Full text of "The Roman Breviary : reformed by order of the Holy cumenical Council of Trent ; published by order of Pope St. Pius V; and revised by Clement VIII., Urban VIII., and Leo XIII ; together with the offices since granted and the martyrology"

THE ROMAN BUEVIARY

THE ROMAN BREVIARY

REFORMED BY ORDER OF THE HOLY
CECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF TRENT;
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF POPE ST
PIUS V.; AND REVISED BY CLEMENT
VIII., URBAN VIII., AND LEO XIII.

TOGETHER WITH THE

OFFICES SINCE GRANTED
AND THE MARTYROLOGY

TRANSLATED OUT OF
LATIN INTO ENGLISH BY

JOHN, MARQUESS OF BUTE, K.T.

A NEW EDITION
FOR USE IN ENGLAND

IN FOUR VOLS.
VOL. IV.— AUTUMN

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MCMVIII

CONTENTS

THE PIE

TWO EASY TABLES ....
THE KALENDAR ....

PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS

See vol. i. p. xix

xix
xxxiii

THE PSALTER—

MATTINS —
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY

LAUDS —
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY

73
92
108
123
140
157

87
105
120
137
153
171

CONTENTS.

THE PSALTER-
PRIME —

SUNDAY
WEEK-DAYS

TERCE

SEXT

NONE

VESPERS —
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY

COMPLINE

35
45
52
59
66

176
185
188
190

193
197
200
205

PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON-
SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER .

PRAYERS, HOMILIES, AND GOSPEL ANTIPHONS

213
251
285
323

THE COMMON OF SAINTS—

FOR APOSTLES' EVES

FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS

FOR ONE MARTYR .

FOR MANY MARTYRS

FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR

FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BiSHOP

FOR DOCTORS ....

FOR THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

FOR VIRGINS ....

FOR HOLY WOMEN .

FOR DEDICATION OF A CHURCH

•/

345
346
366
382
399
4i5
43i
436
45'
464
472

CONTENTS.

PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS—

FEAST-DAYS

AUGUST

493

SEPTEMBER .

509

OCTOBER .....

604

NOVEMBER . . . .

700

DECEMBER ....

788

ADDITIONAL SERVICES—

LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
OFFICE FOR THE DEAD ....

GRADUAL PSALMS

SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS AND LITANY
GRACE BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT .
PRAYERS FOR A JOURNEY
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION
THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION .
DEVOTIONS AFTER COMMUNION

793
802
821
822
827
828
830
836
838

THE VOTIVE OFFICES-
ALL HOLY ANGELS ......

ALL THE HOLY APOSTLES ....

ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR .

THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

841
847
849
856

866
874

GENERAL APPENDIX

OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND

899

TWO EASY TABLES. ix

TWO EASY TABLES,

COMPILED FROM THE PIE.

And in which it can be seen at a glance tvhat is to be done

( l ) When the Second Vespers of one Office fall on the same evening with the First
Vespers of another Office.

(2) When tivo Offices fall on the same day.

To use these Tables, find the little square in which lines drawn from the
designations of the two Offices meet at right angles, and then look what direction
is given underneath the Table, with the number inscribed in the square.

For instance, in Table A a Double of the Second Class meets a Semi-double
in a square containing the numeral 4. And 4 gives the Rule " all of the former,
with a Commemoration of the latter," but if the case be reversed they meet in 1,
and the Service is " all of the latter, nothing of the former." And so in Table B,
the case of a Double of the Second Class and a Semi-double falling on the same
day is provided for in 4 and 3, and it is ordered that the Semi-double be com-
memorated and the Double of the Second Class observed, o indicates a case
which either cannot occur, or which is the subject of special directions in its own
place. However, it is first needful to know the rank of the different Offices.

LIST OF FEASTS ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASS.

Doubles of the First Class.

Christmas Day. Dec. 25.
Twelfth-Day. Jan. 6.
Maundy Thursday.
Good Friday.
Holy Saturday.
Easter Day.
Easter Monday.
Easter Tuesday.
Ascension Day.
Whitsun Day.
Whitsun Monday.
Whitsun Tuesday.
Corpus Christi.
The Sacred Heart.

The Immaculate Conception. Dec. 8.
Lady Day. March 25.
vol. iv. a 2

TWO EASY TABLES.

The Assumption. Aug. I 5.

The Birthday of St John the Baptist. June 24.

St Joseph. March 19.

SS. Peter and Paul. June 29.

All Saints. Nov. I.

St Thomas of Canterbury. 1 Dec. 29.

St George. April 23.

St Augustine of Canterbury. May 26.

The Dedication of the Particular Church.

The Feast of the Patron, or Titular of the Particular Church.

The Feast of the Chief Patron or Patrons of the diocese.

Doubles of the Second Class.

The Circumcision. Jan. 1.

The Holy Name.

The Most Holy Trinity.

The Most Precious Blood.

The Finding of the Cross. May 3.

Candlemas Day. Feb. 2.

The Visitation. July 2.

The Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Sept. 8.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary.

Michaelmas Day. Sept. 29.

The Patronage of St Joseph.

The Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, and of the Evangelists.

St Stephen. Dec. 26.

The Holy Innocents. Dec. 28.

St Lawrence. Aug. 10.

St Anne. July 26.

St Joachim.

St Gregory the Great. March 12.

St Edward. Oct. 13.

Greater Doubles.

The Commemorations —

Of the Prayer of our Lord,

Of His Sufferings,

Of His Coronation,

Of His Piercing,

Of His Enshroudment,

Of His Five Wounds,

Of His Precious Blood. /

The Transfiguration. Aug. 6.
The Most Holy Redeemer. Oct. 23.
The Exaltation of the Cross. Sept. 14.
Dedication of the Church of St Saviour. Nov. 9.

1 Regarding the rank of this Feast, see note under his day.

TWO EASY TABLES. xi

The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. Dec. 18.

Her Espousal. Jan. 23.

Her Sorrows (the two Feasts).

The Blessed Virgin styled Help of Christians. May 24.

The Blessed Virgin styled of Mount Carmel. July 1 6.

Dedication of St Mary's of the Snows. Aug. 5.

The Name of Mary.

The Blessed Virgin styled of Ransom. Sept. 24.

The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin.

Her Motherhood.

Her Purity.

Her Patronage.

Manifestation of St Michael. May 8.

St Gabriel. March 18.

St Raphael. Oct. 24.

The Guardian Angels. Oct. 2.

The Beheading of the Baptist. Aug. 29.

St Peter's Chair at Rome. Jan. 18.

St Peter's Chair at Antioch. Feb. 22.

St Peter's Chains. Aug. I.

The Conversion of St Paul. January 25.

Commemoration of St Paul. June 30.

Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul. Nov. 18.

St John before the Latin Gate. May 6.

St Barnabas. June 1 1 .

The Blessed John and his companions. May 4.

St Bede the Venerable. May 27.

St Alban. June 22.

Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury. July 7.

The Holy Relics (second Sunday in July).

St Ursula. Oct. 21.

St Edmund the Martyr. Nov. 20.

St Benedict. March 2 1 .

St Dominic. Aug. 4.

St Francis. Oct. 4.

St Patrick. March 17.

St Francis Xavier. Dec. 3. 1

Sundays of the First Class.

The First Sunday of Advent.
The First Sunday of Lent.
Passion Sunday.
Palm Sunday.
Easter Sunday.
Low Sunday.
Whitsunday.
Trinity Sunday.

1 The Feast was an Ordinar)' Double when the Office given in this Breviary was printed.

Xli TWO EASY TABLES.

Sundays of the Second Class.

The Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays in Advent.

Septuagesima Sunday.

Sexagesima Sunday.

Quinquagesima Sunday.

The Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Lent.

Greater Week-days.

Those of Advent.
Those of Lent.
The Ember Days.
Rogation Monday.

In the General Appendix will be found the following Greater Doubles.

Translation of the Holy House of Loreto.

The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.

The Holy Home.

The Blessed Thomas Plumtree and his Companions.

The Flight of our Lord Jesus Christ into Egypt.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Good Counsel.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled the Mother of the Lord our Shepherd.

Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled Mother of Grace.

Translation of St Edmund.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Perpetual Succour.

The Blessed John Fisher.

The Blessed Thomas More.

Translation of St Cuthbert.

The Blessed Thomas Percy.

LIST OF PRIMARY FEASTS.

I. Doubles of the First Class.
Christmas.
Twelfth Day.
Easter Day.
The Ascension.
Whitsun Day.

Corpus Christi. /

The Immaculate Conception.
Lady Day.
The Assumption.

The Birthday of St John the Baptist.
St Joseph.

TWO EASY TABLES. Xlll

SS. Peter and Paul.

All Saints.

St Thomas of Canterbury.

St George.

St Augustine of Canterbury.

The Dedication of the Particular Church.

The Patron or Titular.

The principal Patron or Patrons of the district or diocese.

II. Doubles of the Second Class.

The Circumcision.

The Most Holy Trinity.

Candlemas Day.

The Visitation.

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.

Michaelmas Day.

The Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, and of the Evangelists.

St Stephen. Dec. 26.

The Holy Innocents.

St Lawrence.

St Anne.

St Joachim.

St Gregory the Great.

St Edward.

III. Greater Doubles.

The Transfiguration.

The Dedication of St Saviour's.

Dedication of St Mary's of the Snows.

The Angels Guardian.

The Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter and Paul.

St Barnabas.

St Benedict.

St Dominic.

St Francis.

St Gabriel.

St Raphael.

The Blessed John and his Companions.

St Bede the Venerable.

St Alban.

The Holy Relics.

St Ursula.

St Edmund the Martyr.

St Patrick.

St Francis Xavier.

IV. Doubles.
The Birthday (or day kept as such) of each Saint.

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LIST OF SECONDARY FEASTS.

I. Doubles of the First Class.
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

II. Doubles of the Second Class.

The Most Holy Name of Jesus.

The Finding of the Holy Cross.

The Feast of the Most Precious Blood.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary.

The Patronage of St Joseph.

III. Greater Doubles.

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

The Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin (the two Feasts).

The Blessed Virgin styled of Mount Carmel.

Her Holy Name.

The Blessed Virgin styled of Ransom.

Her Presentation.

The Manifestation of St Michael.

The Beheading of St John the Baptist.

St Peter's Chair at Rome.

St Peter's Chair at Antioch.

St Peter's Chains. .

The Conversion of St Paul.

The Commemoration of St Paul.

St John before the Latin Gate.

The Commemorations —

Of the Prayer of our Lord,

Of His Sufferings,

Of His Coronation,

Of His Piercing,

Of His Enshroudment,

Of His Five Wounds,

Of His Precious Blood.
Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer.
The Espousal of the Blessed Virgin.
Her Motherhood.
Her Purity.

Her Patronage. /

The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin.
The Blessed Virgin styled Help of Christians.
Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury.

All other Feasts of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Saints not
provided for in these lists.

TWO EASY TABLES.

TABLE A.

If the Second Vespers of

An Higher Sunday (■/.*., of the First or
Second Class) .....

An Ordinary Sunday ....

A Double of the First Class .

A Double of the Second Class

A Patron or Titular ....

A Greater Double ....

A Double

1
1

3
1

1
1

4
5

A Semi-double .....

An Octave-day .....

A Day within an Octave

I . All of the latter, nothing of the former.
1 2. All of the former, nothing of the latter.
| 3. All of the latter, but with a Com-
memoration of the former.
4. All of the former, but with a Com-
memoration of the latter.
1 5. All of the former till the Chapter, ex-
clusive ; then of the latter, from the
Chapter, inclusive, but with a Com-
memoration of the former.
6. All of the more important, but with
a Commemoration of the less
important ; if equal, Vespers of the
latter from the Chapter inclusive.

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Christi and of other Primary Feasts of our Lord, the whole Service is of the
Octave. If a Double Feast have occupied the day, it is only commemorated,

xvi TWO EASY TABLES.

unless it be of the First or Second Class, in which case the Service is of it, with
a Commemoration of the First Vespers of the Octave.

If the Second Vespers of the Octave-days of the Feasts of our Lord which
are Primary and more solemn, such as those of Twelfth-Day, Easter, the
Ascension, and the others, clash with the First Vespers of a Double (including
the Octave-day of St John the Baptist), the Double is only commemorated,
unless it be of the First or Second Class, the Patron, Titular, or Dedication
Feast of the particular Church, in which cases the Service is of the Double,
with a Commemoration of the Second Vespers of the Octave.

On the Octave-days of Primary Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, the Angels,
St John the Baptist, St Joseph, and the Holy Apostles, there is only a Com-
memoration made of an Ordinary or Lesser Double that precedes or follows.

If a Double or Semi-double Feast have been reduced to the condition of a
Simple according to the Pie, Chap, x., and a Double of the First Class fall
upon the day before, the reduced Feast is commemorated at the Second Vespers
of the Double of the First Class only if it is to be commemorated at the Lauds
of the succeeding day, that is to say of its own day ; but upon Doubles of the
Second Class such a reduced Feast is commemorated at both Vespers in the
same way as an Octave-day or a Sunday would be ; but a day within an Octave
is not commemorated unless the next day's Office be of the same.

When several Commemorations are to be made, they are arranged in the order
of i, Privileged Sunday; 2, Octave-Day; 3, Greater Double; 4, Reduced
Double ; 5, Ordinary Sunday ; 6, Day within the Octave of Corpus Christi ;
7, Semi-double ; 8, Day within an Octave, reduced to the form of Simple ;
9, Greater Week-day or Eve; 10, Simple.

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TWO EASY TABLES.

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TABLE B.

A Double of the First Class

A Double of the Second Class . 4

A Greater Double

A Double of a Doctor

A Double

616

4 4

6| 2
4

4 1

4
4
i 4

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A Day within an Octave

3 7

An Octave-day

A Semi-double

A Simple

A Greater Week-day

3 3

An Eve

3 5

1. The former is transferred, and

the latter observed.

2. The former is observed, and

the latter transferred.

3. The latter is observed, and

the former commemorated.

4. The former is observed, and

the latter commemorated.

The former is
omitted, and
observed.

altogether
the latter

6. The former is observed, and

the latter altogether omitted.

7. The more important is ob-

served, and the less im-
portant commemorated.

8. The more important is ob-

served, and the less im-
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Note.

A Double of any sort, even the Patron, Titular, or Dedication Feast of the
particular Church, if it fall on Dec. 24, Whitsun Eve, Jan. 1 or 13, Ash
Wednesday, Holy, Easter, or Whitsun Weeks, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi
Day, March 25, Aug. 15, Dec. 8, Midsummer Day, March 19, June 29, of
Nov. 1, is transferred, if it can be transferred, but if not, it is simply com-
memorated upon its own day, or totally omitted, as may be directed in the Pie.

Within the Octave of the Epiphany no Feast can be kept except Double
Feasts of the First Class, and that with Commemoration of the Octave. Other
Feasts of Nine Lessons are permanently fixed on the first free day after the
Octave ; Simples are commemorated only. Within the Octave of Corpus Christi,
Semi-doubles are reduced to the rank of Simples and commemorated, neither can
Doubles be transferred thither unless they be of the First or Second Class, and a
Commemoration is always made of the Octave. Within those Octaves, in which
the observance of Feasts is allowed, a Semi-double, if it fall on a Sunday, is
commemorated as prescribed by the Pie.

The Octaves of Christmas, Twelfth -Day, and Corpus Christi, are com-
memorated at every Vespers and Lauds, whatever be the Office.

Other Octaves, which are not in the Kalendar, 1 are not observed from Ash
Wednesday to Low Sunday, or Whitsun Eve to Trinity Sunday, both inclusive,
or from Dec. 1 7 to Jan. 6.

An Octave-day can never be transferred. Therefore, if Corpus Christi fall
on Midsummer Day, and the Feast of St John were consequently kept on June
2 5, July 1 would be kept as the Octave of Corpus Christi, with a Commemoration
of the Octave of St John at both Vespers and at Lauds.

If some other Saints be mentioned in the Kalendar on the same day with the
Patron or Titular, the Feast of the Patron or Titular alone is observed. If the
other Feast be a Double or Semi-double, it is permanently fixed on the first free
day and kept as a Semi-double. If it is a Double of the First or Second Class,
it is similarly transferred and kept as on its own day. 2

The Week-days of Advent and Lent, if not kept as such, are always com-
memorated at both Vespers and Lauds, whatever be the Office; Ember Days,
Eves, and Rogation Monday, at Lauds only. But if an Eve fall in Advent or
Lent, on an Ember Day, a Double of the First Class, or the Patronal, Titular,
or Dedication Feast of the particular Church, no notice is taken of it, even in
Lauds.

1 But in the diocese ol I [exfaam there is a special privilege permitting the observance of an
Octave in honour of St Cuthbert.

- I.e., in that particular Church, it has a day fixed other than elsewhere.

KALENDAR. xix

KALENDAR.

JANUARY.

1 . Circumcision of our Lord. Double of the Second Class.

2. Octave of St Stephen. Double. Commemoration of the Octaves of St

Thomas of Canterbury, of St John, and of the Holy Innocents.

3. Octave of St John, Apostle and Evangelist. Double. Commemoration of

St Thomas of Canterbury, and of the Octave of the Holy Innocents.

4. Octave of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of St

Thomas of Canterbury.

5. Octave of St Thomas of Canterbury, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of

the Eve of the Epiphany and of St Telesphorus, Pope of Rome, Martyr.

6. Epiphany of Our Lord. Double of the First Class.

7. Within the Octave of the Epiphany.

8. Within the Octave.

9. Within the Octave.

10. Within the Octave.

11. Within the Octave. Commemoration of St Hyginus, Pope of Rome, and

Martyr.
1 2. Within the Octave.

* Lord's Day within the Octave of the Epiphany. [The Finding of the Child

JESUS in the Temple. Greater Double. General Appendix.]]

13. Octave of the Epiphany. Double.

* Second Lord's Day after the Epiphany. Feast of the Most Holy Name of

JFSUS. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.

14. Hilary, Bishop [of Poitiers,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.

Commemoration of St Felix, Priest and Martyr.

15. Paul, the First Hermit. Double. Commemoration of St Maurus, Abbat.

16. Marcellus, Pope and Martyr. Semi-double.

17. Antony, Abbat. Double.

18. The Chair of St Peter at Rome. Greater Double. Commemoration of St

Paul and of St Prisca, Virgin and Martyr.

19. Wolstan, Bishop [of Worcester,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of

SS. Maris, Audifax, Abachum, and Martha, Martyrs.

* Third Lord's Day after the Epiphany. [The Feast of the Holy Home,

JESUS, Mary, and Joseph. Greater Double. Gen. App.]

20. Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs. Double.

21. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr. Double.

22. Vincent and Anastasius. Semi-double.

23. Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Joseph. Greater Double. Com-

memoration of St Joseph and of Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr.

24. Timothy, Bishop [of Ephesus,] Martyr. Double.

XX KALENDAR.

25. Conversion of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter.

26. Polycarp, Bishop [of Smyrna,] Martyr. Double.

27. John Chrysostom, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor and Doctor of

the Church. Double.

28. Raymond of Penafuerte, Confessor. Semi-double. 1 Commemoration of St

Agnes for the second time.

29. Francis de Sales, Bishop [of Geneva,] Confessor, and Doctor of the

Church. Double.

30. Martina, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-double.

\_Double in the Province of Westminster.]
3 i . Peter Nolasco, Confessor. Double.

* Friday after Septuagesima Sunday, Prayer of our Lord in the Garden of

Gethsemane. Greater Double.

* Friday after Sexagesima Sunday, Sufferings of our Lord. Greater Double.

FEBRUARY.

1 . Ignatius, Bishop [of Antioch,] Martyr. Double.

2. Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class.

3. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration

of Blase, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, Martyr.

4. Andrew Corsini, Bishop [of Fiesole,] Confessor. Double.

5. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr. Double.

6. Titus, Archbishop [of Gortyna in Crete,] Confessor. Double. Commem-

oration of St Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr.

7. Romuald, Abbat. Double.

8. John de la Mata, Confessor. Double.

9. Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.

Commemoration of St Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr.
[The Twenty-six Holy Martyrs who suffered in Japan. Double. Gen.
App.]

10. Scholastica, Virgin. Double.

11. Gilbert [of Sempringham,] Confessor. Semi-double.

12. Benedict Biscop, Abbat, Confessor. Double.

13. The Seven Founders of the Servite Order, Confessors. Double.
[Kentigern, Bishop [of Glasgow,] Confessor. Double. Gen. App.]

1 4. Valentine, Priest and Martyr.

[Thomas Plumtree and his Companions, Martyrs. Greater Double. Gen.
* App.]

15. Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs.

16. /

17. [The Flight of our Lord Jesus Christ into Egypt. Greater Double. GerL

App.]

18. Simeon, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Martyr.
19.

1 See vol. i. p. 723.

KALENDAR. XXI

20.
21.

22. The Chair of St Peter at Antioch. Greater Double. Commemoration of St

Paul.

23. Peter Damian, [Cardinal] Bishop [of Ostia,] Confessor, and Doctor of the

Church. Double. Commemoration of the Eve.

24. Matthias, Apostle. Double of the Second Class.
25.

26. Ethelbert, King of Kent, Confessor. Double.

27. [Margaret of Cortona, Penitent. Semi-double. Gen. App.]
28.

In Leap- Year February has 29 days, the additional day is inserted after the

23rd, the 24th is then the Eve of St Matthias, and the following days

are each counted one later, the Feast of St Matthias being the 25th, &c.

* First Friday in Lent, Coronation of our Lord with Thorns. Greater

Double.

Second Friday in Lent, Piercing of Our Lord ivith Spear and Nails.

Greater Double.
Third Friday in Lent, Enshroudment of our Lord. Greater Double.
Fourth Friday in Lent, The Five Most Holy Wounds of our Lord.
Greater Double.

MARCH.

1. David, Archbishop [of Caerleon,] Confessor. Double.

2. Chad, Bishop [of Lichfield,] Confessor. Double.

3. Aelred, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double.

4. Casimir, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of St Lucius, Pope of

Rome, and Martyr.

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6.

7. Thomas of Aquino, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Com-

memoration of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs.

8. Felix, Bishop [of Dunwich,] Confessor. Double.

9. Frances of Rome, Widow. Double.

10. The Forty Martyrs. Semi-double.

1 1 . John of God, Confessor. Double.

12. Gregory [jhe Great,~\ Pope of Rome, Doctor of the Church, and Apostle of

England. Double of the Second Class.

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17. Patrick, Archbishop [of Armagh,] Confessor. Greater Double.
l 8. The Archangel Gabriel. Greater Double.

19. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the First
Class.

XXH KALENDAR.

20. Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double.

[In the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle this Feast has an Octave. See
Gen. App.]

2 1 . Benedict, Abbat and Confessor. Greater Double.

22. Cyril, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
[Edward, King of England, Martyr. Double. Gen. App.]

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24.

25. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the First Class.

26. [The Penitent Thief. Double. Gen. App.]

27. John of Damascus, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.

28. John of Capistrano, Confessor. Semi-double.
29.

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* Friday in Passion Week, Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater
Double.

APRIL.

2. Francis of Paola, Confessor. Double.

3. Richard, Bishop [of Chichester,] Confessor. Double.

4. Isidore, Archbishop [of Seville,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

Double.

5. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor. Double.
6.

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8.

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10.

11. Leo the Great, Pope of Rome, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

Double.
12.

13. Hermenegild, Martyr. Semi-double.

14. Justin, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius, Valerian, and

Maximus, Martyrs.

16.

17. Stephen Harding, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of St

Anicete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.

18. /

19. iElphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr. Double.
20.

21. Anselm, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

Double.

22. Soter and Caius, Popes of Rome, and Martyrs. Semi-double.

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23. George, Martyr, Patron of England. Double of the First Class.

24. Faithful of Sigmaringen, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave

of St George and of St Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury.

