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.

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.