.

Morn in her rosy car is borne;

Let him come forth our perfect morn,

The Word in God the Father One,

The Father perfect in the Son.

All laud to God the Father be;

All praise, Eternal Son, to thee;

All glory, as is ever meet,

To God the Holy 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.