25. Mark, Evangelist, Double of the Second Class.

26. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes of Rome, and Martyrs. Semi-double. Com-

memoration of the Octave of St George.
[The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Good Counsel. Greater Double.
Gen. App.]

27. Egbert, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of St

George.

28. Paul of the Cross, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of

St George and of St Vitalis, Martyr.

29. Peter, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St George.

30. Octave of St George, Martyr. Double.

* Third Lord's Day after Easter, Patronage of St Joseph. Double of the

Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
[In some dioceses this Feast has an Octave. See Gen. App.]

MAY.

1 . Philip and James, Apostles. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration

of St Asaph, Bishop of St Asaph.
[* First Lord's Day in May, The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled the Mother
of the Lord our Shepherd. Greater Double. Gen. App.]

2. Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

Double.

3. Finding of the Holy Cross. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration

of SS. Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, Martyrs, and Juvenal, Bishop
of Narni, Confessor.

4. John, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester, Thomas More, and their companions,

Martyrs. Greater Double.

5. Katharine of Sienna, Virgin. Double.

6. John, Apostle and Evangelist, before the Latin Gate. Greater Double.

7. Stanislaw, Bishop [of Crakow,] Martyr. Double.

8. Manifestation of the Archangel St Michael. Greater Double.

9. Gregory of Nazianzus, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor, and Doctor

of the Church. Double.

10. Antonine, Archbishop [of Florence,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration

of SS. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs.

1 1. Pius V., Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double.

[John Rochester and James Walworth and their Companions, Martyrs.
Double. Gen. App.]

12. Nereus, Achilles, the Virgin Domitilla, and Pancras, Martyrs. Semi-double.
[Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Gen. App.]

13. Walburg, Virgin. Double.

[4. Monica, Widow. Double. Commemoration of St Boniface, Martyr.

xxiv KALENDAR.

15. [Jean- Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor. Double. Gen. App.]

[The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled Mother of Grace. Greater Double.
Gen. App.]

16. Simon Stock, Confessor. Double.

17. Paschal Baylon, Confessor. Double.

18. Venantius, Martyr. Double.

19. Dunstan, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] Confessor. Double. Commemora-

tion of St Pudentiana, Virgin.

20. Bernardine of Sienna. Semi-double.

21. Peter Celestine, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double.

22. Ubald, Bishop [of Gubbio,] Confessor. Semi-double.

23. John Baptist de' Rossi, Confessor. Double.

24. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled " Help of Christians." Greater Double.
[In the dioceses of Shrewsbury and Westminster, Double of the First Class,

with an Octave. Gen. App.]

25. Aldhelm, Bishop [of Sherborne,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of

St Urban, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.

26. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor, Apostle of England.

Double of the First Class.

27. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Greater Double.

Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine and of St John I., Pope
of Rome, and Martyr.

28. Gregory VII., Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the

Octave of St Augustine.
[The Blessed Margaret Pole, Countess [of Salisbury,] Martyr. Double.
Gen. App.]

29. Eleutherius, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the

Octave of St Augustine.

30. John of Nepomuc, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St

Augustine and of St Felix, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.

31. Angela Merici, Virgin. Double. Commemorations of the Octave of St

Augustine and of St Petronilla, Virgin.
* Third Lord's Day after Pentecost, the Most Sacred Heart of JESUS.
Double of the First Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.

JUNE.

1. Within the Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury.

2. Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury. Double. Commemoration of SS.

Marcellinus, Peter, and Elmo, Martyrs.

3. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Virgin. Double.
Francis Caracciolo, Confessor. Double. /

5. Boniface, Archbishop [of Maintz,] Martyr. Double.

[In the diocese of Plymouth, a Double of the First Class, with an Octave.
Gen. App.]

6. Norbert, Archbishop [of Magdeburg,] Confessor. Double.
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8. William, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double.

9. Primus and Felician, Martyrs.

\_In the diocese of Portsmouth, Translation of St Edmund, Archbishop of
Canterbury, Confessor. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
10. Margaret, Queen of Scots, Widow. Double.
1 1 . Barnabas, Apostle. Greater Double.

12. John of San Fagondez. Double. Commemoration of SS. Basilides, Cyrinus,

Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs.

13. Anthony of Padua, Confessor. Double.

14. Basil the Great, Archbishop [of Cassarea-in-Pontus,] Confessor and Doctor

of the Church. Double.

15. Philip Neri, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Vitus, Modestus,

and Crescentia, Martyrs.
16.

17. Botolph, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double.

[Lord's Day before the birth of St John the Baptist, the Blessed Virgin
Mary, styled of Perpetual Succour. Greater Double. Gen. App.]

18. Mark, and Marcellian, Martyrs.

19. Juliana de' Falconieri, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of SS. Gervase

and Protase, Martyrs.

20. Silverius, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.

2 1 . Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor. Double.

22. Alban, Proto-Martyr of Britain. Greater Double. Commemoration of

Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, Confessor.
[First Free Day after June 22, the Blessed John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of
Rochester, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen. App.]

23. Etheldreda, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of Midsummer Eve.

24. Birth of St John the Baptist. Double of the First Class.

25. William, Abbat, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St

John.

26. John and Paul, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St

John.

27. Within the Octave of the Birth of St John.

28. Leo II., Pope of Rome, and Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of

the Octave of St John, and of the Eve of the Apostles.

29. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Double of the First Class.
[Commemoration of all the Holy Apostles. Gen. App.]

30. Commemoration of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter,

and of the Octave of St John.

JULY.

* First Lord's Day in July, the Most Precious Blood of our Lord jfESUS
Christ. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.

Octave of the Birth of St John the Baptist. Double. Commemoration of
the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul.

XXVI KALENDAR.

2. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Com-

memoration of SS. Processus and Martinian, Martyrs.

3. Within the Octave of the Apostles.

4. Within the Octave of the Apostles.

5. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Confessor. Doable. Commemoration of the

Octave of the Apostles.

6. Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Double.

[First Free Day after July 6, the Blessed Thomas More, Martyr. Greater
Double. Gen. App.]

7. Translation of Thomas, Archbishop [of Canterbury], Martyr. Greater Double.
* Second Lord's Day in July, the Holy Relics. Greater Double. Com-
memoration of the Sunday.

8. Isabel, Queen of Portugal, Widow. Semi-double.

9. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstad, Confessor. Double.

10. The Seven Brethren and the Holy Virgins Rufina and Secunda, all Martyrs.

Semi-double.

11. Cyril, Bishop of Moravia, and Methodius, Bishop of KiefF, Confessors.

Double. Commemoration of St Pius I., Pope and Martyr.

12. John Gualberto, Abbat [of Passignano,] Double. Commemoration of SS.

Nabor and Felix, Martyrs.

13. Anaclete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double.

14. " Buona-ventura," [Cardinal] Bishop [of Albano,] Confessor, and Doctor

of the Church. Double.

1 5. Swithun, Bishop [of Winchester,] Confessor. Double.
[The Division of the Apostles. Double. Gen. App.]

[Third Sunday in July, Commemoration of All the Holy Bishops of Rome.
Double. Gen. App.]

1 6. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Mount Carmel. Greater Double.
[In the diocese of Salford, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]

17. Osmund, Bishop [of Salisbury,] Confessor. Double.

18. Camillus de' Lelli, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Symphorosa

and her Seven Sons, Martyrs.

19. Vincent de Paul, Confessor. Double.

20. Jerome Miani, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Margaret, Virgin

and Martyr.

21. Henry II., Emperor of the Romans, Confessor. Semi-double. Commem-

oration of St Praxedes, Virgin.

22. Mary Magdalen. Double.

23. Apollinaris, Bishop [of Ravenna,] Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St

Liborius, Bjshop of Mans, Confessor.

24. Alexis, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Eve of St James,

and of St Christina, Virgin and Martyr.
2 5. James, Apostle. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of St Chris-
topher, Martyr. /

26. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class.
\_In the diocese of Leeds, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]

27. Pantaleon, Martyr.

28. Nazarius, Celsus, and Victor, Martyrs, and Innocent, Pope of Rome, and

Confessor. Semi-double.

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29. Martha, Virgin. Semi- double. Commemoration of SS. Felix, Simplicius,

Faustinus, and Beatrix, Martyrs.

30. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS.

Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs.

31. Ignatius, Confessor. Double.

AUGUST.

1. The Chains of St Peter. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Holy

Machabees, Martyrs.

2. Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop [of Santa- Agata-de'-Goti,J Confessor,

and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Stephen,
Pope of Rome, and Martyr.

3. Finding of the body of St Stephen, the First Martyr. Semi-double.

4. Dominick, Confessor. Greater Double.

5. Dedication of St Mary's of the Snows. Greater Double.

6. Transfiguration of our Lord. Greater Double. Commemoration of St

Xystus, Pope of Rome, and SS. Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs.

7. Gaetan, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Donatus, Bishop of

Arezzo, Martyr.

8. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, Martyrs. Semi-double.

9. Oswald, King of the Northumbrians, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of

the Eve of St Lawrence, and of St Romanus, Martyr.
I o. Lawrence, Martyr. Double of the Second Class.

11. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius and

Susanna.

12. Clare, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Lawrence.

13. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Hippolytus

and Cassian, Martyrs.

14. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of the Eve of the

Assumption, and of St Eusebius, Confessor.

15. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the First Class.

* The Lord's Day within the Octave of the Assumption, St Joachim, Con-
fessor, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class.
Commemoration of the Sunday.

16. Hyacinth, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the two Octaves.

17. Octave of St Lawrence. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the

Assumption.

18. Helen, Empress of the Romans, Widow. Double. Commemoration of the

Octave of the Assumption, and of St Agapitus, Martyr.

19. Within the Octave of the Assumption.

20. Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux,]] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption.

21. Jeanne Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Widow. Double. Commemoration of

the Octave of the Assumption.

22. Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double. Com-

memoration of SS. Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, Martyrs.

xxviii KALENDAR.

* The Lord's Day after the Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. \_Offi ce °f the Most Pure Heart of the Blessed Virgin. Greater
Double. Vol. iii., Gen. App., p. 1028 ; vol. iv., Gen. App., p. 916.]

23. Philip Benizzi, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of St

Bartholomew.

24. Bartholomew, apostle. Double of the Second Class.

25. Louis IX., King of France, Confessor. Semi-double.

26. Zephyrinus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.

27. Joseph Casalanz, Confessor. Double.

28. Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.

Commemoration of St Hermes, Martyr.

29. Beheading of St John the Baptist. Greater Double. Commemoration of St

Sabina, Martyr.

30. Rose of Lima, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of SS. Felix and him

that joined him, Martyrs.

31. Aidan, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double.

SEPTEMBER.

1. Raymond the Unborn, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Giles,

Abbat, and of the Twelve Holy Brethren, Martyrs.

2. Stephen, King of Hungary, Confessor. Semi-double.

4. [Translation of St Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne] and Confessor. Greater

Double in the diocese of Hexham. Gen. App.]

5. Lawrence de' Giustiniani, Patriarch of Venice, Confessor. Semi-double.

8. Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commem-

oration of St Adrian, Martyr.

* The Lord's Day within the Octave, The Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin

Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.

9. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of

St Gorgonius, Martyr.
10. Nicolas of Tolentino. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Birth

of the Blessed Virgin.
1 1 . Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of

SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs.
12 Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin.

13. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin.

14. Uplifting of the Holy Cross. Greater Double. Commemoration of ^Me

Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin.

15. Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Double. Commemoration of St

Nicomede, Martyr.

* Third Lord's Day in this Month, The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin

Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.

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1 6. Cornelius, Pope of Rome, and Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyrs.

Semi-double. Commemoration of SS. Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian,
Martyrs.

17. Marking of the Body of St Francis with the marks of Our Lord. Double.

18. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. Double.

19. Januarius, Bishop [of Benevento,] and his Companions, Martyrs. Double.

20. Eustace, Agapitus, Theopistus, and Theopista, Martyrs. Double. Com-

memoration of the Eve of St Matthew.

2 1 . Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class.

22. Thomas of Villanueva, Archbishop [of Valencia,] Confessor. Double.

Commemoration of St Maurice and his Companions, Martyrs.

23. Linus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double. Commemoration of St

Thecla, Virgin and Martyr.

24. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled " of Ransom." Greater Double.

25. Ninian, Bishop [of Galloway,] Confessor. Double.

26. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration

of SS. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs.

27. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. Semi-double.

28. Wenceslaus, Duke [of Bohemia,] Martyr. Semi-double.

29. Dedication of the Church of St Michael, the Archangel. Double of the Second

Class.
[In the dioceses of Menevia and Newport, St Michael and All Angels.
Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]

30. Jerome, Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Com-

memoration of St Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury.

OCTOBER.

* First Lord's Day in the Month, The Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin

Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.

1 . Remy, Bishop of Rheims, Confessor. Simple or Semi-double at tuill.

2. The Guardian Angels. Greater Double.

3. Thomas, Bishop of Hereford, Confessor. Double.

4. Francis, Confessor. Greater Double.

5. Placidus and his Companions, Martyrs.

6. Bruno, Confessor. Double.

7. Mark, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Commemoration of SS. Sergius and his

Companions, Martyrs.

* Second Lord's Day in the Month, Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.

8. Bridget, Princess of Nericia, Widow. Double.

9. Denys, Bishop of Paris, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, Martyrs. Semi-double.

10. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double.

11. Francis Borgia, Confessor. Semi-double.

12. Wilfred, Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. Double.

13. Edward, King of England, Confessor. Double of the Second Class.

XXX KALENDAR.

14. Kallistus, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave

of St Edward.

* Third Lord's Day in the Month, Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.

1 5. Theresa, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward.

16. Within the Octave of St Edward.

17. Iadwiga, Widow. Semi- double. Commemoration of the Octave of St

Edward.

1 8. Luke, Evangelist. Double of the Second Class.

19. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave

of St Edward.
[In the diocese of Shrewsbury, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]

20. Octave of St Edward. Double.

21. Ursula and her Companions, Virgins and Martyrs. Greater Double. Com-

memoration of St Hilarion, Abbat.

* Fourth Lord's Day in the Month, Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.

22. John of Kenty, Confessor. Double.

23. Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer. Greater Double.

24. The Archangel Raphael. Greater Double.

25. John of Beverley, Archbishop [of York, J Confessor. Double. Commem-

oration of SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, Martyrs.

26. Evaristus, Pope of Rome, Martyr.

27. Eve of SS. Simon and Jude.

28. Simon and Jude, apostles. Double of the Second Class.
29.

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3 1 . Eve of All Saints.

NOVEMBER.

1. Feast of All the Saints. Double of the First Class.

2. Within the Octave of All Saints. Commemoration of all the Faithful

Departed.

3. Winefrid, Virgin and Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of

All Saints. .

4. Charles, [Cardinal] Archbishop [of Milan,] Confessor. Double. Com-

memoration of the Octave of All Saints, and of Saints Vitalis and
Agricola, Martyrs.

5. Within the Octave of All Saints. /

6. Within the Octave of All Saints. /

7. Within the Octave of All Saints.

8. Octave of All Saints. Double. Commemoration of the Four Crowned

Martyrs.

9. Dedication of the Cathedral Church of Our Most Holy Saviour. Greater

Double. Commemoration of St Theodore, Martyr.

KALENDAR. XXXI

10. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tryphon,

Respicius, and the Virgin Nympha, Martyrs, and of St Justus, Bishop of
Rochester, Confessor.

11. Martin, Bishop [of Tours,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St

Mennas, Martyr.

12. Martin, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Semi- double.

13. Diego, Confessor. Semi-double.

14. Erconwald, Bishop of London, Confessor. Double.

[Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen.
App.]
1 5. Gertrude, Virgin. Double.

16. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double.

[In the diocese of Portsmouth, Edmund of Canterbury. Double of the
First Class. Gen. App.]

17. Hew, Bishop of Lincoln, Confessor. Double.

18. Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul. Greater Double.

19. Elizabeth, Widow. Double. Commemoration of St Pontian, Pope of

Rome, and Martyr.

20. Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr. Greater Double.

21. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double.

22. Cecily, Virgin and Martyr. Double.

23. Clement, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St Felicity,

Martyr.

24. John of the Cross, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Chrysogonus,

Martyr.

25. Katharine, Virgin and Martyr. Double.

26. Sylvester, Abbat, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Peter, Pope

of Alexandria, Martyr.

27. Gregory, the Wonder-worker, Bishop [of Neo-Cassarea in Pontus,] Con-

fessor. Double.

28. Jehoshaphat, Archbishop of Polotsk, Martyr. Double.

29. Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of

the Eve of St Andrew, if out of Advent, and of St Saturninus, Martyr.
[Cuthbert Maine, Martyr. Double. Gen. App.]

30. Andrew, Apostle. Double of the Second Class.

DECEMBER.

1. Felix de Valois, Confessor. Double.

[Edmund Campion and his Companions, Martyrs. Double. Gen. App.]

2. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-double.

3. Francis Xavier, Confessor. Double. 1

4. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop [of Ravenna,] Confessor, and Doctor of the

Church. Double. Commemoration of St Barbara, Virgin and Martyr.

1 Since raised to the rank of a Greater Double.

XXX11 KALENDAR. ■

5. Brian, Bishop [of Dorchester,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St

Saba, Abbat.

6. Nicolas, Archbishop [of Myra,] Confessor. Double.

[In diocese of Liverpool, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]

7. Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

Double.

8. Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the

First Class.

9. Within the Octave of the Conception.

10. Within the Octave of the Conception. Commemoration of St Melchiades,

Pope of Rome, Martyr.
[Translation of the Holy House of Loreto. Greater Double. Gen. App.]

11. Damasus, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the

Octave of the Conception.

12. Within the Octave of the Conception.

13. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the

Conception.

14. Within the Octave of the Conception.

15. Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. Double.

16. Eusebius, Bishop [of Vercelli,] Martyr. Semi-double.

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18. The Blessed Virgin Mary looking shortly to be delivered. Greater Double.

19.

20. Eve of St Thomas.

2 1 . Thomas, apostle. Double of the Second Class.
22.

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24. Christmas Eve.

25. Birthday of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Double of the First Class.

26. Stephen, the First Martyr. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration

of the Octave of Christmas.

27. John, Apostle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. Commemora-

tion of the Octaves of Christmas and of St Stephen.

28. The Holy Innocents. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the

Octaves of Christmas, of St Stephen, and of St John.

29. Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr. Double of the First

Class. 1 Commemoration of the Octaves of Christmas, [of St Stephen,
of St John, and of the Innocents.]

30. Office of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, or of the Octave.

Commemorations of the Octaves of [Christmas,] of St Thomas of
Canterbury, of St Stephen, of St John, and of the Innocents.

3 1 . Silvester, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the

Octaves of Christmas, of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St Stephen,
of St John, and of the Innocents. /

1 See the note to the Office in the Breviary.

PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. XXxiii

PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.

A Prayer before a Service.

O Lord, open Thou my mouth that I may bless Thy Holy Name. Cleanse
my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts ; enlighten my under-
standing ; kindle my affections, that I may pray to, and praise Thee with
attention and devotion ; and may worthily be heard before the presence of
Thy Divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, in union with that Divine Intention wherewith Thou didst Thyself
praise God, while as Thou wast on earth, I offer these Hours unto Thee.

A Prayer after a Service.

In respect of ivhich Pope Leo X. has granted to all persons ivho after saying
the Divine Office shall devoutly recite it on their knees, condonation of the shortcomings
and faults committed by them from human frailty in saying the Office.

To the Most Holy and undivided Trinity, to the Manhood of our Lord
Jesus Christ Crucified, to the fruitful Virginity of the most blessed and most
glorious Mary, always a Virgin, and to the holiness of all the Saints be ascribed
everlasting praise, honour, and glory, by all creatures, and to us be granted the
forgiveness of all our sins, world without end. Amen.

Verse. Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary which bore the Son of
the Eternal Father.

Answer. And blessed be the paps which gave suck to Christ our Lord.

Then are said the Lord's Prayer and the Angelic Salutation.

Summary of the Absolutions and Blessings pronounced at Mattins.

In the First Nocturn, and on Monday and Thursday.

Absolution.

Graciously hear, O Lord Jesus Christ, the prayers of Thy servants, and
have mercy upon us: Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy
Ghost, world without end. Amen.

First Blessing.

May the Eternal Father bless us
With an eternal blessing. Amen.

Second Blessing.

May the Son, the Sole-begotten,
Mercifully bless and keep us. Amen.

xxxiv PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.

Third Blessing.

May the grace of God the Spirit

All our heart and mind enlighten. Amen.

In the Second Nocturn, and on Tuesday and Friday.

Absolution.

May His loving-kindness and mercy help us, Who liveth and reigneth with
the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Fourth Blessing.

God the Father Omnipotent,

Be to us merciful and clement. Amen.

Fifth Blessing.

May Christ to all His people give,
For ever in His sight to live. Amen.

Sixth Blessing.

May the Spirit's fire Divine

In our hearts enkindled shine. Amen.

In the Third Nocturn, and on Wednesday and Saturday.

Absolution.

May the Almighty and merciful Lord loose us from the bonds of our
sins. Amen.

Seventh Blessing.

May the Gospel's holy lection

Be our safety and protection. Amen.

Eighth Blessing.

God's most mighty strength alway

Be His people's staff and stay. Amen.

For Feasts of Saints.

He [or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping,

Be our Advocate (or Advocates) with God. /

For Feasts of the Blessed Virgin.

She whose feast-day we are keeping —
Mary, blessed Maid of Maidens,
Be our Advocate with God.

PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. XXXV

Ninth Blessing.

May He that is the Angels' King

To that high realm His people bring. Amen.

Or, if another Gospel and Homily are to be begun,

May the Gospel's glorious word
Cleansing to our souls afford.

On days of Three Lessons the Absolution and Blessings are as above, according
to the Week-clay, with the following exceptions : First Blessing on Wednesday or
Saturday, (not the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin,) if the First Lesson be
not Gospel tvith Homily,

May His blessing be upon us
Who doth live and reign for ever.

Whenever the First Lesson is Gospel ivith Homily, the Blessings are from the
Third Nocturn.

If the Office be of a Saint or Saints, the Blessings are :

First Blessing.

May His blessing be upon us
Who doth live and reign for ever.

Second Blessing.

He [or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping,
Be our Advocate (or Advocates) with God.

Third Blessing.

May He that is the Angels' King

To that high realm His people bring. Amen.

The Absolution and Blessings in the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin for
Saturdays are peculiar to that Office, and are given in their own place.

OR,

BOOK OF PSALMS,

DIVIDED ACCORDING TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEK, TOGETHER WITH
THE ORDINARY OFFICE FOR THE DIFFERENT SEASONS.

MATTINS, 1 OR MORNING PRAYER.
FOR THE LORD'S DAY, SUNDAY.

Before Mattins, and every other T TAIL, Mary, full of grace ;

Hour, except Lauds and Compline, J. J. The Lord is with thee '

here is said inaudibly? blessed ^ thou amQn g ^^

OUR Father, Who art in heaven, and blessed is the fruit of thy

Hallowed be Thy Name, womb, Jesus.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray

done on earth, as it is in heaven. for us sinners, now and at the hour

Give us this day our daily bread, of our death. Amen.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we

forgive them that trespass against us. n A * the ^ginning of Mattins and

. , , j J • f ' *> Prime, and at the end of Compline,

And lead us not into temptation ; - s th ; n w inaudibly / he Apostles

but deliver us from evil. Amen. Creed.

1 The proper hour for Mattins is midnight, at which time it is said in many Convents.
In others it is said at 2 or 5 A.M. In the Cathedral of Rome (St. John Lateran's) and
other Churches of the same country, the hour is about 7 A.M. It is allowable to say it at
any hour after the sun has begun to decline, and an ordinary practice is to do so late in the
afternoon.

- The reason why the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed are recited inaudibly during
the Office seems to be, that in the early Church these formulas were concealed from the
unbaptized until very shortly before their baptism. Now, all were allowed to be present
at the Office, of which these formulae are a part, and therefore they were then so said that
the unbaptized could not hear them. The " Hail, Mary," having been added as a sort of
appendix to the Lord's Prayer, follows the same rule with it. The Lord's Prayer is said
aloud during the Canon of the Mass, because only the faithful were then present.
VOL. IV. A

THE PSALTER.

T BELIEVE in God the Father
-■- Almighty, Maker of heaven
and earth. And in Jesus Christ,
His only Son, our Lord : Who
was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried : He descended
into hell : the third day He rose
again from the dead : He ascended
into heaven, and sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty :
from thence He shall come to judge
the quick and the dead. I be-
lieve in the Holy Ghost, the Holy
Catholic Church, the Communion
of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins,
the Resurrection of the body, and
the Life everlasting. Amen.

Then is said aloud :

Verse. 1 >%* O Lord, open Thou
my lips.

Answer. And my mouth shall
show forth Thy praise.

Verse? ►£< Make haste, O God,
to deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

3 As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world with-
out end. Amen, Alleluia. 4

From Sepiuagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday instead of Alleluia
is said :

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of heaven.

Then is said Psalm xciv. with the
Invitatory. The Invitatory here given
is said from the Octave of the Epiph-
any to Sepiuagesima Sunday, and
from the Octave of Pentecost to Ad-
vent Sunday.

Invitatory. Let us worship the

Lord, for * He is our Maker.

Repetition. Let us worship the

Lord, for * He is our Maker.

Psalm XCIV. 5

[Vulgate and LXX., "A song of praise
by David."]

OCOME, let us sing unto the
Lord, let us make a joyful
noise to the God of our Salva-
tion : let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving, and
make a joyful noise unto Him
with psalms.

Let us worship the Lord, for He
is our Maker.

For the Lord is a great God, and
a great King above all gods : for the
Lord will not cast off His people :
for in His hand are all the ends of
the earth ; and the heights of the
hills are His also.

He is our Maker.

For the sea is His, and He made
it : and His hands formed the dry
land : 6 O come, let us worship
and fall down ; let us cry unto the

1 I's. 1. 17- 2 Ps. lxix. 2.

:; The Greek original of this Doxology does not contain the words, " As it was in the
beginning" (inserted against the Arians), but runs thus : " Glory be to the Father, arjrt to
the Son, and to the Holy Gho.it, both now, and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen."

4 Or rather, "Hal'lu-YAH," " Praise-ye-the- Eternal," a Hebrew phrase which occurs
repeatedly in the Bible. The sound of these words causes the Church such joy that she
denies herself their use during her penitential season. But in order not to remit the praise i >f
God, she substitutes for the Hebrew phrase a short rhyming Latin one, of similar meaning.

3 This Psalm is not given in the original from the Vulgate, but from some other Latin
translation. 6 Here it is usual to kneel till the *.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

Lord our Maker. * For He is
the Lord our God ; and we are
His people, and the sheep of His
pasture.

Let us worship the Lord, for He
is our Maker.

To-day if ye will hear His voice,
harden not your heart ; as in " the
Provocation," and as in the day of
" Temptation " in the wilderness :
when your fathers tempted Me,
proved Me, and saw My works. 1

He is our Maker.

Forty years long was I grieved
with that generation 2 and said, It is
a people that do alway err in their
heart, and they have not known My
ways : unto whom I sware in My
wrath that they should not enter
into My rest.

Let us worship the Lord, for He
is our Maker.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without
end. Amen.

He is our Maker.

Let us worship the Lord, for He
is our Maker.

The following Hymn is then said,
from the Octave of the Epiphany to the
First Sunday in Le?it, and from the first
Sunday of October to Advent.

Hymn. 3

T^ O-DAY the Blessed Three in One
-*• Began the earth and skies ;
To-day a Conqueror, God the Son,

Did from the grave arise ;
We too will wake, and, in despite
Of sloth and languor, all unite,
As Psalmists bid, through the dim night

Waiting with wistful eyes.

So may He hear, and heed each vow,

And prayer to Himaddrest ;
And grant an instant cleansing now,

A future glorious rest.
So may He plentifully shower,
On all who hymn His love and power,
In this most still and sacred hour,
His sweetest gifts and best.

Father of purity and light !

Thy presence if we win,
'Twill shield us from the deeds of night,

The burning darts of sin ;
Lest aught defiled or dissolute
Relax our bodies or imbrute,
And fires eternal be the fruit

Of fire now lit within.

Fix in our hearts, Redeemer dear,

The ever-gushing spring
Of grace to cleanse, of life to cheer

Souls sick and sorrowing.
Thee, bounteous Father, we entreat,
And only Son, awful and sweet,
And life-creating Paraclete,

The Everlasting King.

Amen.

Instead of the foregoing the follow-
ing Hymn is said from the Octave of
Pentecost to the first Sunday of Oc-
tober.

1 The occasion here referred to is that described in Exodus xvii. 1-7. The children of
Israel while travelling through the desert became rebellious from want of water. It was
given them from the smitten rock. Then is added : "And he [Moses] called the name of
the place Temptation" (Hebrew and LXX. add "and Provocation"), "because of the
chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying : Is the Lord
among us, or not?"

- Namely, that particular generation which had come out of Egypt. The next clauses
relate to that which is written in Numbers xiv. 22 : " Because all these men which have
seen My glory, and My miracles, which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, have tempted
Me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice, surely they shall not see the
land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked Me see it."
And this is confirmed with an oath, in verse 28 : "As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye
have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you : your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness."

3 Ascribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, but altered, one verse omitted, and the last
verse added. Translation by the late Card. Newman.

THE PSALTER.

Hymn. 1

LET us arise and watch by night,
And meditate always ;
And chant as in our Maker's sight
United hymns of praise.

So singing with the saints in bliss,
With them we may attain

Life everlasting after this,
And heaven for earthly pain.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,
And Spirit, God of grace,

To whom all worship shall be done
In every time and place.

Amen.

When the Invitatories, Hymns, Sr'c,
are different from the abo%>e they are
given in the Office to which they be-
long.

First Nocturn, or Watch of
the Night.

Antiphon for Advent. Behold,
there cometh the King.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
Serve the Lord.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia.

Psalm I.

BLESSED is the man that walk-
eth not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of
sinners, * nor sitteth in the seat of
the scoffers :

But his delight is in the Law of
the Lord ; * and in His Law doth
he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, *
that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season :

His leaf also shall not wither :
* and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.

Not so are the ungodly, not so :
* but are like the chaff which the
wind driveth away from the face of
the earth.

Therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment : * nor sin-
ners in the congregation of the
righteous.

For the Lord knoweth the way
of the righteous : * but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, * world
without end. Amen.

This Doxology is said at the end of
every Psalm unless special directions
are given to the contrary.

Psalm II.

[In Acts iv. 25, 26, the authorship of this
Psalm is attributed to David.]

WHY do the heathen rage, *
and the peoples devise a
vain thing?

The kings of the earth set them-
selves, and the rulers take counsel
together * against the Lord, and
against His Anointed.

Let us break their bands asun-
der : * and cast away their yoke
from us.

He That sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh them to scorn : * and
the Lord shall have them in de-
rision.

Then shall He speak unto them
in His wrath : * and plague them in
His sore displeasure. /

Yet hath He set me for King
upon His holy hill of Zion * to de-
clare His decree.

1 Also ascribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, although somewhat altered. Translation
by the late Card. Newman.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

The Lord hath said unto me :
* Thou art My Son, this day have
I begotten thee.

Ask of Me, and I shall give
thee the heathen for thine inheri-
tance, * and the uttermost parts
of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt rule them with a rod
of iron, * and shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel.

Be wise now, therefore, O ye
kings ; * be instructed, ye judges
of the earth.

Serve the Lord with fear : * and
rejoice with trembling before Him.

Lay hold of instruction, lest the
Lord be angry, * and ye perish from
the righteous way.

When His wrath is kindled sud-
denly, * blessed are all they that
put their trust in Him.

Psalm III.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David, when he
fled from Absalom his son." See the his-
tory in 2 Kings (Sam.) xv., xvi., xviii.]

ORD, how are they increased
■^ that trouble me ? * many are
they that rise up against me.

Many there be that say of my
soul : * There is no help for him
in his God. 1

But Thou, O Lord, art a shield
for me, * my glory, and the Lifter
up of mine head.

I cried unto the Lord with my
voice : * and He heard me out of
His holy hill. 2

I laid me down and slept ; * I
awaked, for the Lord sustained me.

I will not be afraid of thousands

of people that have set themselves
against me round about : * arise, O
Lord, save me, O my God.

For Thou hast smitten all them
that fought against me without a
cause 3 : * Thou hast broken the
teeth of the ungodly.

Salvation belongeth unto the
Lord : * and Thy blessing is upon
Thy people. 2

Psalm VI.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David." The
title also contains directions, probably musi-
cal, the meaning of which is now uncertain.]

OLORD, rebuke me not in
Thine anger : * neither
chasten me in Thine hot dis-
pleasure.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord,
for I am weak : * O Lord, heal me,
for my bones are shaken.

My soul also is sore vexed : * but
Thou, O Lord, how long ?

Return, O Lord, deliver my soul :
* O save me for Thy mercy's sake.

For in death there is no one that
remembereth Thee : * and in the
grave who shall give Thee thanks ?

I am weary with my groaning,
every night I wash my bed : * I
water my couch with my tears.

Mine eye is grown dim because
of grief : * I am waxen old because
of all mine enemies.

Depart from me, all ye workers
of iniquity : * for the Lord hath
heard the voice of my weeping.

The Lord hath heard my suppli-
cation : * the Lord hath received
my prayer.

1 Here occur in the Hebrew the letters SLH, or "Selah." The meaning of this is un-
certain. Gesenius thinks "it seems to have been used to mark a short pause in singing
the words of the Psalm, so that the singer would be silent, while the instrumental music
continued." 2 SLH, again.

3 But the Hebrew reads, not, " without a cause," but, "on the jaw-bone."

THE PSALTER.

Let all mine enemies be ashamed
and sore vexed : * let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.

Antiphon for Advent. Behold,
there cometh the King, even the
Most High, with great power, to
save the nations. Alleluia.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
1 Serve the Lord with fear, and re-
joice with trembling before Him.

In Paschal time there is 07ily one
Antiphon to the whole Noctnrn.

Second Antiphon for Advent.
Strengthen ye.

Second Antiphon for the rest of the
year. God is a righteous judge.

Psalm VII.

[Intituled "An Hymn of David, which
he sang unto the Lord concerning the words
of Cush the Benjamite." This Cush is sup-
posed to be the same as Shimei, whose curs-
ing of David is narrated in 2 Kings (Sam.)
xvi. 7, 8, or else a nickname for Saul.]

f~\ LORD my God, in Thee do
^-J I take refuge : * save me
from all them that persecute me,
and deliver me.

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, *
while there is none to deliver, or to
save.

O Lord my God, if I have done
this, * if there be iniquity in mine
hands ;

If I have requited with evil them
that requited me [with good], * may
I then flee empty before mine
enemies.

Let the enemy persecute my soul,
and take it, yea, let him tread down
my life upon the earth, * and lay
mine honour in the dust. 2
1 Ps. ii. II.

Arise, O Lord, in Thine anger :

* and lift up Thyself against the
borders of mine enemies.

And awake for me, O Lord my
God, according to the decree that
Thou hast made : * so shall the
congregation of the people com-
pass Thee about.

For their sakes, therefore, return
Thou on high : * the Lord judgeth
the peoples.

Judge me, O Lord, according to
my righteousness, * and according
to mine integrity that is in me.

let the wickedness of the
wicked come to an end, and es-
tablish the just ; * God trieth the
hearts and reins.

Mine help is righteous, coming
from the Lord, * Who saveth the
upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge, strong
and patient : * is He not provoked
every day ?

If ye turn not, He will whet His
sword : * He hath bent His bow and
made it ready.

And hath fitted thereon the in-
struments of death, * He hath
ordained His arrows against the
persecutors.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity :

* he hath conceived mischief, and
brought forth falsehood.

He made a pit and digged it : *
and is fallen into the ditch which he
made.

His mischief shall return upon
his own head : * and his iniquity
shall come down upon his own
pate. /

1 will praise the Lord according
to His righteousness : * and will
sing praise to the name of the
Lord Most High.

2 SLH.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

Psalm VIII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David." It has
also a title which seems to show that it was
a song for the vintage.]

OLORD, our Lord, * how ex-
cellent is Thy Name in all
the earth !

For Thy glory is exalted * above
the heavens.

1 Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise
because of Thine enemies, * that
Thou mightest destroy the enemy
and the avenger.

When I consider Thine heavens,
the work of Thy fingers : * the moon
and the stars which Thou hast or-
dained :

What is man, that Thou art mind-
ful of him ? * or the son of man,
that Thou visitest him ?

Thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels, Thou hast crowned
him with glory and honour, * and
madest him to have dominion over
the works of Thine hands.

Thou hast put all things under
his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea,
and the beasts of the field.

The fowl of the air, and the fish
of the sea, * that pass through the
paths of the sea.

Lord, our Lord, * how excel-
lent is Thy Name in all the earth !

Psalm IX.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David." It has
also a superscription the meaning of which
is not now certain. The Targum connects
it with the slaying of Goliath.]

WILL praise Thee, O Lord,
-*- with mine whole heart : * I will
show forth all Thy marvellous works.

1 will be glad and rejoice in

1 This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning
Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16.

Thee : * I will sing praise to Thy
Name, O Thou Most High.

When mine enemies are turned
back, * they shall fall and perish at
Thy presence.

For Thou hast maintained my
right and my cause : * Thou satest
in the throne judging right.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen,
and the wicked are perished : *
Thou hast put out their name for
ever, even for ever and ever.

The swords of the enemy have
failed utterly : * and their cities
Thou hast destroyed.

Their memorial is perished with
a crash : * and the Lord endureth
for ever.

He hath prepared His throne for
judgment : * and He shall judge
the world in righteousness, He shall
minister judgment to the people in
uprightness.

The Lord also is a refuge for the
poor : * a refuge in times of trouble.

And let them that know Thy
name put their trust in Thee : * for
Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them
that seek Thee.

Sing praises to the Lord, Who
dwelleth in Zion : * declare among
the people His doings.

For when He maketh inquisition
for blood He remembereth them : *
He forgetteth not the cry of the
afflicted.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord :
* consider my trouble [which I
suffer] of them that hate me.

Thou That liftest me up from the
gates of death : * that I may show
forth all Thy praises in the gates of
the daughter of Zion !

I will rejoice in Thy salvation : *

those who cried Hosannah on Palm

THE PSALTER.

the heathen are sunk down in the
pit that they made.

In the net which they hid, * is
their own foot taken.

The Lord is known when He
executeth judgment : * the wicked
is snared in the work of his own
hands. 1

The wicked shall be turned into
hell : * all the nations that forget
God.

For the needy shall not alway be
forgotten : * the expectation of the
poor shall not perish for ever.

Arise, O Lord, let not man pre-
vail : * let the heathen be judged in
Thy sight.

Put Thou a master over them, O
Lord : * let the nations know them-
selves to be but men. 2

Why standest Thou afar off, O
Lord, * why hidest Thou Thyself
in times of trouble?

The wicked in his pride doth per-
secute the poor : * they are taken
in the devices that they have im-
agined.

For the wicked is praised accord-
ing to his soul's desire : * and the
unrighteous is deemed blessed.

The wicked provoketh the Lord :
* in the greatness of his scornful
indignation he doth not care.

God is not before his eyes : * his
ways are always grievous.

Thy judgments are far out of his
sight : * he hath dominion over his
enemies. '

He hath said in his heart : * I
shall not be moved unto generation
and generation, yea, I shall never
be in adversity.

His mouth is full of cursing, and

bitterness, and fraud : * under his
tongue is mischief and sorrow.

He sitteth in the lurking-places
with the rich : in the secret places
* doth he murder the innocent.

His eyes are privily set against
the poor : * he lieth in wait secretly,
as a lion in his den.

He lieth in wait to catch the

poor

to catch the poor when

he draweth him [after him].

In his snare doth he bring him
down : * yet shall he himself totter
and fall down, when he hath mas-
tered the poor.

He hath said in his heart : God
hath forgotten : * He turneth away
His face so that He shall never see it.

Arise, O Lord, O God, lift up
Thine hand : * forget not the
afflicted.

Wherefore doth the wicked pro-
voke God? * for he hath said in
his heart : He will not require it.

Thou seest it, for Thou beholdest
labour and sorrow : * to deliver
them into Thine own hand.

The poor leaveth himself unto
Thee : * Thou wilt be the helper
of the fatherless.

Break Thou the arm of the
wicked and the evil man : * his
wickedness shall be sought after and
shall not be found.

The Lord shall be King for ever
and ever : * the heathen shall perish
out of His land.

The Lord hath heard the petition
of the poor : * Thine ear hath heard
the desire of his heart.

To judge the fatherless and the^
oppressed, * that man may magnify
himself no more upon earth.

1 Here occurs : — " Instrumental music— SLH." This is a strong argument in favour of

emus' opinion, see p. 5, note 1.
a SLH. Here, according to the present Hebrew text, ends Ps. ix.

SUN DAY AT M ATTI N S.

Psalm X.

[Intituled " Of David." There is also a
superscription perhaps musical, but now of
uncertain meaning.]

IN the Lord put I my trust ;
how say ye to my soul, *
Flee as a bird to the mountain?

For lo, the wicked bend their
bow, they make ready their arrows
in the quiver, * that they may
privily shoot at the upright in
heart.

For they have destroyed that

which Thou hast established : *

and what hath the righteous done ?

The Lord is in His holy temple :

* the Lord's throne is in heaven.

His eyes behold the poor : * His
eyelids try the children of men.

The Lord trieth the righteous
and the wicked : * but he that
loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
Upon the wicked He shall rain
spares : * fire, and brimstone, and
an horrible tempest, this shall be
the portion of their cup.

For the righteous Lord loveth
righteousness : * His countenance
doth behold uprightness.

Antiphon for Advent. x Strengthen
ye the weak hands : be strong ; say :
Behold, our God will come, and
save us, Alleluia.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
2 God is a righteous judge, strong,
and patient : is He not provoked
every day ?

Third Antiphon for Advent. Re-
joice, all ye.

Third Antiphon for the rest of the
year, Thou shalt keep us.

Psalm XI.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with some
other words, of meaning now uncertain, as
before.]

1 Isa. xxxv. 3, 4. •
VOL. IV.

TTELP, Lord, for the godly
-*- -■- man ceaseth : * for the truth
faileth from among the children of
men.

They speak vanity every one with
his neighbour : * with flattering lips,
with a double heart, do they speak.

The Lord shall cut off all flat-
tering lips, * and the tongue that
speaketh proud things.

Who have said : With our tongue
will we prevail, our lips are our
own : * who is lord over us ?

For the oppression of the poor,
and the sighing of the needy, * now
will I arise, saith the Lord.

I will set him in safety : * I will
deal faithfully with him.

The words of the Lord are pure
words : * silver tried in a furnace,
purged of dross, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep us, O Lord, and
preserve us * from this generation
for ever.

The wicked walk on every side :
* the increase of men is according
to Thy secret counsel.

Psalm XII.

[This Psalm has the same title as the
last.]

HOW long wilt Thou forget
me, O Lord? for ever? *
How long hidest Thou Thy face
from me?

How long shall I take counsel
in my soul, * having sorrow in mine
heart daily?

How long shall mine enemy be
exalted over me ? * Consider, and
hear me, O Lord my God.

Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the
sleep of death : * lest, mine enemy
say : I have prevailed against him.
2 Ps. vii. 12.' •

THE PSALTER.

Those that trouble me will re-
joice if I am moved : * but I have
trusted in Thy mercy.

Mine heart shall rejoice in Thy
salvation ; I will sing unto the Lord
because He hath dealt bountifully
with me : * and I will sing praise
to the name of the Lord Most
High.

Psalm XIII.
[Same title as Psalm x.]

THE fool hath said in his heart :
* There is no God.
They are corrupt, and have be-
come abominable in their works :

* there is none that doeth good,
no, not one.

The Lord looked down from
heaven upon the children of men :

* to see if there were any that did
understand, or seek God.

They are all gone aside, they are
altogether become unprofitable : *
there is none that doeth good, no,
not one.

1 Their throat is an open sepul-
chre : with their tongues they have
used deceit : * the poison of asps is
under their lips.

Their mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness : * their feet are swift to
shed blood.

Destruction and misery are in
their ways, and the way of peace
they have not known : * there is no
fear of God before their eyes.

Have all the Workers of iniquity
no knowledge, * who eat up my
people as they would eat bread ?

They call not upon the Lord : *
there were they in great fear, where
no fear was ;

For the Lord is in the generation
of the righteous : ye have shamed
the counsel of the poor : * because
the Lord is his hope.

O that the salvation of Israel were
come out of Zion ! * when the
Lord bringeth back the captivity of
His people, Jacob shall rejoice and
Israel shall be glad.

Psalm XIV.
[Intituled "A Psalm of David."]

LORD, who shall abide in Thy
tabernacle ? * who shall
dwell in Thine holy hill ?

He that waiketh uprightly, * and
worketh righteousness.

He that speaketh the truth in his
heart, * he that deceiveth not with
his tongue.

He that hath not done evil to his
neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach
against his neighbour.

In whose eyes a vile person is
despised : * but he honoureth them
that fear the Lord.

He that sweareth to his neighbour,
and deceiveth him not, * he that
putteth not out his money to usury,
nor taketh reward against the in-
nocent.

He that doeth these things, *
shall never be moved.

Antiphon for Advent. 2 Rejoice,
all ye, and be glad : for, behold, the
Lord will come with vengeance, He
will bring a recompense : He will
come and save us.

Atitiphon for the rest of the ye<fr.
3 Thou shalt keep us, O Lord, and
preserve us.

1 The next three verses are not in the Hebrew, although found in the Vulgate and the
LXX., which are supported by Rom. iii. 13-18.

2 Isa. xxxv. 4. 3 Ps. xi. 8.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia. 1 The stone was rolled away,
Alleluia, from the door of the sepul-
chre. Alleluia, alleluia.

Theft is said a Verse and Answer.
hi Advent.

Verse. 2 0ut of Zion, the Per-
fection of beauty.

Anszver. Our God shall come
manifestly.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 3 I have remembered Thy
name, O Lord, in the night.

Answer. And have kept Thy
law.

In Lent.

Verse. i He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler.

Anszver. And from the noisome
pestilence.

In Passion time.

Verse. 5 O God, deliver my soul
from the sword.

Answer. And my darling from
the power of the dog.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The Lord is risen from
the grave, Alleluia.

Answer. Who hung for us upon
the tree, Alleluia.

Then is said the Lords Prayer.

/^UR Father (inaudibly), Who
^-J art in heaven, Hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is

in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. (Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Anszver. But deliver us from
evil.

Then this Absolution.

GRACIOUSLY hear, O Lord
Jesus Christ, the prayers of
Thy servants, and have mercy upon
us : Who livest and reignest with
the Father and the Holy Ghost,
world without end.
Anszver. Amen.

Then the reader says :
6 Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

First Blessing.

May the Eternal Father bless us
With an everlasting blessing.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the First Lesson, and at
the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
Thanks be to God.

upon us.
Anszver.

Then is said the First Responsory,
after which the reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

Second Blessing.

May the Son the Sole-begotten
In His mercy bless and help us.
Answer. Amen.

3 Ps. cxviii. 55.

1 Mark xvi. 3. 2 Ps. xlix. 2.

4 Ps. xc. 3. 5 Ps. xxi. 20.

6 Some persons bound to say the Office, when reciting alone, are accustomed to substi-
tute for this the words, " Command Thy blessing, O Lord ! "

THE PSALTER.

Then is read the Second Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Second Responsory,
after which the reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Third Blessing.

May the grace of God the Spirit
All our heart and mind enlighten.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Third Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Third Responsory.

Second Nocturn, or Watch of
the Night.

Antiphon for Advent. Rejoice
greatly.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
Thou hast no need.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia.

Psalm XV.

[Intituled a work "of David," but the
specifically descriptive word is not now of
certain meaning.]

PRESERVE me, O Lord, for in
Thee do ,1 put my trust : *
I have said unto the Lord : Thou
art my God, for Thou hast no need
of my goods.

To the Saints that are in His
land, * He hath made all my will
admirable.

Their sorrows are multiplied, *
that hasten after [a strange god].

1 Zech. ix. 9.

In their assemblies for blood-
shedding will I have no part : * nor
mention their names with my lips.

The Lord is the portion of mine
inheritance, and of my cup : *
Thou art He That shalt restore
mine inheritance unto me.

The lines are fallen unto me in
pleasant places : * yea, I have a
goodly heritage.

I will bless the Lord, Who hath
given me counsel : * my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.

I have set the Lord always be-
fore my face : * because He is at
my right hand, I shall never be
moved.

Therefore mine heart is glad, and
my tongue rejoiceth : * my flesh
also shall rest in hope,

For Thou wilt not leave my soul
in hell : * neither wilt Thou suffer
Thine Holy One to see corruption.

Thou hast shown me the path
of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy
in Thy presence : * at Thy right
hand there are pleasures for ever-
more.

Antiphon for Advent. 1 Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Jerusalem :
behold, thy King cometh into thee,
O Zion ; fear not, for thy salvation
cometh quickly.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
2 Thou hast no need of my goods,
in Thee do I put my trust, preserve
me, O Lord.

In Paschal time there is only one
Antiphon to the whole Nocturn. /

Second Antiphon for Advent.
Christ our King.

Second Antiphon for the rest of
the year. By the words.

2 Ps. XV. I. 2.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

Psalm XVI.
[Intituled "A Prayer of David."]

HEAR my right, Lord, *
attend unto my cry.

Give ear unto my prayer, * that
goeth not out of feigned lips.

Let my sentence come forth from
Thy presence : * let Thine eyes be-
hold the things that are equal.

Thou hast proved mine heart,
and visited it by night : * Thou
hast tried me with fire, and found
no wickedness in me.

That my mouth may not speak
concerning the works of men : * by
the words of Thy lips I have kept
me to strait paths.

Hold up my goings in Thy paths,
* that my footsteps slip not.

I have called upon Thee, for
Thou hast heard me, O God ; * in-
cline Thine ear unto me, and hear
my speech.

Show Thy marvellous loving-
kindness, * O Thou That savest
them which put their trust in Thee !

From those that rise up against
Thy right hand keep me, * as the
apple of the eye.

Hide me under the shadow of
Thy wings, * from the face of the
wicked that oppress me.

Mine enemies compass my soul
round about, they are inclosed in
their own fat : * with their mouth
they speak proudly.

They that drave me out have
now compassed me : * they have
set their eyes bowing down to the
earth.

They have lain in wait for me, as
a lion that is ready for his prey : *
and as it were a young lion lurking
in secret places.

1 John i. 36.

Arise, O Lord, disappoint him,
and cast him down : * deliver my
soul from the wicked, Thy sword
from them that hate Thine hand.

O Lord, part them in their life
from the precious things of the
earth : * their belly is filled with
Thine hidden treasure.

They have children to the full : *
and leave the rest of their substance
to their babes.

As for me, I will behold Thy face
in righteousness : * I shall be satis-
fied when Thy glory shall appear.

Antiphon for Advent. Christ
our King cometh, x Whom John
preached, saying ; Behold the Lamb
That should come !

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
2 By the words of Thy lips I have
kept me to strait paths.

Third Antiphon for Advent. Be-
hold, I come.

Third Antiphon for the rest of the
year. I will love Thee.

When this Antiphon is used the
Psalm begins with the words, "O
Lord, my strength."

Psalm XVII.

[After a superscription, of meaning now
uncertain, the title of this Psalm proceeds,
" Of David, the servant of the Lord, who
spake unto the Lord the words of this song,
in the day that the Lord delivered him
from the hand of all his enemies, and from
the hand of Saul : and he said : — " It is
found also, with a few slight differences, in
2 Kings (Sam.) xxii.]

T WILL love Thee, O Lord,
*■ my strength : * the Lord is
my rock, and my fortress, and
my Deliverer.

My God, mine Helper, * in
Whom I trust.

2 Ps. xvi. 4,

THE PSALTER.

My buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, * and my refuge.

I called upon the Lord with
praises, * and am saved from mine
enemies.

The sorrows of death compassed
me : * and the floods of wicked-
ness made me afraid.

The sorrows of hell compassed
me about : * the snares of death
came upon me.

In my distress I called upon the
Lord, * and cried unto my God.

And He heard my voice out of
His holy temple : * and my cry
came before Him, even into His
ears.

The earth shook and trembled :

* the foundations of the hills moved
and quaked, because He was wroth.

There went up a smoke in His
wrath, and fire burst forth before
His presence : * coals were kindled
by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and
came down : * and darkness was
under His feet.

And He rode upon the Cherubim *
and did fly : * yea, He did fly upon
the wings of the wind.

And He made darkness His secret
place, His pavilion round about
Him : * dark waters, thick clouds
of the skies.

At the brightness that was be-
fore Him, the thick clouds passed,

* hailstones and coals of fire.
The Lord also' thundered in the

heavens, and the Highest uttered
His voice : * hailstones and coals
of fire.

Yea, He sent out His arrows
and scattered them : * He shot

out many lightnings and discomfited
them.

And the fountains of waters were
seen, * and the foundations of the
world were discovered.

At Thy rebuke, O Lord, * at
the blast of the breath of Thy
wrath !

He sent from above, and took
me ; * and drew me out of many
waters.

He delivered me from the strong-
est of mine enemies, and from them
which hated me : * for they were too
strong for me.

They came upon me in the day
of my calamity, * but the Lord was
my stay.

He brought me forth also into a
large place : * He delivered me be-
cause He delighted in me.

And the Lord shall reward me
according to my righteousness, *
and according to the cleanness of
mine hands shall He recompense
me.

For I have kept the ways of the
Lord, * and have not wickedly de-
parted from my God.

For all His judgments were before
me : * and I did not put away His
statutes from me.

I shall also be upright with Him,

* and keep myself from mine in-
iquity.

And the Lord shall reward me
according to my righteousness, *
and according to the cleanness of
mine hands in His eye-sight.

With the holy Thou shalt be holy,

* and with the innocent Thou shalt/
be innocent.

And with the pure Thou shalt be

1 Of these creatures, frequently mentioned in connection with the Divine manifestation,
an elaborate account will be found in Ezekiel i. (First Sunday of November), and more
shortly in Apoc. iv. (Tuesday in Third Week after Easter).

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

pure, * and with the contentious
Thou shalt be contentious.

For Thou wilt save the afflicted
people, * and bring down high
looks.

For Thou lightest my lamp, O
Lord : * my God, enlighten my
darkness !

For by Thee shall I be delivered
from temptation, * and by my God
shall I leap over a wall.

As for my God, His way is per-
fect ; the word of the Lord is tried
in the fire : * He is a buckler to all
those that trust in Him.

For who is God save the Lord ?
* or who is God save our God ?

It is God that girdeth me with
strength, * and maketh my way
perfect.

He maketh my feet like hinds'
feet, * and setteth me upon mine
high places.

He teacheth my hands to war, *
and maketh mine arms like a bow
of brass.

Thou hast also given me the
shield of Thy salvation : * and Thy
right hand hath holden me up.

Thy correction also hath made
me great : * and Thy chastening it
is that shall teach me.

Thou hast enlarged my steps
under me, * and my feet have not
slipped.

I will pursue mine enemies and
overtake them : * neither will I turn
again till they be consumed.

I will wound them that they shall
not be able to rise : * they shall fall
under my feet.

Thou hast girded me also with
strength unto the battle, * and hast
subdued under me those that rose
up against me.

1 Apoc.

And hast made mine enemies to
turn their back toward me, * and
hast destroyed them that hate me.

They cried, but there was none
to save them, even unto the Lord,

* but He answered them not.
And I will beat them small, as

the dust before the wind : * I will
cast them out as the dirt in the
streets.

Thou shalt deliver me from the
gainsayings of the people : * Thou
shalt make me the head of the
heathen.

A people whom I knew not have
served me : * as soon as they heard
of me they obeyed me.

The strangers feigned obedience
unto me : * the strangers were
wearied out, and stumbled in their
paths.

The Lord liveth, and blessed be
my God : * and let the God of my
salvation be exalted !

It is Thou, O God, That avengest
me, and subduest the people under
me. * Thou art my deliverer from
my wrathful adversaries.

And Thou shalt lift me up above
those that rise up against me : *
Thou shalt deliver me from the
wicked man.

Therefore will I give thanks unto
Thee, O Lord, among the heathen,

* and sing praises unto Thy name.

Great deliverance giveth He to
His king, and showeth mercy to
His Anointed, to David, * and to
his seed for evermore.

Antiphon for Advent. x Behold,
I come quickly, saith the Lord,
and My reward is with Me, to give
every man according as his work
shall be.

THE PSALTER.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
1 I will love Thee, O Lord, my
strength.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia. 2 Woman, whom seekest
thou ? Alleluia. The Living among
the dead ? Alleluia. Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. 3 Send forth the Lamb,
O Lord, the ruler of the land.

Answer. From the " Rock " of
the wilderness unto the mount of
the daughter of Zion.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 4 For Thou lightest my
candle, O Lord.

Anszver. My God, enlighten my
darkness.

In Lent.

Verse. 5 He shall cover thee with
His wings.

Answer. And under His feathers
shalt thou trust.

In Passion time.

Verse. 6 Lord, save me from
the lion's mouth.

Answer. And mine affliction from
the horns of the unicorns.

In Paschal time.

Verse. 7 The Lord is risen indeed,
Alleluia.

Answer. And hath appeared unto
Simon, Alleluia.

Then is said the Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father (inaudibly), Who
art in heaven, Hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.

1 Ps. xvii. 2.

3 Isa. xvi. i. The " Rock " is the town of

* Ps. xvii. 29. B Ps. xc. 3.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. {Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

Then this Absolution.

1X/TAY His loving-kindness and
-*■*-'• His mercy help us, Who
liveth and reigneth with the Father,
and the Holy Ghost, world without
end.

Anszver. Amen.

Then the reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Fourth Blessing.

God the Father the Almighty,
Show on us His grace and mercy.
Answer. Amen.

TJien is read the Fourth Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Anszver. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Fourth Responsory,
after which the reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Fifth Blessing.

May Christ to all His people give, /
For ever in His sight to live.
Answer. Amen.

2 John xx. 15.
Petra in the wilderness.
8 Ps. xxi. 22. 7 Luke xxiv. 34.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

Then is read the Fifth Lesson, and at
the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Fifth Responsory,
after which the reader says:

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

Sixth Blessing.

May the Spirit's fire Divine
In our inmost being shine.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Sixth Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Sixth Responsory.

Third Nocturn, or Watch of
the Night.

Antiphon for Advent. The Angel
Gabriel.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
There is no speech.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia.

Psalm XVIII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with the
same farther obscure superscription, as in
Pss. xii. and xiii.]

HPHE heavens declare the glory
-■■ of God, * and the firmament
showeth His handy-work.

Day unto day uttereth speech,

* and night unto night showeth
knowledge.

There is no speech nor lan-
guage, * where their voice is not
heard.

Their sound is gone out through
all the earth : * and their words to
the ends of the world.

He hath set His tabernacle in the
sun : x * which is as a bridegroom
coming out of his chamber.

He rejoiceth as a strong man to
run a race : * his going forth is from
the end of the heaven.

And his circuit unto the ends of
it : * and there is nothing hid from
the heat thereof.

The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul : * the testimony
of the Lord is sure, making wise the
simple.

The statutes of the Lord are
right, rejoicing the heart : * the
commandment of the Lord is clear,
giving light unto the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is holy,
enduring for ever and ever : * the
judgments of the Lord are true,
righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than
gold and store of precious stones,

* sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb.

Verily, Thy servant keepeth them :

1 So the LXX., as well as the Vulgate. Cf. Ps. cii. 19 ; ciii. 2, 3. The sense seems
to be that the physical source of the light and life of this system is represented as a kind of
celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as re-
vealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is supported by St. Jerome, reads, "In
them (i.e., the starry heavens) hath He set a tabernacle for the sun," and this reading
seems to commend itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the " tabernacle " may
signify the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to
sleep, and from which he issues in renewed glory every morning. Targum : — "In them
hath He set splendour as a tabernacle for the sun."

THE PSALTER.

* in keeping of them there is great
reward.

Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse Thou me from secret faults :

* preserve Thy servant also from
the sins of others.

If they get not dominion over me,
then shall I be undefiled : * and

1 shall be cleansed from the great
transgression.

Let the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of mine heart,

* be acceptable in Thy sight for
ever,

O Lord mine Helper, * and my
Redeemer !

Antiphon for Advent. x The An-
gel Gabriel spake unto Mary, saying :
Hail, thou that art full of grace, the
Lord is with thee : blessed art thou
among women.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.

2 There is no speech nor lan-
guage where their voice is not
heard.

In Paschal time only one Antiphon is
said to the whole Nocturn.

Second Antiphon for Advent.
Mary said.

Second Antiphon for the rest of the
year. The Lord.

When this Antiphon is used the
Psalm begins with the words " Hear
thee."

Psalm XIX.

[This Psalm has the same title as the
last.]

HP HE Lord hear thee in the day
*■ of trouble : * the Name of
the God of Jacob defend thee.

Send thee help from the sanc-
tuary, * and strengthen thee out of
Zion.

Remember all thine offerings, *
and accept thy burnt sacrifice. 3

Grant thee according to thine
own heart, * and fulfil all thy
counsel.

We will rejoice in Thy salvation :

* and in the name of our God will
we exult.

The Lord fulfil all thy petitions :

* now know I that the Lord saveth
His Anointed.

He will hear him from His holy
heaven, * strong is the salvation of
His right hand.

Some trust in chariots and some
in horses : * but we will call
upon the name of the Lord our
God.

They are brought down and fal-
len : * but we are risen, and stand
upright.

O Lord, save the king : * and
hear us in the day when we call
upon Thee.

Antiphon for Advent. 4 Mary
said : What manner of salutation
is this? My soul is troubled.
Shall I bear the King? And will
He not break the seal of my vir-
ginity ?

Antiphon for the rest of the year.
5 The Lord hear thee in the day of
trouble.

Third Antiphon for Advent. The
King.

Third Antiphon for the rest of the
year. The king. /

When this Antiphon is used the
Psalm begins with the words " Shall

joy."

1 Luke i. 28.
4 Luke i. 29.

2 Ps.
5 Ps.

xviu. 4.
xix. 2.

SLH.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

Psalm XX.

[This Psalm also bears the same title as
the xviiith.]

THE king shall joy in Thy
strength, Lord : * and in
Thy salvation how greatly shall he
rejoice !

Thou hast given him his heart's
desire, * and hast not withholden
the request of his lips. 1

For Thou hast met him with the
blessings of sweetness : * Thou hast
set a crown of precious stones upon
his head.

He asked life of Thee : * and
Thou gavest him length of days for
ever and ever.

His glory is great in Thy salva-
tion : * honour and great majesty
shalt Thou lay upon him.

For Thou wilt give him to be a
blessing for ever : * Thou shalt
make him exceeding glad with Thy
countenance.

For the king trusteth in the
Lord, * and, through the mercy
of the Most High, he shall not be
moved.

Thine hand shall find out all
thine enemies : * thy right hand
shall find out all those that hate
thee.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery
oven in the time of thine anger : *
the Lord shall cut them off in His
wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from
the earth, * and their seed from
among the children of men.

For they intended evil against
thee : * they imagined a device,
which they were not able to perform.

Therefore shalt thou cast them

behind thee : * thou shalt leave
their faces lying in thy track.

Be Thou exalted, O Lord, in
Thine own strength : * we will sing
and praise Thy power.

Antiphon for Advent. The King,
even the Most High, cometh ; there-
fore let the hearts of men be purified
to go forth to meet Him, for, behold,

2 He will come and will not tarry.

Antiphon for the rest of the year.

3 The king shall joy in Thy strength,
O Lord.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Alle-
luia, Weep not, Mary, Alleluia : the
Lord is risen, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. 4 The Lord cometh out of
His holy place.

Answer. He will come and save
His people.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 5 Be Thou exalted, O
Lord, in Thine own strength.

Answer. We will sing and praise
Thy power.

In Lent.

Verse. 6 His truth shall be thy
shield.

Answer. Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night.

In Passion time.

Verse. 7 Take not away my soul
with sinners, O God !

Answer. Nor my life with bloody
men.

1 SLH. 2 Heb. x. 37.

4 Isa. xxxv. 4 ; Micah i. 3. 5 Ps. xx. 14.

3 Ps. xx, 2.
6 Ps. xc. 5. 7 Ps. xxv. 9.

THE PSALTER.

In Paschal time.

Verse. x The disciples were glad,
Alleluia.

Answer. When they saw the
Lord, Alleluia.

Then is said the Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father {inaudibly), Who
art in heaven, Hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. {Aloud.}

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Anstver. But deliver us from evil.

Then the Absolution.

TV/TAY the Almighty and merci-
■»■'-*• ful Lord loose us from the
bonds of our sins.
Answer. Amen.

Then the reader says :
Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

Seventh Blessing.

May the Gospel's saving Lord
Bless the reading of His word.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Seventh Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Seventh Responsory,
after which the reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

Eighth Blessing.

God's most mighty strength al-

way
Be His people's staff and stay.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Eighth Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said the Eighth Responsory,
after which the reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless
ing.

Ninth Blessing.

May He That is the Angels'

King
To that high realm His people

bring.
Answer. Amen.

Or, if another Gospel and Homily are
to be read:

May the Gospel's glorious word
Cleansing to our souls afford.

Then is read the Ninth Lesson, and
at the end the reader says :

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said a Ninth Responsory,
unless this Hymn, " We praise Thee,
O God," be substituted for it. The
Hymn " We praise Thee, O God," is
said in this place on every Sunday and
Feast-day in the year {except the Feast
of the Holy Innocents if it fall on a
Week - day) from Easter to Advent
and from Christmas to Septuagesima. /
In Advent and from Septuagesima to
Easter it is not said on Sunday, but
only on Feast-days. From Easter to
Pentecost it is said on every day what-
soever, except only Rogation Monday.

1 John xx. 20.

SUNDAY AT MATTINS.

1 "\]\7'E praise Thee, O God: we

^ » acknowledge Thee to be
the Lord.

All the earth doth worship Thee,
the Father everlasting.

To Thee all Angels cry aloud,
the heavens, and all the Powers
therein.

To Thee Cherubim 2 and Sera-
phim 3 continually do cry :

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of
Sabaoth. 4

Heaven and earth are full of the
majesty of Thy glory.

The glorious company of the
Apostles praise Thee :

The goodly fellowship of the
Prophets praise Thee :

The white-robed army of Mar-
tyrs praise Thee :

The holy Church throughout all
the world doth acknowledge Thee :

The Father of an infinite Ma-
jesty :

Thine honourable, true and only
Son :

Also the Holy Ghost, the Com-
forter.

Thou art the King of glory, O
Christ !

Thou art the everlasting Son of
the Father.

When Thou tookest upon Thee
to deliver man, Thou didst not
abhor the Virgin's womb :

When Thou hadst overcome the
sharpness of death, Thou didst
open the kingdom of heaven to
all believers :

Thou sittest at the right hand of
God, in the glory of the Father : . .

We believe that Thou shalt come
to be our Judge :

5 We therefore pray Thee, help
Thy servants, whom Thou hast re-
deemed with Thy precious Blood.

Make them to be numbered with
Thy Saints in glory everlasting. 6

7 O Lord," save Thy people, and
bless Thine inheritance.

Govern them, and lift them up
for ever.

Day by day we magnify Thee ;

And we worship Thy name,
ever world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day,
to keep us without sin.

8 Have mercy upon us, O Lord,
have mercy upon us.

9 O Lord, let Thy mercy lighten
upon us, as our trust is in Thee.

10 O Lord, in Thee have I trust-
ed : let me never be confounded.

If Lauds be not immediately to follow,
Mattins end thus :

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Then the Prayer for the day ; then

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.

Ansiver. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Verse. May the souls of the
faithful, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.

Answer. Amen.

Then the Lord's Prayer.

1 The authorship of this Hymn, which is prescribed in the Rule of St. Benedict (born a.d.
480, died 543), is uncertain. 2 See Ezek. i. 3 See Isaiah vi. 2.

4 Hebrew feminine Plural, meaning "hosts," "armies."

5 During this verse it is usual to kneel. 6 Here ends the original Hymn.
7 Ps. xxvii. 9. 8 Ps. cxxii. 3. 9 Ps. xxxii. 22. 10 Ps. xxx. 2.

LAUDS, OR THE MORNING PRAISES
OF GOD. 1

The Lord's Day.

Verse, ►£< Make haste, O God, to
deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world with-
out end. Amen, Alleluia.

From Septnagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday instead of " Alle-
luia," is said :

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of Heaven.

Then follow at once the Psalms and
Antiphons. From the First Sunday in
Advent till the Sunday after the Octave
of the Epiphany and from Septuagesima
Sunday till the Octave of Pentecost
{and also on all Feasts), Five Antiphons
are given, which are then said in the
places here marked. During the rest
of the year only Three Antiphons are
said, which are gixlen here.

Antiphon. Alleluia.

Psalm XCII.

[The Hebrew and the Targuni give no
superscription ; but the LXX. and the
Vulgate have "A Song of Praise by David
for the eve of the Sabbath when the earth
was established" — i.e., A Song of Praise
proper for the close of Friday before the
setting - in of the Sabbath ; the time of
which it is said (Gen. i. 31, ii. 1): "And
God saw every thing that He had made,
and, behold, it was very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth
day. Thus the heavens and the earth
were finished, and all the host of them."]

THE Lord reigneth, He is
clothed with majesty : * the
Lord is clothed with strength, where-
with He hath girded Himself.

He hath established the world
also, * that it cannot be moved.

Thy throne is established of old :
* Thou art from everlasting.

The floods have lifted up, O
Lord, * the floods have lifted up
their voice —

The floods lift up their waves. *
— But Mightier than the noise of
many waters —

Than the mighty breakers of the
sea — * is the Lord on high !

1 The proper hour for Lauds is the dawn of day. This is reckoned to be about 3 A.M., at
which time this Office is said in many Convents. For this purpose it is, in choirs, invari-
ably (except where it forms part of the same service with the Midnight Mass at Christmas)
said immediately after and as one service with Mattins. Hence it follows 1st, that it is
said late in the afternoon, when Mattins are said at that time, and 2ndly, that the Lord's
Prayer and Angelic Salutation are not said at the beginning. This service is constructed
on the same general principle as Vespers, and answers to that Office as Prime does to
Compline.

SUNDAY AT LAUDS.

Thy testimonies are very sure : *
holiness becometh Thine house, O
Lord, for ever !

When there are Five Antiphons the
First is repeated, and the Second begun
or said through the first time here.

Psalm XCIX.

[Intituled in the Vulgate and the LXX.,
"A Psalm of Thanksgiving."]

MAKE a joyful noise unto God,
all ye lands : * serve the
Lord with gladness.

Come before His presence, * with
singing.

Know ye that the Lord, He is
God : * it is He That hath made
us, and not 1 we ourselves :

We are His people, and the sheep
of His pasture. * Enter into His gates
with thanksgiving, and into His courts
with praise : give thanks unto Him,

Praise His Name. For the Lord
is good, His mercy is everlasting :
* and His truth endureth to all
generations.

When there are Five A?itiphons the
Second is repeated, and the Third begun
or said through the first time here.

Psalm LXII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David, when he
was in the wilderness of Judah." This was
one of the most perilous periods of David's
life, when he was flying from the pursuit of
Saul, and hiding in different forests and
wildernesses in the south of Palestine. He
was betrayed again and again, and had the
most hairbreadth escapes. The history
will be found in I Kings (Sam.) xxii. and
xxiii.]

My soul thirsteth for Thee, * my
flesh longeth for Thee,

GOD, Thou art my God,
early will I seek Thee :

In a dry and desert land, with-
out water. * So have I appeared
before Thee in the Sanctuary, to see
Thy power and Thy glory.

Because Thy loving-kindness is
better than life, * my lips shall praise
Thee.

Thus will I bless Thee while I
live : * and will lift up mine hands
in Thy name.

My soul shall be satisfied as
with marrow and fatness ; * and
my mouth shall praise Thee with
joyful lips.

When I remember Thee upon my
bed, I meditate upon Thee in the
night watches : * because Thou
hast been mine help :

And in the shadow of Thy wings
will I rejoice. My soul followeth
hard after Thee : * Thy right hand
upholdeth me.

But those that seek my soul to
destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth : * they shall fall
by the sword, they shall be a portion
for foxes.

But the King shall rejoice in
God : every one that sweareth by
him shall glory : * for the mouth
of them that speak lies shall be
stopped.

Here the Do.xology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

Psalm LXVI.

[Besides a musical superscription, the
Hebrew and the Targum give no title ex-
cept " A Psalm, a Psalm." But the Vulgate
and the LXX. ascribe the authorship to
David.]

/^OD be merciful unto us, and
^-*" bless us : * cause His face

1 The Hebrew tradition attributes the negative to an eccentric spelling, and translates
and His we are."

THE PSALTER.

to shine upon us, and be merciful
unto us. 1

That Thy way may be known
upon earth : * Thy saving health
among all nations.

Let the people praise Thee, O
God : * let all the people praise
Thee.

O let the nations be glad and
sing for joy : * for Thou judgest
the people righteously, and govern-
est the nations upon earth. 2

Let the people praise Thee, O
God, let all the people praise Thee.
* The earth hath yielded her in-
crease ;

Let God, even our own God,
bless us ; let God bless us : * and
let all the ends of the earth fear
Him.

When there are Five Antiphoiis, the
Third is repeated, and the Fourth begun
or said through the first time here.

Ordinary Antiphon throughout the
year. Alleluia, Alleluia.

Second Ordinary A?itiphon. The
king commanded.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia ; Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia; Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia.

Second Antiphon for Paschal time.
He That delivered.

The Song of the Three Holv
Children. (Daniel iii. 57.)

[It is well known how the three young
comrades of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah, called by the heathen, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, were thrown into
a furnace for refusing to worship an idol,
and remained unhurt amid the flames. In
this strange position Azariah offered a long
prayer. " And the king's servants, that put

them in, ceased not to make the oven hot
with resin, pitch, tow, and small wood, so
that the flame streamed forth above the
furnace forty and nine cubits. But the
Angel of the Lord came down into the
oven together with Azariah and his fellows,
and smote the flame of the fire out of the
oven, and made the midst of the furnace as
it had been a moist whistling wind, so that
the fire touched them not at all, neither
hurt nor troubled them. Then the three,
as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and
blessed God in the furnace, saying " the
Hymn, of which that in the text is a cento.
The first five verses are omitted.]

f~\ ALL ye works of the Lord,
^-^ bless ye the Lord : * praise
Him, and exalt Him above all for
ever.

O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye
the Lord : * O ye heavens, bless ye
the Lord.

O all ye waters that be above the
heavens, bless ye the Lord : * O all
ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the
Lord.

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the
Lord : * O ye stars of heaven, bless
ye the Lord.

O ye showers and dew, bless ye
the Lord : * O ye winds of God,
bless ye the Lord.

O ye fire and heat, bless ye the
Lord : * O ye winter and summer,
bless ye the Lord.

O ye dews and rime, bless ye the
Lord : * O ye frost and cold, bless
ye the Lord.

O ye ice and snow, bless ye the
Lord : * O ye nights and days, bless
ye the Lord.

O ye light and darkness, bless ye
the Lord : * O ye lightnings and
clouds, bless ye the Lord. /

O let the earth bless the Lord : '
* let her praise and exalt Him above
all for ever !

iSLH
2 SLH.

. The repetition of the words "be merciful unto us" is peculiar to the Latin.

SUNDAY AT LAUDS.

O ye mountains and hills, bless
ye the Lord : * O all ye green
things upon the earth, bless ye the
Lord.

O ye wells, bless ye the Lord :

* O ye seas and floods, bless ye the
Lord.

O ye whales, and all that move
in the waters, bless ye the Lord :

* O all ye fowls of the air, bless
ye the Lord.

O all ye beasts and cattle, bless
ye the Lord : * O ye children of
men, bless ye the Lord.

O let Israel bless the Lord : * let
him praise and exalt Him above all
for ever !

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye
the Lord : * O ye servants of the
Lord, bless ye the Lord.

O ye spirits and souls of the
righteous, bless ye the Lord : * O
ye holy and humble men of heart,
bless ye the Lord.

Ananias, Azarias, and Misael,
bless ye the Lord : * praise and
exalt Him above all for ever.

1 Bless we the Father, and the
Son, and the Holy Ghost : * let us
praise and exalt Him above all for
ever.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the
firmament of heaven : * and to be
praised, and glorified, and exalted
above all for ever.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said, tior "Amen"
answered. But the other Canticles are
treated like ordinary Psalms.

When there are Five Antiphons, the
Fourth is repeated, a?id the Fifth begun
or said through the first time here.

Ordinary Antiphon throughout the

year. The king commanded, and
the Three Children were cast into
the furnace, fearing not the flame
of the fire, but saying : Blessed be
God!

Antiphon for Paschal time. He
That delivered the Three Children
from the burning fiery furnace, even
Christ, is risen from the grave.
Alleluia.

Third Antiphon. Alleluia.

Psalm CXLVIII.

[To this Psalm is prefixed "Alleluia."
The LXX. connect it with the Prophets
Haggai and Zechariah. See Thursday and
Friday in the fifth week of November.]

IDRAISE ye the Lord from the
*- heavens : * praise Him in the
heights.

Praise ye Him, all His Angels : *
praise ye Him, all His hosts.

Praise ye Him, sun and moon :

* praise Him, all ye stars and light.
Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens:

* and all the waters that be above
the heavens. Let them praise the
Name of the Lord !

For He spake, and they were
made 2 : * He commanded, and they
were created.

He hath established them for
ever and ever : * He hath made a
decree which shall not pass.

Praise the Lord from the earth,

* ye dragons, and all deeps : —
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind,

* fulfilling His word : —
Mountains, and all hills, * fruitful

trees, and all cedars : —

Beasts, and all cattle, * creeping
things, and flying fowl : —

Kings of the earth, and all people ;

1 This verse is, of course, a later addition ; more than two verses are omitted, and the last
given is one of those omitted at the beginning.

2 Taken from Ps. xxxii. 9.

THE PSALTER.

* princes, and all judges of the
earth : —

Young men, and maidens, old
men, and children : let them praise
the Name of the Lord—* for His
Name alone is exalted !

His glory is above heaven and
earth. * He also exalteth the horn
of His people,

The praise of all His Saints, *
even of the children of Israel, a
people near unto Him.

[Here "Alleluia."]

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

Psalm CXLIX.

[Here " Alleluia."]

OING unto the Lord a new

song

His praise in the

congregation of Saints.

Let Israel rejoice in Him That
made him : * and let the children
of Zion be joyful in their King.

Let them praise His Name in
the dance : * let them sing praises
unto Him with the timbrel and
harp.

For the Lord taketh pleasure in
His people : * He also will exalt
the meek unto salvation.

Let the Saints be joyful in glory :

* let them sing aloud upon their
beds :

Let the high praises of God be in
their mouth : * and a two-edged
sword in their hands ;

To execute vengeance upon the
heathen, * and punishments upon
the people ;

To bind their kings with chains,

* and their nobles with fetters of
iron ;

To execute upon them the judg-

ment written : * this honour have
all His Saints.

[Here "Alleluia/']

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

Psalm CL.
[Here " Alleluia."]

PRAISE the Lord in His sanc-
tuary ! * praise Him in the
firmament of His power !

Praise Him in His mighty acts !
* praise Him according to His ex-
cellent greatness !

Praise Him with the sound of
the trumpet ! * praise Him with the
psaltery and harp !

Praise Him with the timbrel and
dance ! * praise Him with stringed
instruments and organs !

Praise Him upon the loud cym-
bals, praise Him upon the high-
sounding cymbals ! * Let every-
thing that hath breath praise the
Lord !

[Here "Alleluia."]

Antiphon. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle-
luia.

{The last of Five Antifihons is, of
course, repeated here.)

Then follows the Chapter. From the
First Sunday in Advent to the Second
Sunday after the Epiphany, and from
Sepluagesima Sunday to the Third
Sunday after Pentecost, as also on all
Feasts, a special Chapter is given. On
the remaining Sundays the Chapter is
that given here. /

Chapter. (Apoc. vii. 12.)

DLESSING, and glory, and wis-
*-* dom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might be

SUNDAY AT LAUDS.

unto our God for ever and ever.
Amen.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

This answer is always made after
the Chapter.

Then follows the Hymn. From the
First Sunday in Advent till the Octave
of the Epiphany and from the First
Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pen-
tecost, as also on all Feasts, a special
Hymn is given. On the remaining
Sundays the Hymn given here is said,
except between the Octave of Pentecost
and the first Sunday of October.

Hymn. 1

T7RAMER of the earth and sky,
-L Ruler of the day and night,
With a glad variety,
Tempering all, and making light ;

Gleams upon our dark path flinging,
Cutting short each night begun,
Hark ! for chanticleer is singing,
Hark ! he chides the lingering sun.

And the morning star replies,
And lets loose the imprison'd day ;
And the godless bandit flies
From his haunt, and from his prey.

Shrill it sounds, the storm relenting
Soothes the weary seamen's ears ;
Once it wrought a great repenting,
In that flood of Peter's tears.

Rouse we ; let the blithesome cry
Of that bird our hearts awaken ;
Chide the slumberers as they lie,
And arrest the sin-o'ertaken.

Hope and health are in his strain,
To the fearful and the ailing ;
Murder sheathes his blade profane,
Faith revives when faith was failing.

Jesu, Master ! when we sin,
Turn on us Thy healing Face ;
It will melt the offence within
Into penitential grace :

Beam on our bewildered mind,
Till its dreamy shadows flee ;
Stones cry out where Thou hast shined,
JESU ! musical with Thee.

To the Father and the Son,
And the Spirit, Who in heaven
Ever witness, Three and One,
Praise on earth be ever given.

Amen.

The following Hymn is said from the
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost till the
first Sunday of October.

Hymn. 2

"DALER have grown the shades of

■*■ night,

And nearer draws the day,
Checkering the sky with streaks of
light,

Since we began to pray :

To pray for mercy when we sin,

For cleansing and release,
For ghostly safety, arid within

For everlasting peace.

Praise to the Father, as is meet,

Praise to the Only Son,
Praise to the Holy Paraclete,

While endless ages run.

Amen.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent and from Septuagesima
Sunday till the end. of Paschal time, as
also on all Feasts, a special Verse and
Answer are given.

Verse. 3 The Lord reigneth, He
is clothed with majesty.

Answer. The Lord is clothed
with strength, and hath girded Him-
self with power.

Theii is said the following Song from
the Gospel. It has an Anliphon, which
is always special, and which is either

1 By St. Ambrose, or at least of the Ambrosian school, except the last verse. Translation
by the late Card. Newman.

2 By Pope St. Gregory the Great, but a good deal altered. Translation by the late
Card. Newman. 3 Ps. xcii. 1.

THE PSALTER.

begun or said through the first time be-
fore it, according as the Office is Double
or not.

The Song of Zacharias.

[On the occasion of the circumcision of
St. John the Baptist.— Luke i. 68-79.]

OLESSED be the Lord God of
*-* Israel, * for He hath visited
and redeemed His people.

And hath raised up an horn of
salvation for us, * in the house of
His servant David :

As He spake by the mouth of
His holy Prophets, * which have
been since the world began :

That we should be saved from
our enemies, * and from the hand of
all that hate us :

To perform the mercy promised
to our fathers, * and to remember
His holy covenant :

The oath which He sware to our
father Abraham, * that He would
grant unto us,

That we, being delivered out of
the hand of our enemies, * might
serve Him without fear,

In holiness and righteousness be-
fore Him * all the days of our life.

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 :

To give knowledge of salvation
unto His people, * by the remission
of their sins ;

Through the tender mercy of our
God, * whereby the dayspring from
on high hath visited us,

To give light to them that sit
in darkness, and in the shadow of
death, * to guide our feet into the
way of peace.

The Doxology, " Glory be to the

Father, &c," is said, and then the
Antiphon repeated.

Then is said :

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Then follows the Prayer for the day
at the end of which is answered:

Answer. Amen.

Afterwards are made any Commem-
orations necessary, by the Antiphon
for the Song of Zacharias, the Verse
and Answer after the Hymn, and the
Prayer (preceded by "Let us pray")
from the superseded Office which is to
be commemorated. After which the
following Common Commemorations
are made, if required, according to
Chapter xxxv. of the General Rubrics.

When more than two Prayers are to
be said, the last clause of each {begin-
ning "Through our Lord, &c," or
" Who livest, &c.,") is omitted in all
except the first and the last, nor is
"Amen" answered except after these
two.

(Note that if these Commemorations
be said upon a week-day, kept as such,
out of Paschal time, they are preceded
by the Commemoration of the Cross,
given hereafter at the end of the Lauds
of Monday.)

I. Commemoration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.

(Omitted if the Office of the day is
of the Blessed Virgin, or if her Little
Office is to be said.)

Antiphon. O Holy Mary, be
thou an help to the helpless, a/
strength to the fearful, a comfort to
the sorrowful ; pray for the people,
plead for the clergy, make inter-
cession for all women vowed to
God ; may all that keep thine holy

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remembrance, feel the might of
thine assistance.

Verse. Pray for us, holy
Mother of God.

Answer. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

/^RANT, we beseech Thee, O
^J Lord God, unto all Thy
servants, that they may continually
enjoy soundness both of mind and
of body, and by the glorious inter-
cession of the Blessed Mary, always
a Virgin, may be delivered from
present sadness, and enter into the
joy of Thine eternal gladness.

From the Octave of the Epiphany to
Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same,
but the rest is as follows :

Verse. After thy delivery thou
still remainest a Virgin undefiled.

Answer. Mother of God, pray
for us.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who, by the fruitful
virginity of the Blessed
Mary, hast given unto mankind the
rewards of everlasting life ; grant,
we beseech Thee, that we may con-
tinually feel the might of her inter-
cession, through whom we have
worthily received the Author of our
life, our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son.

II. Commemoration of St. Joseph,
Patron of the Universal Church.

{Omitted in his Votive Office.)

Antiphon. 1 Jesus Himself began
to be about thirty years of age, being
(as was supposed) the son of Joseph.

Verse. 2 The mouth of the right-
eous speaketh wisdom.

Answer. And his tongue talketh
judgment.

Let us pray.

r\ GOD, Who, in Thine un-
^-^ speakable foreknowledge,
didst choose Thy blessed servant
Joseph to be the husband of Thine
Own most holy Mother; mercifully
grant that now that he is in heaven
with Thee, we who on earth do
reverence him for our defender,
may worthily be holpen by the
succour of his prayers to Thee on
our behalf.

III. Commemoration of the Holy
Apostles, Peter and Paul.

{Omitted in the Votive Office of the
Apostles.)

Antiphon. 3 These are glorious
princes over all the earth, they
loved one another in their lives,
and in their death they were not
divided.

Verse. 4 Their sound is gone out
through all the earth.

Answer. And their words to the
ends of the world.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Whose Right Hand
caught the Blessed Peter
when he walked upon the water,
and began to sink, 5 and thrice de-
livered his fellow-Apostle Paul from
the deep of the sea, when he suf-
fered shipwreck ; 6 graciously hear
us, and grant, for the sake of them

1 Luke iii. 23.
4 Ps. xviii. 5.

2 Ps. xxxvi. 30.
5 Matth. xiv. 31.

3 2 Kings (Sarn.) i. 23.
6 2 Cor. xi. 25.

30 THE PSALTER.

both, that we also may attain unto For Peace.

everlasting glory. Antiphon. Give peace in our

Note 1 . time, O Lord, because there is

1 In England in this case, by a special rule, is made

Commemoration of St. George, Patron of England.

Antiphon. * The Saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises.

Verse, t O Lord, Thou hast compassed him.
Answer. With Thy favour as with a shield.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who dost gladden us through the worthy deeds and prayers of
Thy blessed Martyr George ; mercifully grant that all they that seek
Thy favour through him, may effectually obtain the gift of Thy grace.

And thus it is said within the Octave.

In the Diocese of Hexham St. George is not commemorated, but instead, the following
commemoration is made of St. Cuthbert :

Antiphon. Holy Cuthbert, our Protector, grace and glory of our father-
land, look down upon us from Heaven, and pray God for us, that He grant
us everlasting joy.

Verse. At the prayers of Blessed Cuthbert and for his sake,

Answer. Be merciful unto Thy people, O Lord.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who, through the priceless gift of Thy grace, dost make Thine
holy ones glorious, mercifully grant, that the prayers of Thy Blessed
Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert may help us worthily there to attain, where
are the spirits of just men made perfect.

In the Diocese of Northampton the following commemoration of St. Thomas of Canter-
bury is made before that of St. George :

Antiphon. tl am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am
known of Mine, and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Verse. § In your patience
Answer. Possess ye your souls.

Let us pray.

f~\ GOD, in defence of Whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas fell

^-^ by the swords of wicked men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all that /

ask his help may obtain wholesome fruit of their petition. '

In the Diocese of Plymouth the following commemoration of St. Boniface of Maintz is
made before that of St. George :

Antiphon. Many nations, many thousands of men, did Blessed Boniface

* Heb. xi. 33. f Ps. v. 13. $ John x. 14, 15. § Luke xxi. 19.

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none other that fighteth for us, but our hearts may be set to obey Thy
only Thou, O our God. commandments, and also that by

Verse. l Peace be within thy Thee we being defended from the
walls. fear of our enemies, may pass our

Answer. And prosperity within time in rest and quietness. Through
thy palaces. our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,

Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
Let us pray. m the unity of the Holy Ghost, one

God, world without end.
GOD, from Whom all holy Answer. Amen,

desires, all good counsels,

and all just works do proceed ; give .f/T^ 6 M .™ da y after Lov, Sunday

„, J ,5 -r ■ l till the Eve of the Ascension, instead of

unto Thy servants that peace which the p receding Commemorations, is said

the world cannot give, that both the following:

gain for Christ, and forasmuch as he made himself like unto an Apostle, he
hath purchased unto himself a great reward in Heaven along with the
Apostles.

Verse. Be strong in the Lord, be strong.

Answer. That ye may live for ever with God.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who wast pleased to make the zeal of Thy Blessed Martyr and
Bishop Boniface the mean whereby Thou didst cause many peoples
to know Thy Name, mercifully grant unto us who honour his memory to be
feelingly holpen by the succour of his protection.

{And so it is said within the Octave?)

In the Diocese of Portsmouth the following commemoration of St. Edmund of Can-
terbury is made after that of St. George :

Antiphon. He loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore he
died in exile.

Verse. Cast out upon a world of woes,
In exile here we roam.
Answer. O Blessed Edmund, by thy prayers,
Gain us the love of home.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who in the abundance of Thy goodness toward Thy Church
hast made her bright by the illustrious life of Thy blessed Confessor
and Bishop Edmund, and gladdened her by his glorious and wondrous
works, mercifully grant unto Thy servants that they may be bettered in
following after his ensample, and shielded by his protection from all things
that may rise up against them.

1 Ps. cxxi. 7.

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Paschal Commemoration of the
Cross.

{Omitted in the Votive Offices of the
Blessed Sacrament and of the Passion.)

Antiphon. He That was cruci-
fied is risen from the dead, and
hath redeemed us. Alleluia, Al-
leluia.

Verse. l Say among the heathen
— Alleluia.

Answer. That the Lord reign-
eth from the tree — Alleluia.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who didst send Thy
Son to suffer death for us
upon the Cross, that Thou might-
est deliver us from the power of
the enemy ; grant unto us Thy
servants to be made partakers of
His Resurrection. Through the
Same our Lord Jesus Christ Thy
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
Thee in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, one God, world without end.
Answer. Amen.

After the last Prayer is said:

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.
Answer. Thanks be to God.

If the Office of the Dead or the Litany
{■with or without the Penitential Psalms)
is to follow immediately, it is begun
here. Otherwise'

There is said in rather a low voice :

May the souls of the Faithful

through the mercy of God rest in
peace.

Answer. Amen.

If Prime is to follow immediately, it
is begun here, and what follows is not
said till the end of the whole service.
Otherwise the Office ends thus :

The Lord's Prayer is said inaudibly :

OUR Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive them that trespass against
us. And lead us not into temp-
tation ; but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Then aloud;

Verse. The Lord give us His
peace.

Anszver. And life everlasting.
Amen.

Then follows one of these Four Anti-
phons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ac-
cording to the season of the year.

I. From the First Sunday in Ad-
vent to Candlemas, both inclusive.

Antiphon. 2 Maiden, Mother of
Him that redeemed us, thou that
abidest

Heaven's open gate, and the Star
of the Sea, come, succour the fallen !

Fallen indeed we are, but fain
would rise by thy succour.

Thou that beyond nature's course,
hast borne in time the Eternal ;

Thou that a Virgin before and
after that childbirth remainest, /

1 Ps. xcv. 10. old version.

2 i.e., it is said for the first time after Vespers, if the Antiphon of the B.V. be to be said,
and in any case after Compline, on the Saturday evening before Advent Sunday, and it is
still similarly said after Vespers on February 2, but not after Compline on that day. It is
ascribed to Hermann the Cripple, a monk of Reichenau, who died A.D. 1052. This trans-
lation is in the same rhymeless measure as the original.

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From the Archangel's lips the
quickening message receiving,

Mother of Jesus and us, turn
thine eyes of mercy on sinners.

Verse. The Angel of the Lord
announced unto Mary.

Answer. And she conceived by
the Holy Ghost.

Let us pray.

\~\ J"E beseech Thee, O Lord,
" * pour Thy grace into our
hearts ; that, as we have known
the Incarnation of Thy Son Christ
by the njessage of an Angel, so by
His Passion and Cross we may be
brought unto the glory of the
Resurrection. Through the same
Christ our Lord.
Answer. Amen.

In and after the First Vespers of
Christmas Day the Verse and Answer
and Prayer are as follows :

Verse. After thy delivery thou
still remainest a Virgin undefiled.

Answer. Mother of God, pray
for us.

Let us pray.

r\ GOD, Who, by the fruitful
^S virginity of the Blessed Mary,
hast given unto mankind the re-
wards of everlasting life ; grant, we
beseech Thee, that we may con-
tinually feel the might of her inter-
cession, through whom we have
worthily received the Author of
our life, even our Lord Jesus
Christ Thy Son.
Answer. Amen.

II. From Candlemas to Maundy
Thursday, both exclusive}

Antiphon. Hail, O Mary, Queen
of Heaven,

Queen of Angel worlds on high,
Hail, O Rod to Jesse given,
Blessed Portal of the sky,

Hail, O Lady, bright and glorious,
Clad in beauty pure and true,
Virgin ! o'er sin's stain victorious,
Sinners for thy succour sue.

Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise
by thee accepted be.

Answer. Give me strength against
thine enemies.

Let us pray.

GRANT, we beseech Thee, O
most merciful God, a succour
unto the frailty of our nature, that
as we keep ever alive the memory
of the holy Mother of God, so by
the help of her intercession we may
be raised up from the bondage of
our sins. Through the same Christ
our Lord.

Answer. Amen.

III. From Easter Sunday 11 till the
Saturday after Pentecost, both in-
clusive.

Antiphon. Rejoice! rejoice! thou
Queen of Heaven, Alleluia,

For He* That thee for Son was
given, Alleluia,

As He promised is arisen. Alle-
luia.

1 i.e., it is said for the first time after Compline on Feb. 2 (even if the Feast of the
Purification be transferred), and for the last time after Compline on Wednesday in Holy
Week. The authorship is unknown ; it seems to date from about the eleventh century.

2 i.e., it is said for the first time after Compline on Easter Eve. The date and author-
ship are unknown ; but a legend has become attached to it to the effect that St. Gregory
the Great heard the three first lines uttered by an angel, and himself added the fourth, on
the same occasion from which was instituted the procession upon St. Mark's Day.

VOL. IV. B

THE PSALTER.

Mother, pray to Him for us. Alle-
luia.

Verse. Be glad and rejoice,
Virgin Mary, Alleluia,

Answer. For the Lord is risen
indeed, Alleluia.

Let us pray.

OGOI), Who art pleased to
gladden the whole world by
the resurrection of Thy Son our
Lord Jesus Christ ; grant, we be-
seech Thee, that by the help of
His Mother the Virgin Mary, we
may finally attain unto the glad-
ness of life everlasting. Through
the same Christ our Lord.
Answer. Amen.

IV. From Trinity Sunday l till the
Saturday before Advent Sunday,
both inclusive.

Antiphon. Hail, O Queen, Mother
of mercy ! hail, our life, our sweet-
ness, and our hope ! To thee we
cry, the banished sons of Eve. To-
ward thee we sigh, weeping and
groaning in this vale of tears. Ah,
then, thou our Advocate, turn on us
those merciful eyes of thine ! And,
after this our exile, show to us
Jesus, the blessed Fruit of thy

womb. O merciful, O gracious, O
sweet Virgin Mary !

Verse. Pray for us, O holy Mother
of God,

Answer. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting
God, Who, by the co-opera-
tion of the Holy Ghost, didst make
ready both the body and soul of the
glorious Virgin and Mother Mary
worthily to become a meet dwelling
for Thy Son ; grant that as we re-
joice in her memory, so by her piti-
ful intercession we may be delivered
from the evils that continually hang
over us, and finally from everlasting
death. Through the same Christ
our Lord.

Answer. Amen.

After each of these Antiphon s is said
this Blessing :

God's most mighty strength ahvay
Be His people's staff and stay.
Answer. Amen.

Feasts. The above Office, appointed
for Sunday, is also said on all Feasts
whatsoever, even Simples, and every
day in Paschal time.

1 i.e., it is said for the first time after Vespers, if the Antiphon of the B.V. be to be
said, and in any case after Compline, on the Saturday evening before Trinity Sunday. The
last clause is usually admitted to be an exclamation uttered by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in
the Cathedral of Spires ; bur* the authorship of the rest is disputed, some ascribing it to
Hermann the Cripple, others to one Peter of Monsoro, Bishop of Compostella, others to
one Adhemar, Bishop of Podium (Puy-en-Velay). It seems to have been well known, at
least in Spain, early in the twelfth century.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

Suntmrj.

The Lord's Day.

Before Prime is said inaicdibly the
Lord's Prayer, the Angelic Salutation,
and the Apostles' Creed.

/~^\UR Father, Who art in heaven,
^~S Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as
we forgive them that trespass against
us. And lead us not into tempta-
tion ; but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

IT AIL, Mary, full of grace ; The
-*- -*- Lord is with thee : blessed
art thou among women, and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now and at the hour
of our death. Amen.

T BELIEVE in God the Father
*■ Almighty, Maker of heaven and
earth. And in Jesus Christ, His
Only Son, our Lord ; Who was con-
ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of

the Virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,
and buried : He descended into
hell : the third day He rose again
from the dead : He ascended into
heaven, and sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty :
from thence He shall come to judge
the quick and the dead. I believe
in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic
Church, the Communion of Saints,
the Forgiveness of sins, the Resur-
rection of the body, and the Life
everlasting. Amen.

Then is said aloud:

Verse. >%* Make haste, O God,
to deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.

From Septuagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday instead of "Alle-
luia" is said:

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of heaven.

1 Prime is the first service of the Church for the day-time, Mattins and Lauds being for
the middle and close of night. Its proper hour is when the sun has fairly risen, and day
begun, which is reckoned to be about 6 A.M., about which time it is generally said in
choirs. Sometimes Mattins, Lauds, and Prime are said together early in the morning,
forming the complete morning service of the Church. It is from this aggregation that the
" Morning Prayer" of the Anglican Prayer Book is derived.

THE PSALTER.

Then is said the following :

Hymn. 1

r THE star of morn to night succeeds,
-*• We therefore meekly pray,
May God, in all our words and deeds,
Keep us from harm this day.

May He in love restrain us still
From tones of strife and words of ill,
And wrap around and close our eyes
To earth's absorbing vanities.

May wrath and thoughts that gender
shame

Ne'er in our breasts abide,
And painful abstinences tame

Of wanton flesh the pride ;

So when the weary day is o'er,

And night and stillness come once

more,
Blameless and clean from spot of earth
We may repeat with reverent mirth —

To God the Father glory be,

And to His Only Son,
And to the Spirit, One and Three,

While endless ages run.

Amen.

The last verse is sometimes said thus,
altered in honour of the Incarnation :

Jesu, the Virgin-born, to Thee

Eternal praise be given,
With Father, Spirit, One and Three,

Here as it is in heaven.

Amen.

In Paschal time it is said thus, altered
in ho7iour of the Resurrection :

To Father, Son; and Paraclete,

The slain and risen Son,
Be praise and glory? as is meet,

While endless ages run.

Amen.

// is also occasionally otherwise al-
tered, which occasions are marked in
their places.

Then follow the Psalms. They are
all said under one Antiphon, and

when Five Antiphons have been said
at Lauds, the First of these Five
is the Antiphon at Prime, otherwise
that given here is used.

Antiphon. Alleluia.

Psalm LI 1 1.

[The superscription of this Psalm, after
some words which are probably a musical
direction, proceeds "[A Psalm] of David,
when the Ziphim came and said to Saul,
Doth not David hide himself with us ? "
This was during the same period of his life
in the South in which he composed Ps.
lxii. The Ziphim, or peasantry of the
neighbourhood of Ziph, betrayed him twice
to Saul, and both times, especially the first,
he was in imminent peril. I Kings (Sam.)
xxiii. 19-29, xxvi.]

CAVE me, O God, in Thy Name,
w -' * and judge me in Thy
power.

Hear my prayer, O God : * give
ear to the words of my mouth.

For strangers are risen up against
me, and oppressors seek after my
soul : * and have not set God be-
fore them. 2

Behold God is mine Helper : *
and the Lord upholdeth my soul.

Reward Thou evil unto mine
enemies : * and cut them off in
Thy truth.

I will freely sacrifice unto Thee :
* and praise Thy Name, O Lord,
for it is good.

For Thou hast delivered me out
of all trouble : * and mine eye
hath seen [my desire] upon mine
enemies.

The following Psalm, " O give thanks/
unto the Lord," is said only on Sun-
days, when the Office is of the Sundiy,
nor is it said from Easter to Pentecost,
both inclusive. Moreover it is not said
on or after Septuagesima Sunday till

1 Another Ambrosian hymn. Translation by the late Card. Newman.

SLH.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

Easter ; but then is substituted for it
Psalm xcii., " The LORD reigneth "
{given at the beginning of Lauds').

Psalm CXVII.

[From some verses it seems as though this
Psalm was written for the Feast of Taber-
nacles, and perhaps as a processional at the
entry of the King (David ?) into the place
of worship. The Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix the word Alleluia.]

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good : * for His
mercy endureth for ever.

Let Israel now say that He is
good : * for His mercy endureth
for ever.

Let the house of Aaron now say,

* that His mercy endureth for ever.
Let them now that fear the Lord

say, * that His mercy endureth for
ever.

I called upon the Lord in dis-
tress : * and the Lord heard me
[and set me] at large.

The Lord is on my side : * I
will not fear what man can do
unto me.

The Lord is on my side : * and
I shall see [my desire upon] them
that hate me.

It is better to put confidence in
the Lord, * than to put confidence
in man.

It is better to trust in the Lord,

* than to trust in princes.

All nations compassed me about :

* but in the Name of the Lord ! *
I was avenged on them.

They compassed me about, yea,
they compassed me about : * but
in the Name of the Lord ! I was
avenged on them.

They compassed me about like
bees ; they burnt out as the fire
of thorns : * but in the Name
of the Lord ! I was avenged on
them.

They thrust sore at me, that I
might fall : * but the Lord helped
me.

The Lord is my strength and
my song, * and is become my
salvation.

The voice of rejoicing and salva-
tion * is in the tabernacles 2 of the
righteous.

The right hand of the Lord hath
done valiantly. The right* hand of
the Lord hath exalted me : * the
right hand of the Lord hath done
valiantly.

I shall not die, but live, * and
declare the works of the Lord.

The Lord hath chastened me
sore : * but He hath not given me
over unto death.

Open to me the gates of right-
eousness ; I will go into them and
praise the Lord. * This is the gate
of the Lord, into which the righteous
shall enter.

I will praise Thee, for Thou hast
heard me, * and art become my
salvation.

3 The stone which the builders
refused * is become the head-stone
of the corner.

This is the Lord's doing : * and
it is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord
hath made : * let us rejoice and be
glad in it.

Save me now, O Lord ! O Lord,
send Thou prosperity. * Blessed

1 Probably a war-cry.

2 The allusion is to the ceremonial of the Feast of Tabernacles, Lev. xxiii. 42, "Ye shall
dwell in booths seven days."

3 These two verses were quoted by our Lord. Matth. xxi. 42 ; Mark xii. 10.

THE PSALTER.

be he that cometh in the Name of
the Lord ! l

We have blessed you out of the
house of the Lord. * God is the
Lord and hath showed us light :

Keep the solemn feast-day with
leafy boughs, * even unto the horns
of the Altar. 2

Thou art my God, and I will
praise Thee : * Thou art my God,
and I will exalt Thee.

I will give thanks unto Thee, for
Thou hast heard me, * and art be-
come my salvation.

O give thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good : * for His mercy
endureth for ever.

Psalm CXVIII. 3

BLESSED are the undefiled in
the way, * who walk in the
law of the Lord.

Blessed are they that keep His
testimonies : * that seek Him with
the whole heart.

For they that work iniquity, *
walk not in His ways.

Thou hast commanded us * to
keep Thy precepts diligently.

O that my ways were directed *
to keep Thy statutes.

Then shall I not be ashamed, *

when I have respect unto all Thy
commandments.

I will praise Thee with upright-
ness of heart, * when I shall have
learned Thy righteous judgments.

I will keep Thy statutes : * O
forsake me not utterly.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

\ ^THEREWITHAL shall a young
* * man keep his way ? * By
taking heed unto Thy word.

With my whole heart have I sought
Thee : * O let me not wander from
Thy commandments !

Thy word have I hid in mine
heart, * that I might not sin against
Thee.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord : * teach
me Thy statutes !

With my lips * have I declared
all the judgments of Thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of Thy
testimonies, * as much as in all
riches.

I will meditate on Thy pre-
cepts, * and have respect unto
Thy ways.

I will delight myself in Thy
statutes : * I will not forget Thy
word.

1 Notice that this is the very verse which was sung during the Palm Sunday procession.
The word Hosannads a corruption of its third and fourth words — viz., " Ho-shy'ah na."

2 Lev. xxiii. 40. " And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; and ye
shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days." As to the Feast of Tabernacles,
the Jewish tradition understands by "goodly trees" the citron, and by "thick trees" the/
myrtle. Branches of willow were fastened to the corners of the altar. '

3 This long poem in praise of the Divine Law, which the Church recites every day and
all day, is A B C Darian. Its 176 verses are divided into twenty-two sections, of eight
verses each, in each of which sections all the verses begin with the same letter of the
Hebrew alphabet. The first eight, therefore, begin with Aleph, which somewhat cor-
responds to A.

4 Here begins the letter Beth, somewhat represented by B.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

Continuation of the same Psalm.

DEAL bountifully with Thy ser-
vant, quicken me, * and I
will keep Thy word.

Open Thou mine eyes, * that I
may behold wondrous things out of
Thy law.

I am a stranger in the earth : *
hide not Thy commandments from
me.

My soul is an-hungered for the
longing that it hath unto Thy
judgments * at all times.

Thou hast rebuked the proud : *
they are cursed that do err from
Thy commandments.

Remove from me reproach and
contempt : * for I have kept Thy
testimonies.

Princes also did sit and speak
against me : * but Thy servant did
meditate on Thy statutes.

Thy testimonies also are my de-
light, * and Thy precepts my coun-
sellors.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

1\/TY soul cleaveth unto the
*■* *■ ground : * quicken Thou
me according to Thy word.

I have declared my ways and
Thou heardest me : * teach me Thy
statutes.

Make me to understand the way

of Thy precepts : * so shall I talk
of Thy wondrous works.

My soul sleepeth for heaviness : *
strengthen Thou me according unto
Thy word.

Remove from me the way of lying :

* and grant me Thy law graciously.

I have chosen the way of truth :

* Thy judgments have I not for-
gotten.

I cleave unto Thy testimonies, O
Lord : * put me not to shame !

I have run the way of Thy com-
mandments, * since Thou hast en-
larged mine heart.

The following Creed is only said on
Sundays when the Office is of the Sun-
day, and on Trinity Sunday. The ex-
ceptions are Easter and Pentecost Sun-
days, when it is not said, because they
are treated as Festivals.

The Creed of St Athanasius. 3

WHOSOEVER willeth to be
safe, * before all things it
is necessary that he hold the
Catholic Faith.

Which faith except every one do
keep whole and undefiled, * without
doubt he shall perish eternally.

Now the Catholic Faith is this, *
that we worship One God in Trinity,
and Trinity in Unity.

Neither confounding the Persons,

* nor dividing the Substance.

For there is one Person of the
Father, another of the Son, * and
another of the Holy Ghost.

But the Godhead of the Father,

1 Here begins the letter Ghimel, answering partly to our G.

2 Here begins the letter Daleth, answering partly to our U.

3 The translation largely follows that in the Rev. A. E. Burn's ' Introduction to the
Creeds.' The origin and date of this hymn have been the subject of much discussion.
" It is agreed that it was not written by St Athanasius, and that it was written in Latin."
In the opinion of Mr Burn the indications point to the South of Gaul as its place of origin,
and to the decade A.D. 420-430 as the period of its composition.

THE PSALTER.

of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
is One, * the Glory Equal, the
Majesty Co-Eternal.

Such as the Father is, such is the
Son, * and such is the Holy Ghost.

The Father Uncreated, the Son
Uncreated, * and the Holy Ghost
Uncreated.

The Father Infinite, the Son In-
finite, * and the Holy Ghost In-
finite.

The Father Eternal, the Son Eter-
nal, * and the Holy Ghost Eternal.

And yet They are not Three
Eternals, * but One Eternal.

As also They are not Three Un-
created, nor Three Infinites, * but
One Uncreated, and One Infinite.

So likewise the Father is Almighty,
the Son Almighty, * and the Holy
Ghost Almighty.

And yet They are not Three Al-
mighties, * but One Almighty.

So the Father is God, the Son
God, * and the Holy Ghost God.

And yet They are not Three Gods,

* but One God.

So the Father is Lord, the Son
Lord, * and the Holy Ghost Lord.

And yet They are not Three
Lords, * but One Lord.

For, like as we are compelled by
Christian truth to acknowledge every
Person by Himself to be God and
Lord, * so are we forbidden by the
Catholic Religion to say, there be
Three Gods or Three Lords.

The Father is 'made of none, *
neither created, nor begotten.

The Son is of the Father alone :

* not made, nor created, but Be-
gotten.

The Holy Ghost is of the Father,
and the Son : * not made, nor
created, nor begotten, but Pro-
ceeding.

So there is One Father, not Three
Fathers ; One Son, not Three Sons ;

* One Holy Ghost, not Three Holy
Ghosts.

And in this Trinity is nothing
afore or after, nothing is greater or
less ; * but the whole Three Per-
sons are Co -Eternal together, and
Co-Equal.

So that in all things, as is afore-
said, * the Unity in Trinity, and
the Trinity in Unity is to be wor-
shipped.

He therefore that willeth to be
safe, * let him thus think of the
Trinity.

But it is necessary to eternal
salvation, * that he also believe
faithfully the Incarnation of our
Lord Jesus Christ.

The right Faith therefore is, that
we believe and confess, * that our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
is God and Man.

God, of the Substance of the
Father, Begotten before the worlds :

* and Man, of the substance of His
mother, born in the world.

Perfect God, Perfect Man, * of
a reasoning Soul and human Flesh
subsisting.

Equal to the Father as touching
His Godhead, * inferior to the
Father as touching His Manhood.

Who, although He be God and
Man, * yet He is not Two, but One
Christ.

One, however, not by conversion
of the Godhead into Flesh, * but by
taking of the Manhood into God.

One altogether, not by confusion /
of Substance, * but by Unity of
Person.

For as the reasoning soul and
flesh is one man, * so God and
Man is One Christ.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

Who suffered for our salvation,
descended into hell, * rose again
the third day from the dead.

He ascended into heaven, He sit-
teth on the right hand of the Father,
God Almighty, * from whence He
shall come to judge the quick and
the dead.

At Whose coming all men shall
rise again with their bodies, * and
shall give account for their own
works.

And they that have done good
shall go into life eternal, * but
they that have done evil into
eternal fire.

This is the Catholic Faith, * which
except a man believe faithfully and
firmly, he cannot be safe.

Here is said the Doxology, " Glory
be to the Father, &c."

Antiphon. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle-
luia.

In Paschal time is said a fourth
time, Alleluia.

Then is said the Chapter.

Chapter, (i Tim. i. 17.)

UNTO the King Eternal, Im-
mortal and Invisible, the
only God, be honour and glory for
ever and ever. Amen.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then follows the Short Responsory.

Christ, Thou Son of the Living
God, have mercy on us.

Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the
Living God, have mercy on us.

Verse. Thou That sittest at the
right hand of the Father.

Answer. Have mercy on us.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,

and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the
Living God, have mercy on us.

Verse. 1 Arise, O Christ, and help
us.

Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Name's sake.

This Responsory is occasionally al-
tered, which alterations are given in
their proper places. From Low Sun-
day inclusive till Ascension Day ex-
clusive it is said thus :

Christ, Thou Son of the Living
God, have mercy on us. Alleluia,
Alleluia.

Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the
Living God, have mercy on us. Alle-
luia, Alleluia.

Verse. Thou That art arisen
from the dead.

Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the
Living God, have mercy on us. Alle-
luia, Alleluia.

Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
us. Alleluia.

Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Name's sake. Alleluia.

From Ascension Day inclusive till
Pentecost exclusive it is the same, ex-
cept that instead of " Thou That art
arisen from the dead" is said:

Verse. Thou That art gone up
above the stars.

.During the Octave of Pentecost it is
still the same except that this Verse is
said thus .-

Verse. Thou That sittest at the
right hand of the Father.

1 Ps. xliii. 26.

VOL. IV.

B 2

THE PSALTER.

After the Short Responsory follow
these prayers called the Preces, except
on Doubles and within Octaves, when
they are omitted down to the mark *.

1 Kyrie eleison.

Answer. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

f~\ UR Father (itiaudibly), Who art
^-^ in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive them that tres-
pass against us. (Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

T BELIEVE (inaudibly) in God
■*■ the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth. And in Jesus
Christ, His only Son, our Lord :
Who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, dead, and buried : He de-
scended into hell : the third day He
rose again from the dead : He as-
cended into heaven, and sitteth on
the right hand of God the Father
Almighty : from thence He shall
come to judge the quick and the
dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost,
the Holy Catholic Church, the Com-
munion of Saints, the Forgiveness
of sins. (Aloud.)

Verse. The Resurrection of the
body.

Answer. And the Life everlast-
ing. Amen.

Verse. 2 And unto Thee have I
cried, O Lord.

Answer. And in the morning
shall my prayer come betimes be-
fore Thee.

Verse. 3 Let my mouth be filled
with Thy praise.

Answer. That I may sing of Thy
glory, all the day long of Thy great-
ness.

Verse. 4 Lord, hide Thy face
from my sins.

Answer. And blot out all mine
iniquities.

Verse. Create in me a clean heart,
OGod.

Answer. And renew a right spirit
within me.

Verse. Cast me not away from
Thy presence.

Answer. And take not Thine
holy Spirit from me.

Verse. Restore unto me the joy
of Thy salvation.

Answer. And uphold me with
Thy free spirit.

Verse. 5 *%* Our help is in the
name of the Lord.

Answer. Who made heaven and
earth.

The General Confession.

T CONFESS to God Almighty,
*■ to the Blessed Mary, always
a Virgin, to the Blessed Michael
the Archangel, to the Blessed John
the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles
Peter and Paul, and to all the
Saints, that I have sinned exceed-
ingly in thought, word, and deed,
by my fault, by my fault, by my
most grievous fault. Therefore I
beseech the Blessed Mary, always

1 Greek Litany, signifying " Lord, have mercy — Christ, have mercy — Lord, have mercy."

2 Ps. Ixxxvii. 14. 3 Ps. lxx. 8. 4 Ps. 1. II-14. 8 Ps. exxiii. 8.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

a Virgin, the Blessed Michael the
Archangel, the Blessed John the
Baptist, the Holy Apostles Peter
and Paul, and all the Saints, to
pray to the Lord our God for me.

The Absolution.

ALMIGHTY God have mercy
on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to life everlasting.
Answer. Amen.

*i*\ /T AY tne Almighty and mer-
*■*** ciful Lord grant us pardon,

absolution, and remission of all our

sins.

Answer. Amen.

Then the Office continues as follows :

Verse. Vouchsafe, O Lord, this
day.

Answer. To keep us without
sin.

Verse. Have mercy upon us, O
Lord.

Answer. Have mercy upon us.

Verse. O Lord, let Thy mercy
lighten upon us.

Answer. As our trust is in Thee.

Here the Office is resumed when the
Preces have been omitted.

* Verse. Hear my prayer, O
Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

OLORD God Almighty, Who
hast safely brought us to the
beginning of this day, defend us
in the same with Thy mighty power :
and grant that this day we fall into
no sin, but that all our thoughts,

words, and works may be ordered
by Thy governance to do always
that is righteous in Thy sight.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, one God, world without end.

Answer. Amen.

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

If the Prime of the Little Office of the
Blessed Virgin Mary is to be said, it is
said now. Then is read the Martyr-
ology of the morrow, if it be to be read,
the reader concluding with the words :

And in other places many other
holy Martyrs and Confessors and
holy Virgins.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

After which the Office proceeds thus : x

Verse. 2 Precious in the sight of
the Lord.

Answer.
Saints.

Is the death of His

1WTAY Holy Mary and all the
-L*-A- Saints plead for us with the
Lord, that we may worthily be
holpen and delivered by Him Who
liveth and reigneth for ever and
ever.

Answer. Amen.

Verse. Make haste, O God, to
deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Verse. Make haste, O God, to
deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

1 Whether the Martyrology has been read or not. The Martyrology is never binding
out of Choir. 2 Ps. cxv. 6.

THE PSALTER.

Verse. Make haste, O God, to
deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world with-
out end. Amen.

OUR Father (inaudibly), Who
art in heaven, Hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. {Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

Verse. * Look upon Thy ser-
vants, O Lord, and upon the works
of Thine hands, and order the go-
ings of their children.

Answer. And let the beauty of
the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish Thou the work of
our hands upon us, yea, the work
of our hands, establish Thou it.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. As it was in the be-
ginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.

Let us pray.

OLORD God, King of heaven
and earth, may it please Thee
this day to order and to hallow, to

rule and to govern our hearts and
our bodies, our thoughts, our words,
and our works, according to Thy
law and in the doing of Thy com-
mandments, that we, being holpen
of Thee, may here, and for ever
and ever, worthily be saved and de-
livered by Thee, O Saviour of the
world, Who livest and reignest for
ever and ever.
Answer. Amen.

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

The Blessing.

The Lord Almighty order our
days and deeds in His peace.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Short Lesson. On all
Feasts, even Simples, and some other
days, this is the same as the Chapter
which is to be read at None, which will
be found in its proper place. On other
days one of the following is read, ac-
cording to the Season of the year.

I. From the Octave of the Epiphany
till the First Sunday in Lent, and
from the Octave of Pentecost till
Advent Sunday, all exclusive.

2 Thess. iii. 5.

And the Lord direct your hearts
into the love of God, and into the
patience of Christ.

2. From Advent Sunday inclusive till
Christmas Eve exclusive.

Isa. xxxiii. 2.

O Lord, be gracious unto us : .

for we have waited for Thee : be /

Thou our arm every morning, our

salvation also in the time of
trouble.

'.Ps. lxxxix. 16, 17.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

3. From the First Sunday in Lent in-
clusive till Passion Sunday exclusive.

Isa. lv. 6.

Seek ye the Lord, while He may
be found : call ye upon Him while
He is near.

4. From Passion Sunday inclusive till
Maundy Thursday exclusive.

Isa. 1. 6.

I hid not my face from shame
and spitting. The Lord God 1
will help me, therefore also shall
I not be confounded.

5. From Faster Sunday inclusive till
Ascension Day exclusive.

Col. iii. I.

If ye be risen with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where
Christ sitteth at the right hand of
God : set your affections on things
above, not on things on the earth.

When the Reader has finished the
Short Lesson, he says:

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Verse. Our help is in the name
of the Lord.

Answer. Who made heaven and
earth.

Verse. Bless ye.

Answer. May God [bless us].

The Blessing.

►|< The Lord bless us, and keep
us from all evil, and bring us to life
everlasting; and may the souls of
the Faithful, through the mercy of
God, rest in peace.

Answer. Amen.

Lastly, unless some other Hour is to
follow itnmediately, the Lord's Prayer
is said inaudibly.

Note. When Office is said in Choir
the Service is ended with the Antiphon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only
said as given in this book, at the end of
Lauds {or the aggregation of which
Lauds forms a part) and Compline.

Feasts. The above Office appointed
for Sundays is also said on all Feasts
whatsoever, even Simples, and every
day in Paschal time.

PRIME ON WEEK-DAYS.

All the same as on Sunday, except as
otherwise given here.

Ordinary Antiphon during the
year. Blessed are they that walk.

In Advent the Antiphon is the First
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon in Lent. As I live.

Antiphon for Passiontide. De-
liver me, O Lord.

Psalm cxvii., " O give thanks unto
the LORD," is not said. On Saturday
it is simply omitted, and only the three
Feast-Day Psalms {viz. liii. and the two
first sections of 'cxviii.) are said, but on
the other days of the week one of the
Psalms following is put in its place.

1 The Divine Name.

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THE PSALTER.

jBontiarj.

Psalm XXIII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David." The
Vulgate and the LXX. add "for the first
day of the week."]

THE earth is the Lord's and
the fulness thereof; * the
world, and they that dwell there-
in.

For He hath founded it upon the
seas, * and established it upon the
floods.

Who shall ascend into the moun-
tain of the Lord? * or who shall
stand in His holy place?

He that hath clean hands and
a pure heart, * who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn deceitfully unto his neigh-
bour.

He shall receive a blessing from
the Lord, * and mercy from the
God of his salvation.

This is the generation of them
that seek Him, * that seek the
face of the God of Jacob. 1

Lift up your gates, O ye princes,
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors ! * and the King of glory
shall come in.

Who is this King of glory ? *
The Lord strong and mighty, the
Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your gates, O ye princes,
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors ! * and the King of glory
shall come in.

Who is this King of glory ? *
The Lord of hosts, He is the
King of glory. 1

Euestiag.

Psalm XXIV.

[Intituled "Of David." This Psalm is
ABC Darian.]

UNTO Thee, O Lord, do I lift
up my soul : * O my God,
I trust in Thee, let me not be
ashamed.

Neither let mine enemies triumph
over me : * for none that wait on
Thee shall be ashamed :

Let them be ashamed that
transgress * without cause.

Show me Thy ways, O Lord, *
and teach me Thy paths.

Lead me in Thy truth and teach
me; * for Thou art the God of
my salvation : and on Thee do I
wait all the day.

Remember, O Lord, Thy tender
mercies, * and Thy loving-kind-
nesses, which have been ever of
old.

Remember not the sins of my
youth, * nor my transgressions :

According to Thy mercy remem-
ber Thou me, * for Thy goodness'
sake, O Lord.

Good and upright is the Lord ;
* therefore will He teach sinners
in the way.

The meek will He guide in judg-
ment : * the meek will He teach
His way.

All the paths of the Lord are
mercy and truth, * unto such as
keep His covenant and His testi-
monies. /

For Thy Name's sake, O Lord,
pardon mine iniquity ; * for it is
great.

SLH.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

What man is he that feareth the
Lord ? * him shall He teach in the
way that He shall choose.

His soul shall dwell at ease : *
and his seed shall inherit the earth.

The Lord is a strong rock unto
them that fear Him; * and His
covenant shall be made known to
them.

Mine eyes are ever toward the
Lord : * for He shall pluck my feet
out of the net.

Turn Thee unto me, and have
mercy upon me, * for I am desolate
and afflicted.

The troubles of mine heart are
enlarged : * O bring me out of my
distresses.

Look upon mine affliction and my
pain : * and forgive all my sins.

Consider mine enemies, for they
are many : * and they hate me with
cruel hatred.

O keep my soul, and deliver me :
* let me not be ashamed, for I put
my trust in Thee.

The undefiled and the upright
cleave to me : * for I wait on Thee.

Redeem Israel, O God, * out of
all his troubles !

Psalm XXV.

[Intituled "Of David."]

JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have
walked in mine innocence : * I
have trusted also in the Lord ; I
shall not slide.

Examine me, O Lord, and prove
me : * try as by fire my reins and
mine heart.

For Thy loving-kindness is before
mine eyes : * and I have walked in
Thy truth.

I have not sat with vain persons,

* neither will I go in with wrong-
doers.

I hate the congregation of evil
doers : * and will not sit with the
wicked.

I will wash mine hands in inno-
cency, * and I will compass Thine
Altar, O Lord.

That I may hear the voice of
thanksgiving, * and tell of all Thy
wondrous works.

Lord, I have loved the beauty of
Thine house, * and the place where
Thy glory dwelleth.

Make not my soul to perish with
sinners, O God, * nor my life with
bloody men :

In whose hands is mischief, * and
their right hand is full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk in
mine innocence : * redeem me, and
be merciful unto me.

My foot standeth in uprightness :

* in the congregations will I bless
Thee, O Lord.

Eijurstiarj,

Psalm XXII.
[Intituled "A Psalm of David."]

THE Lord is my Shepherd, I
shall not want. * He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures :

He leadeth me beside the still
waters. * He restoreth my soul :

He leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness, * for His Name's
sake.

Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil : * for Thou art with
me :

Thy rod and Thy staff * they
comfort me.

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THE PSALTER.

Thou preparest a table before me,

* in the presence of mine enemies :
Thou anointest mine head with

oil : * and mine overflowing cup, O
how goodly is it !

Surely Thy mercy shall follow me

* all the days of my life :

And I will dwell in the house of
the Lord * for ever.

jfrttiarL

Psalm XXI.

[Intituled " A Psalm of David." It has
a musical (?) superscription, from part of
which it appears that it was written for a
tune called "The hind of the morning."]

A /TY God, my God, look upon
^'^ me 1 : why hast Thou for-
saken me? * the voice of mine of-
fences keepeth Thy deliverance far
from me.

O my God, I cry in the day-time,
and Thou hearest not : * and in the
night season — and still it is not fool-
ishness in me.

But Thou dwellest in holiness, *
O Thou Praise of Israel !

Our fathers trusted in Thee : *
they trusted, and Thou didst deliver
them.

They cried unto Thee, and were
delivered : * they trusted in Thee,
and were not confounded.

But I am a worm and no man : *
a reproach of men, and despised of
the people.

2 All they that see me laugh me to
scorn : * they shoot out the lip, and
shake their head :

He trusted in the Lord, let Him
rescue him : * let Him deliver him,
seeing He delighteth in him.

But Thou art He That took me
out of the womb : * Thou art mine
hope from my mother's breasts. I
was cast upon Thee from the womb :

Thou art my God from my
mother's belly. * Be not far from
me :

For trouble is near : * for there is
none to help.

Many bulls have compassed me :
* strong bulls have beset me round.

They gaped upon me with their
mouths, * as a ravening and a roar-
ing lion.

I am poured out like water, * and
all my bones are out of joint ;

Mine heart is like melting wax *
in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a
potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to
my jaws : * and Thou hast brought
me into the dust of death.

For many dogs have compassed
me : * the assembly of the wicked
have inclosed me.

They pierced mine hands and my
feet : * they have told all my bones :

They look and stare upon me. *
They part my garments among them,
and upon my vesture do they cast
lots.

But let not Thine help be far from
me ; O Lord, * haste Thee to save
me.

God, deliver my soul from the
sword : * my darling from the power
of the dog !

Save me from the lion's mouth ; *
and mine affliction from the horns of
the unicorns.

1 will declare Thy name unto my /
brethren : * in the midst of the
congregation will I praise Thee.

1 The words "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?'
Lord upon the Cross (Matth. xxvii. 46 ; Mark xv. 34).

2 Read Matth. xxvii. 39-44. >

were quoted by our

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

Ye that fear the Lord, praise
Him : * all ye seed of Jacob, glorify
Him ;

Let all the seed of Israel fear
Him. * For He hath not despised
nor abhorred the prayer of the
poor ;

Neither hath He hid His face
from me : * but when I cried unto
Him, He heard me.

My praise shall be of Thee in the
great congregation : * I will pay my
vows before them that fear Him.

The poor shall eat and be satis-
fied, and they shall praise the Lord
that seek Him : * their heart shall
live for ever.

All the ends of the earth * shall
remember and turn unto the Lord.

And all the kindreds of the na-
tions * shall worship before Him.

For the kingdom is the Lord's :

* and He hath dominion among the
nations.

All they that be fat upon earth
shall eat and worship : * all they
that go down to the dust shall fall
down before Him :

My soul also shall live unto Him ;

* and my seed shall serve Him :
The generation to come shall tell

it unto the Lord : * and the heavens
shall declare His righteousness unto
a people that shall be born, whom
the Lord hath made.

Saturtrag*

Psalm cxvii. is simply omitted and
no other is substituted for it.

Ordinary Antiphon during the
year. Blessed are they that walk
in Thy law, O Lord.

In Advent the Antiphon is the First
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon in Lent. J As I live,
saith the Lord, I have no pleasure
in the death of the wicked, but
rather that he turn from his way and
live.

Antiphon for Passiontide. 2 De-
liver me, O Lord, and set me be-
side Thee : and any man's hand
may fight against me.

Chapter. (Zech. viii. 19.)

LOVE peace and truth, saith the
Lord Almighty.

If the Preces have not been said at
Lauds, then the Preces are now said,
as on Sunday ; but if the Lauds Preces
have been said, the following longer
form is used, all kneeling:

Kyrie eleison.

Answer. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

I BELIEVE {inaudibly) in God
the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth. And in Jesus

1 Ezek. xxxiii. II,

1 Job xvii. 3.

THE PSALTER.

Christ, His only Son, our Lord :
Who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, dead, and buried : He
descended into hell : the third day
He rose again from the dead : He
ascended into heaven, and sitteth
on the right hand of God the
Father Almighty : from thence He
shall come to judge the quick and
the dead. I believe in the Holy
Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church,
the Communion of Saints, the For-
giveness of sins. {Aloud.)

Verse. The Resurrection of the
body.

Answer. And the Life everlast-
ing. Amen.

Verse. And unto Thee have I
cried, O Lord.

Anszver. And in the morning
shall my prayer come betimes before
Thee.

Verse. Let my mouth be filled
with Thy praise.

Answer. That I may sing of
Thy glory, all the day long of Thy
greatness.

Verse. O Lord, hide Thy face
from my sins.

Answer. And blot out all mine
iniquities.

Verse. Create in me a clean
heart, O God.

Answer. And renew a right spirit
within me.

Verse. Cast me not away from
Thy presence.

Answer. And take not Thine
Holy Spirit from me.

Verse. Restore unto me the joy
of Thy salvation.

Answer. And uphold me with
Thy free spirit.

Verse. x Deliver me, O Lord,
from the evil man.

Answer. And preserve me from
the wicked man.

Verse. 2 Deliver me from mine
enemies, O my God.

Answer. And defend me from
them that rise up against me.

Verse. Deliver me from the
workers of iniquity.

Answer. And save me from
bloody men.

Verse. 3 So will I sing unto Thy
Name for ever.

Answer. That I may daily per-
form my vows.

Verse. 4 Answer us, O God of
our salvation.

Answer. Who art the confidence
of all the ends of the earth, and of
them that are afar off upon the sea.

Verse. Make haste, O God, to
deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Verse. 5 Holy God, Holy Mighty,
Holy Immortal.

Answer. Have mercy on us.

Verse. 6 Bless the Lord, O my
soul.

Answer. And all that is within
me, bless His holy Name.

Verse. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Answer. And forget not all his
benefits.

Verse. Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities. /

1 Ps. cxxxix. 2. 2 Ps. Iviii. 2, 3. 3 Ts. lx. 9. 4 Ps. lxiv. 6.

5 Called the " Trisagion " in the Eastern Church. Its legendary origin is that it was
learnt from angels by a boy who was carried up into the air during a tempest at Con-
stantinople in the time of St Proclus (A.n. 434). It is probably much older than his
time. Photius thought it was adapted from Ps. xli. 2. 6 Ps. cii. 1-5.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.

Answer. Who healeth all thy
diseases.

Verse. Who redeemeth thy life
from destruction.

Answer. Who crowneth thee
with loving - kindness and tender
mercies.

Verse. Who satisfieth thy desire
with good things.

Answer. Thy youth is renewed
like the eagle's.

Verse. *%* Our help is in the
name of the Lord.

Answer. Who made heaven and
earth.

Then is made the General Confession,
and all proceeds as on Sunday.

TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR. 1

©fte for euerg trag in tfje
SEeefe.

/2/ /^ beginning of Terce the Lord's
Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are
said inaudibly.

/^UR Father, Who art in heaven,
^-s Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, as we for-
give them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

TTAIL, Mary, full of grace; The
-■■ -*- Lord is with thee : blessed
art thou among women, and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at the hour
of our death. Amen.

Then is said aloud:

Verse. >|« Make haste, O God,
to deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.

From Septuagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday instead of "Alle-
luia" is said:

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of heaven.

Then is said the following :
Hymn. 2

COME, Holy Ghost, Who ever One,
Reignest with Father and with
Son,
3 It is the hour, our souls possess
With Thy full flood of holiness.

Let flesh, and heart, and lips, and mind,
Sound forth our witness to mankind ;
And love light up our mortal frame
Till others catch the living flame.

Now to the Father, to the Son,
And to the Spirit, Three in One,
Be praise, and thanks, and glory given,
By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.

Amen.

The last verse is sometimes said thus,
altered in honour of the Incarnation :

Jesu, the Virgin-born, to Thee,
To Father, Spirit, One and Three,
Be praise, and thanks, and glory given,
By men on earth, by Saints in heaven./

Amen.

1 The proper hour of Terce is 9 A.M., about which time it is generally said in
communities before the Community Mass.

2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school. Translation by the late Card. Newman.

3 It was at this the third hour that the Holy Ghost descended on the day of Pente-
cost. — Acts ii. 15.

TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR.

In Paschal time it is said thus, al-
tered in honour of the Resurrection :

JESU, our Risen Lord, to Thee,
To Father, Spirit, One and Three,
Be praise, and thanks, and glory given,
By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.

Amen.

// is also occasionally otherwise al-
tered, which occasions are marked in
their places.

Then follow six sections of Psalm
CX VIII. They are all said under one
Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons
have been said at Lauds, the Second of
these Five is the Antiphon at Terce.
Otherwise those given here are used.

Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays ;
and for every day in Paschal time.
Alleluia.

Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Lead me.

In Advent the Antiphon is the Second
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon in Lent. Behold now
is the day.

Antiphon in Passiontide. O Lord,
Thou hast judged.

Continuation of Psalm C XVI II.

rr 1

T^EACH me, O Lord, the way of
*■ Thy statutes : * and I shall
keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I
shall keep Thy law : * yea, I shall
observe it with my whole heart.

Lead me in the path of Thy

commandments : * for therein do I
delight.

Incline mine heart unto Thy testi-
monies, * and not to covetousness.

Turn away mine eyes from be-
holding vanity : * quicken Thou me
in Thy way.

Stablish Thy word unto Thy ser-
vant, * that he may fear Thee.

Turn away my reproach, which I
dread : * for Thy judgments are
good.

Behold, I have longed after
Thy precepts : * quicken me in
Thy righteousness.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

ET Thy mercy come also unto
-■— ' me, O Lord : * even Thy sal-
vation, according to Thy word.

So shall I have wherewith to
answer him that reproacheth me :
* for I trust in Thy word.

And take not the word of truth
utterly out of my mouth : * for I
have hoped in Thy judgments.

So shall I keep Thy law contin-
ually, * for ever and ever.

And I will walk at liberty : * for
I seek Thy precepts.

I will speak of Thy testimonies
also before kings : * and will not be
ashamed.

And I will delight myself in Thy
commandments, * which I have loved.

Mine hands also will I lift up
unto Thy commandments, which I
have loved : * and I will meditate
in Thy statutes.

1 Here begins the letter He, an aspirate, nearly represented by our H.
8 Here begins the letter Vau, variously attempted to be represented by V, W, U,
O, Oo.

THE PSALTER.

Continuation of the same Psalm.

T3 EMEMBER Thy word unto
-*-^- Thy servant, * upon which
Thou hast caused me to hope.

This is my comfort in mine afflic-
tion, * that Thy word hath quickened
me.

The proud have behaved them-
selves very wickedly : * yet have I
not turned aside from Thy law.

I remembered Thy judgments of
old, O Lord : * and have comforted
myself.

Horror hath taken hold upon me,

* because of the wicked that forsake
Thy law.

Thy statutes have been my songs

* in the house of my pilgrimage.

I have remembered Thy Name, O
Lord, in the night, * and have kept
Thy law.

This I had, * because I kept Thy
precepts.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

HPHOU art my portion, O Lord,
** * I have said that I would
keep Thy law.

I entreated Thy favour with my
whole heart : * be merciful unto me
according to Thy word.

I thought on my ways, * and
turned my feet unto Thy testi-
monies.

I made haste, and delayed not
* to keep Thy commandments.

The bands of the wicked have

compassed me about : * yet have
I not forgotten Thy law.

At midnight I will rise to give
thanks unto Thee, * because of
Thy righteous judgments.

I am the companion of all them
that fear Thee, * and of them that
keep Thy precepts.

The earth, O Lord, is full of
Thy mercy : * teach me Thy
statutes.

Continuation of the same Psalm.

tfi 3

'"THOU hast dealt well with Thy
-■■ servant, O Lord, * according
to Thy word.

Teach me goodness, and judg-
ment, and knowledge : * for I have
believed Thy commandments.

Before I was afflicted, I went
astray : * therefore now I have
kept Thy word.

Thou art good, * and in Thy
goodness teach me Thy statutes.

The proud have dealt very
wickedly with me : * but I will
keep Thy precepts with my whole
heart.

Their heart is curdled as milk : 4
* but I delight in Thy law.

It is good for me that Thou hast
afflicted me : * that I might learn
Thy statutes.

The law of Thy mouth is better
unto me, * than thousands of gold
and silver.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

1 Here begins the letter Zain, answering to Z.

2 Here begins the letter Kheth, a strong guttural, variously represented by Kh and Hh.

3 Here begins the letter Teth, represented by T.

4 " Gross as fat is their heart " (Leeser). The idea conveyed is that of stupidity.

TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR.

THINE hands have made me and
fashioned me : * give me
understanding, that I may learn
Thy commandments.

They that fear Thee will be glad
when they see me : * because I have
hoped in Thy word.

I know, O Lord, that Thy judg-
ments are right, * and that Thou
in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Let Thy merciful kindness be for
my comfort, * according to Thy
word unto Thy servant.

Let Thy tender mercies come unto
me, that I may live : * for Thy law
is my delight.

Let the proud be ashamed, for
they dealt wrongfully with me with-
out a cause : * but I will meditate
in Thy precepts.

Let those that fear Thee turn
unto me, * and those that know
Thy testimonies.

Let mine heart be undefiled in
Thy statutes, * that I be not
ashamed.

Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Antiphon for every day in Paschal
time. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia.

Ordinary Antiphon for Week-
days. 2 Lead me in the path of
Thy commandments, O Lord.

In Advent the Antiphon is the Second
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon in Lent. Behold now
is the day of repentance, to redeem
sin, and save the soul.

Antiphon in Passiontide. 3 O
Lord, Thou hast judged the cause
of my soul. Thou hast redeemed
my life, O Lord my God.

Then follows the Chapter and the
Short Responsory. When they are not
given specially, one of the following is
used. After the Chapter is always an-
swered, " Thanks be to God."

On Sundays, from the Third Sun-
day after the Epiphany inclusive until
Septuagesima Sunday exclusive, and
from the Third Sunday after Pentecost
inclusive until Advent Sunday exclusive
are said the following, and the Respon-
sory is used moreover till the First
Sunday in Lent exclusive.

Chapter, (i John iv. 16.)

GOD is love : and he that dwell-
eth in love dwelleth in God,
and God in him.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

4 Incline mine heart unto Thy
testimonies, O God.

Answer. Incline mine heart unto
Thy testimonies, O God.

Verse. Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vanity : quicken Thou me
in Thy way.

Answer. Unto Thy testimonies,
O God.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. Incline mine heart unto
Thy testimonies, O God.

Verse. 5 I said, Lord, be merci-
ful unto me.

Answer. Heal my soul, for I
have sinned against Thee.

1 Here begins the letter Jod, variously represented by J, Y, I, Ee.

2 Ps. cxviii. 35. 3 Lam. iii. 58. * Ps. cxviii. 36, 37.

Ps. xl. 5.

THE PSALTER.

On ordinary Week-days throughout
the year are said the following :

Chapter. (Jer. xvii. 14.)

HEAL me, O Lord, and I shall
be healed : save me, and I
shall be saved : for Thou art my
praise.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

Heal my soul, for I have sinned
against Thee.

Answer. Heal my soul, for I
have sinned against Thee.

Verse. I said, Lord, be merciful
unto me.

Answer. For I have sinned against
Thee.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. Heal my soul, for I
have sinned against Thee.

Verse. 1 Be Thou mine Helper,
neither leave me,

Anszver. Nor forsake me, O God
of my salvation.

hi Advent are said the following {but
the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Jer. xxiii. 5.)

BEHOLD, the days come, saith
the Lord, that I will raise
unto David a righteous branch : and
a King shall reign in wisdom, and
shall execute judgment and justice
in the earth.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

Come and save us, O Lord God
of hosts.

Answer. Come and save us, O
Lord God of hosts.

Verse. 2 Cause Thy face to shine,
and we shall be saved.

Answer. O Lord God of hosts.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. Come and save us, O
Lord God of hosts.

Verse. 3 The heathen shall fear
Thy Name, O Lord.

Answer. And all the kings of
the earth Thy glory.

In Lent are said the following {but the
Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Joel ii. 12, 13.)

TURN ye to Me with all your
heart, with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning. And
rend your heart and not your gar-
ments, saith the Lord Almighty.
Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

4 He hath delivered me from the
snare of the fowler.

Answer. He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler.

Verse. And from the noisome
pestilence.

Answer. From the snare of the
fowler.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler. ,

Verse. He shall cover thee with/
His wings.

Answer. And under His feathers
shalt thou trust.

1 Ps. xxvi. 9.

2 Ps. lxxix. 4.

3 Ps. ci. 16.

4 Ps. xc. 3.

TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR.

In Passiontide are said the following
{but the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Jer. xvii. 13.)

OLORD, all that forsake Thee
shall be ashamed : they that
depart from Thee shall be written
in the earth : because they have
forsaken the Lord, the fountain of
living waters.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

1 O God, deliver my soul from
the sword.

Answer. O God, deliver my soul
from the sword.

Verse. And my darling from
the power of the dog.

Answer. My soul from the sword.
O God, deliver my soul from the
sword.

Verse. O Lord, save me from
the lion's mouth.

Answer. And mine affliction
from the horns of the unicorns.

In Paschal time are said the following
{but the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Rom. vi. 9.)

/^HRIST, being raised from the
^-" dead, dieth no more, death
hath no more dominion over Him.
For in that He died, He died unto
sin once ; but in that He liveth, He
liveth unto God.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

The Lord is risen from the grave,
Alleluia, Alleluia.

Answer. The Lord is risen from
the grave, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. Who hung for us upon
the tree.

Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. The Lord is risen from
the grave, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. 2 The Lord is risen in-
deed, Alleluia.

Answer. And hath appeared to
Simon, Alleluia.

After the Short Respotisory, if the
Preces have been said at Lauds, all kneel
down and the following are said; but
if the Preces have been omitted at Lauds,
then these are also omitted down to the
mark *.

Kyrie eleison.

Answer. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

/^UR Father {inaudibly), Who
^S art in heaven, Hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. (Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from evil.

Verse. 3 Turn us again, O Lord
God of hosts.

Answer. And cause Thy face to
shine, and we shall be saved.

Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
us.

Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Name's sake.

Here the Office is continued when the
above has been omitted.

1 Ps. xxi. 21.

2 Luke xxiv. 34.

3 Ps. lxxix. 8.

THE PSALTER.

* Verse. Hear my prayer, O
Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Here is said the Prayer for the day,
after which :

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.
Answer. Thanks be to God.

If the Little Office of the Blessed
Virgin Mary is to follow immediately,
it is begun here, and what follows is not
said. Otherwise the Office ends thus :

Verse {said in a somewhat lower
voice). May the souls of the Faith-
ful, through the mercy of God, rest
in peace.

Answer. Amen.

Lastly, unless Sext follow, the Lord's
Prayer is said inaudibly.

^\UR Father, Who art in heaven,
^~J Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, as we for-
give them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Note. When Office is said in Choir
the Service is ended with the Antiphon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only
said as given in this book, at the end
of Lauds {or the aggregation of which
Lauds forms a part) and Compline.

Feasts. The above Office, appointed
for all Sundays and Week-days through-
out the year, is likewise said on all
Feasts.

SEXT, OR THE SIXTH HOUR.

©fftce for eberrj cag in tfje
WLztk.

At the beginning of Se.vt, the Lord's
Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are
said inaudibly.

/^\UR Father, Who art in heaven,
^-J Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, as we for-
give them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

TTAIL, Mary, full of grace; The
-*■ *- Lord is with thee : blessed
art thou among women, and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at the hour
of our death. Amen.

Then is said aloud :

Verse. ►£< Make haste, O God, to
deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is

now, and ever shall be, world with-
out end. Amen. Alleluia.

From Septuagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday, instead of "Alle-
luia" is said:

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of Heaven.

Then is said the following :
Hymn. 2

OGOD, Who canst not change nor
fail,

Guiding the hours, as they roll by,
Brightening with beams the morning

pale,
And burning in the mid-day sky ;

Quench Thou the fires of hate and

strife,
The wasting fever of the heart ;
From perils guard our feeble life,
And to our souls Thy peace impart.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,
And Holy Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all glory, Three in One,
Be given in every time and place.

Amen.

The last verse is sometimes said thus,
altered in honour of the Incarnation :

Hear, JESU, Virgin-born, our cry,
With Father and with Holy Ghost,
To Whom be praise, here as on high,
On earth as 'mid the Angelic Host.

Amen.

1 The proper hour for Sext is 12 noon. In Choirs it is generally said after the Com-
munity Mass.

2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with one word altered. Translation by the
late Card. Newman.

THE PSALTER.

In Paschal time it is said thus, altered
in honour of the Resurrection :

To Thee, our Risen Lord, we cry,
With Father and with Holy Ghost,
To Whom be praise, here as on high,
On earth as 'mid the Angelic Host.

Amen.

// is also occasionally otherwise al-
tered, which occasions are marked in
their places.

Then follow six sections of Psalm
CX VIII. They are all said under one
Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons
have been said at Lauds the third of
these Five is the Antiphon at Sext.
Otherwise those given here are used.

Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays
and for every day in Paschal time.
Alleluia.

Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Hold Thou me up.

In Advent the Antiphon is the Third
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon in Lent. Let us ap-
prove ourselves.

Antiphon in Passiontide. O My
people.

Continuation of Psalm CXVIII.

1\ /TY soul fainteth for Thy salva-
±Va- tion : * but I hope in Thy
word.

Mine eyes fail for Thy word, *
saying : When wilt Thou comfort
me?

For I am become like a wine-
skin in time of frost : * yet do I
not forget Thy statutes.

How many are the days of Thy
servant ? * when wilt Thou execute
judgment on them that persecute
me?

The wicked have spoken lies
unto me, * which are not after Thy
law.

All Thy commandments are faith-
ful : * they persecute me wrongfully,
help Thou me.

They had almost consumed me
upon earth : * but I forsook not
Thy precepts.

Quicken me after Thy loving-
kindness : * so shall I keep the
testimony of Thy mouth.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

T^OR ever, O Lord, * Thy word
-*• is settled in heaven.

Thy faithfulness is unto all genera-
tions : * Thou hast established the
earth, and it abideth.

The day continueth by Thine
ordinance : * for all things serve
Thee.

Unless Thy law had been my
delight, * then perchance I should
have perished in mine affliction.

I will never forget Thy precepts :
* for with them Thou hast quick-
ened me.

I am Thine, save me : * for I
have sought Thy precepts.

The wicked have waited for me,
to destroy me : * but I considered
Thy testimonies. /

I have seen an end of all perfec-
tion : * but Thy commandment is
exceeding broad.

Here begins the letter Caph, a guttural variously represented by C, Q, Ch, &c.
Here begins the letter Lamed, answering to L.

SEXT, OR THE SIXTH HOUR.

Continuation of the same Psalm.

HOW I love Thy law, O Lord !
* it is my meditation all the

day.

Thou, through Thy command-
ments, hast made me wiser than
mine enemies : * for they are ever
with me.

I have more understanding than
all my teachers : * for Thy testi-
monies are my meditation.

I understand more than the an-
cients, * because I keep Thy pre-
cepts.

I have refrained my feet from
every evil way ; * that I might keep
Thy word.

I have not departed from Thy
judgments : * for Thou hast taught
me.

How sweet are Thy words unto
my taste ! * yea, sweeter than honey
to my mouth.

Through Thy precepts I get un-
derstanding : * therefore I hate every
false way.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

" I ^HY word is a lamp unto my feet,
*- * and a light unto my path.

I have sworn, and am stedfastly
purposed, * to keep Thy righteous
judgments.

I am afflicted very much, O
Lord : * quicken me according to
Thy word.

Accept, I beseech Thee, the free-

will offerings of my mouth, O Lord :
* and teach me Thy judgments.

My soul is continually in mine
hand : * yet do I not forget Thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for
me : * yet I erred not from Thy
precepts.

Thy testimonies have I taken as
an heritage for ever : * for they are
the rejoicing of mine heart.

I have inclined mine heart to
perform Thy statutes always, * be-
cause of the reward.

Continuation of the same Psalm.

HATE the unrighteous : * but
-■■ Thy law do I love.

Thou art mine Helper and my
Protector : * and in Thy word do
I hope.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers :
* for I will keep the commandments
of my God.

Uphold me according to Thy
word, and I shall live : * and let me
not be ashamed of mine hope.

Hold Thou me up and I shall be
safe : * and I will have respect unto
Thy statutes continually.

Thou hast trodden down all them
that err from Thy statutes : * for
their thought is falsehood.

I hold all the wicked of the earth
as liars : * therefore I love Thy
testimonies.

Make Thou my flesh to tremble
for fear of Thee : * for I am afraid
of Thy judgments.

Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

1 Here begins the letter Mem, answering to M-

2 Here begins the letter Nun, answering to N.

3 Here begins the letter Samech, somewhat represented by S.

THE PSALTER.

r HAVE done judgment and jus-

1 tice : * leave me not to mine
oppressors.

Be surety for Thy servant for
good : * let not the proud oppress
me.

Mine eyes fail for Thy salva-
tion, * and for the word of Thy
righteousness.

Deal with Thy servant according
unto Thy mercy : * and teach me
Thy statutes.

I am Thy servant : * give me un-
derstanding, that I may know Thy
testimonies.

It is time for Thee, Lord, to work :
* they have made void Thy law.

Therefore I love Thy command-
ments * above gold and the topaz
stone.

Therefore did I turn to all Thy
commandments : * I hate every
false way.

Ordinary Antiphon for Sunday.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Antiphon for every day in Paschal
time. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia.

Ordinary Afitiphon for Week-days.

2 Hold Thou me up, O Lord, and I
shall be safe.

In Advent the Antiphon is the Third
Antiphon which has been said at Lands
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon in Lent. Let us ap-
prove ourselves in much patience, in
much fasting, by the armour of
righteousness.

Antiphon in Passiontide. 3 O My
people, what have I done unto thee,
and wherein have I wearied thee?
Testify against Me.

Then follows the Chapter and the
Short Responsory. When they are not
given specially, one of the following is
used. After the Chapter is always an-
swered, "Thanks be to God."

On Sundays, from the Third Sunday
after the Epiphany inclusive until Sep-
tuagesima Sunday exclusive, and from
the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost in-
clusive until Advent Sunday exclusive,
are said the following, and the Re-
sponsory is used moreover until the
First Sunday in Lent, exclusive.

Chapter. (Gal. vi. 2.)

"DEAR ye one another's burdens,
-^ and so shall ye fulfil the law
of Christ.

Anszver. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

4 For ever, O Lord, Thy word is
settled [in heaven].

Answer. For ever, O Lord, Thy
word is settled [in heaven].

Verse. Thy faithfulness is unto
all generations.

Anszver. Thy word is settled [in
heaven].

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Anszver. For ever, O Lord, Thy
word is settled [in heaven].

Verse. 5 The Lord is my Shep-
herd, I shall not want.

Anszver. He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures.

1 Here begins the letter Ayin, or Chain, as to the sound of vvhicli the learned are not
agreed.

2 Ps. cxviii. 117. a Micah vi. 3. 4 Ps. cxviii. 89. 8 Ps. xxii. 1, 2.

SEXT, OR THE SIXTH HOUR.

On ordinary Week-days throughout
the year are said the following :

Chapter. (Gal. vi. 2.)

BEAR ye one another's burdens,
and so shall ye fulfil the law
of Christ.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

1 1 will bless the Lord at all
times.

Anszver. I will bless the Lord
at all times.

Verse. His praise shall continu-
ally be in my mouth.

Answer. At all times.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Anszver. I will bless the Lord
at all times.

Verse. The Lord is my Shep-
herd, I shall not want.

Answer. He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures.

In Advent are said the following {but
the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Jerem. xxxiii. 16.)

TN those days shall Judah be
^ saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely : and this is the name where-
by she shall be called, The Lord
our Righteousness.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

2 Show us Thy mercy, O Lord.

Answer. Show us Thy mercy, O
Lord.

Verse. And grant us Thy sal-
vation.

Answer. Thy mercy, O Lord.

1 Ps. xxxiii. 2. 2 Ps. lxxxiv. 8.

Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

Answer. Show us Thy mercy, O
Lord.

Verse. 3 Remember us, O Lord,
with the favour that Thou bearest
unto Thy people.

Answer. O visit us with Thy
salvation.

In Lent are said the following {but
the Chapter on Week-days only):

Chapter. (Isa. lv. 7.)

ET the wicked forsake his way,
*-^ and the unrighteous man his
thoughts, and let him return unto
the Lord, and He will have mercy
upon him ; and to our God, for He
will abundantly pardon.

Anszver. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

4 He shall cover thee with His
wings.

Answer. He shall cover thee
with His wings.

Verse. And under His feathers
shalt thou trust.

Answer. With His wings.

Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

Anszver. He shall cover thee
with His wings.

Verse. His truth shall be thy
shield.

Anszver. Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night.

In Passiontide are said the following
{but the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Jerem. xvii. 18.)

ET them be confounded that per-
■■— ' secute me, but let not me be
confounded ; let them be dismayed,

3 Ps. cv. 4.

4 Ps. xc. 4.

6 4

THE PSALTER.

but let not me be dismayed ; bring
upon them the day of evil, and de-
stroy them with double destruction,
O Lord our God.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

1 O Lord, save me from the lion's
mouth.

Answer. O Lord, save me from
the lion's mouth.

Verse. And mine affliction from
the horns of the unicorns.

Answer. From the lion's mouth,
O Lord, save me from the lion's
mouth.

Verse. 2 Make not my soul to
perish with sinners, O God.

Answer. Nor my life with bloody
men.

In Paschal time are said the follow-
ing {but the Chapter on Week-days
only) :

Chapter, (i Cor. xv. 20.)

"\TOW is Christ risen from the
-*• ^ dead, the first-fruits of them
that sleep ; for since by man came
death, by man came also the res-
urrection of the dead. For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia,
Alleluia.

Answer. The Lord is risen in-
deed, Alleluia.

Verse. And hath appeared to
Simon.

Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. The Lord is risen in-
deed, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. 3 The disciples were glad,
Alleluia.

Answer. When they saw the
Lord, Alleluia.

After the Short Responsory, if the
Preces have been said at Lauds all kneel
down and the following are said, but if
the Preces have been omitted at Lauds
then these are also omitted, down to the
mark *.

Kyrie eleison.

Answer. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

OUR Father (inaudibly), Who art
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive them that tres-
pass against us. (Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

Verse. Turn us again, O Lord
God of hosts !

Answer. And cause Thy face to
shine, and we shall be saved.

Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
us.

Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Name's sake.

Here the Office is continued when the
above has been omitted.

* Verse. Hear my prayer, O
Lord.

1 Ps. xxi. 22.

9 Ps. xxv. 9.

John xx. 20.

SEXT, OR THE SIXTH HOUR.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Here is said the Prayer for the day,
after which :

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.
Ansiver. Thanks be to God.

If the Little Office of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary is to follow immediately, it
is begun here, and what follows is not
said. Otherwise the Office ends thus :

Verse {said in a somewhat lower
tone). May the souls of the Faithful,
through the mercy of God, rest in
peace.

Answer. Amen.

Lastly, unless None follow, the Lord's
Prayer is said inaudibly.

/^UR Father, Who art in heaven,
^-J Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Feasts. The above Office, appointed
for all Sundays and Week-days through-
out the year, is likewise said on all
Feasts.

VOL. IV.

NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. 1

©fiBtce for e&erg Dap. in tjje
Mteh

At the beginning of None the Lord's
Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are
said inaudibly.

/^UR Father, Who art in heaven,
^-^ Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

IT AIL, Mary, full of grace ; The
*■ -■- Lord is with thee : blessed
art thou among women, and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at the hour
of our death. Amen.

Then is said aloud :

Verse. *%* Make haste, O God,
to deliver me. '

Answer. Make haste to help me,
O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.

From Septuagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday instead of " Alle-
luia" is said:

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of heaven.

Hymn. 2

OGOD, Unchangeable and True,
Of all the Light and Power,
Dispensing light in silence through
Every successive hour ;

Lord, brighten our declining day,

That it may never wane,
Till death, when all things round decay,

Brings back the morn again.

This grace on Thy redeemed confer,

Father, Co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, the Comforter,

Eternal Three in One.

Amen.

The last verse is sometimes said thus,
altered in honour of the Incarnation :

Jesu, the Virgin-born, to Thee,

Eternal praise be given,
With Father, Spirit, One and Three,

Here as it is in heaven.

Amen.

1 The proper hour for None is 3 P.M., but in Choirs it varies.
" 2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with one word altered,
late Card. Newman.

Translation by the

NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR.

In Paschal time it is said thus, al-
tered i?i honour of the Resurrection :

To Father, Son, and Paraclete,

The slain and risen Son,
Be praise and glory, as is meet,

While endless ages run.

Amen.

// is also occasionally otherwise al-
tered, which occasions are marked in
their places.

Then follow six sections of Psalm
CXVII1. They are all said under one
Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons
have been said at Lauds, the Fifth of
these Five is the Antiphon at None.
Otherwise those given here are used.

Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays
and for every day in Paschal time.
Alleluia.

Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Look Thou upon me.

In Advent the Antiphon is the Fifth
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
071 Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon for Week-days in Lent.
Let us approve ourselves.

Antiphon for Week-days in Pas-
siontide. Did not they reward me
evil for good?

Continuation of Psalm CXVIII.

S3 1

PHY testimonies are wonderful :
*- * therefore doth my soul keep
them.

The unfolding of Thy words
giveth light : * yea, it giveth under-
standing unto the simple.

I opened my mouth and panted :
* for I longed for Thy command-
ments.

Look Thou upon me, and be
merciful unto me, * as Thou usest
to do unto those that love Thy
Name.

Order my steps in Thy word : *
and let not any iniquity have do-
minion over me.

Deliver me from the oppression
of man : * and I will keep Thy
precepts.

Make Thy face to shine upon
Thy servant : * and teach me Thy
statutes.

Rivers of water run down mine
eyes : * because they keep not Thy
law.

The Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

ID IGHTEOUS art Thou, O
-*-^- Lord : * and upright are
Thy judgments.

Thy testimonies that Thou hast
commanded are righteous, * and
very faithful.

My zeal hath consumed me, *
because mine enemies have for-
gotten Thy words.

Thy word is tried to the utter-
most : * and Thy servant loveth it.

I am small and despised : * yet
do I not forget Thy precepts.

Thy righteousness is an ever-
lasting righteousness : * and Thy
law is the truth.

Trouble and anguish have taken
hold upon me : * Thy command-
ments are my delight.

The righteousness of Thy testi-
monies is everlasting : * give me
understanding, and I shall live.

1 Here begins the letter Pe, represented by P, Ph. F.

2 Here begins the letter Tzade, represented by Tz or Ts.

THE PSALTER.

Continuation of the same Psalm.

P l

CRIED with my whole heart,
* hear me, O Lord : * I will
keep Thy statutes.

I cried unto Thee, save me : *
and I will keep Thy command-
ments.

Before the dawning of the morn-
ing, I cried : * for I hoped. in Thy
word.

Mine eyes look up to Thee
early : * that I may meditate in
Thy word.

Hear my voice according unto
Thy loving-kindness, O Lord : *
and quicken me according to Thy
judgment.

They that persecute me draw nigh
to sin : * but are far from Thy
law.

Thou art near, O Lord : * and
all Thy ways are truth.

Concerning Thy testimonies I
have known of old : * that Thou
hast founded them for ever.

The Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

CONSIDER mine affliction, and
deliver me : * for I do not
forget Thy law.

Give judgment concerning me,
and deliver me : * quicken me for
the sake of Thy word.

Salvation is far from the wicked :
* for they seek not Thy statutes.
Great are Thy tender mercies, O

Lord : * quicken me according to
Thy judgments.

Many are my persecutors, and
mine enemies : * yet do I not turn
aside from Thy testimonies.

I beheld the transgressors, and
was grieved : * because they kept
not Thy word.

Consider how I love Thy pre-
cepts, O Lord : * quicken me
according to Thy loving-kindness.

Thy word is true from the be-
ginning : * and every one of Thy
righteous judgments endureth for
ever.

Continuation of the satne Psalm.
ft 3

T)RINCES have persecuted me
*• without a cause : * but mine
heart standeth in awe of Thy word.

I will rejoice at Thy word, * as
one that findeth great spoil.

I hate and abhor wickedness : *
but Thy law do I love.

Seven times a day do I praise
Thee, * because of Thy righteous
judgments.

Great peace have they that love
Thy law : * and for them there are
no stumbling-blocks.

Lord, I hope for Thy salvation :

* and I love Thy commandments.
My soul hath kept Thy testimonies,

* and loved them exceedingly.

I have kept Thy precepts and
Thy testimonies ; * for all my ways
are before Thee.

The Doxology, " Glory be to the
Father, &c," is not said.

1 Here begins the letter Koph, generally represented by Ch or Q.

2 Here begins the letter Resh, analogous to R, but concerning the precise sound of
which the learned are not agreed.

3 Here begins the letter Shin, somewhat represented by S and Sh.

NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR.

6 9

n 1

LET my cry come near before
Thee, O Lord: * give me
understanding according to Thy
word.

Let my supplication come before
Thee: * deliver me according to
Thy word.

My lips shall utter praise, *
when Thou hast taught me Thy
statutes.

My tongue shall speak of Thy
word : * for all Thy commandments
are righteousness.

Let Thine hand help me : * for I
have chosen Thy precepts.

I have longed for Thy salvation,

Lord : * and Thy law is my de-
light.

My soul shall live, and it shall
praise Thee : * and Thy judgments
shall help me.

I have gone astray like a lost
sheep : * seek Thy servant : for

1 do not forget Thy command-
ments.

Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Antiphon for every day in Paschal
time. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Al-
leluia.

Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.

2 Look Thou upon me, O Lord, and
be merciful unto me.

In Advent the Antiphon is the Fifth
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own.

Antiphon for Week-days in Lent.

3 Let us approve ourselves in much

patience, by the armour of righteous-
ness, by the power of God.

Atitiphon for Week-days in Pas-
siontide. 4 Did not they reward me
evil for good ? for they digged a pit
for my soul.

Then follows the Chapter and the
Short Responsory. When they are not
given specially, one of the following is
used. After the Chapter is always an-
swered: " Thanks be to God."

On Sundays, from the Third Sunday
after the Epiphany inclusive until Sep-
tuagesima Sunday exclusive, and from
the Third Sunday after Pentecost in-
clusive till Advent Sunday exclusive,
are said the following, and the Respon-
sory is used moreover till the First
Sunday in Lent exclusive.

Chapter, (i Cor. vi. 20.)

T7OR ye are bought with a great
■*- price. Glorify God, and bear
Him in your body.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

5 1 cried with my whole heart,
hear me, O Lord.

Answer. I cried with my whole
heart, hear me, O Lord.

Verse. I will keep Thy statutes.

Answer. Hear me, O Lord.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. I cried with my whole
heart, hear me, O Lord.

Verse. 6 Cleanse Thou me from
secret faults, O Lord.

Answer. Preserve Thy servant
also from the sins of others.

1 Here begins the letter Tau, corresponding somewhat to T or Th.

2 Ps. cxviii. 132. 3 2 Cor. vi. 4, 7.

5 Ps. cxviii. 145. 6 Ps. xviii. 13, 14.

Jer. xviii. 20.

THE PSALTER.

On ordinary Week-days throughout
the year are said the following :

.Chapter, (i Cor. vi. 20.)

'P'OR ye are bought with a great
*■ price. Glorify God, and bear
Him in your body.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

1 Redeem me, O Lord, and be
merciful unto me.

Answer. Redeem me, O Lord,
and be merciful unto me.

Verse. For my foot standeth in
uprightness.

Answer. And be merciful unto
me.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. Redeem me, O Lord,
and be merciful unto me.

Verse. Cleanse Thou me from
secret faults, O Lord.

Answer. Preserve Thy servant
also from the sins of others.

In Advent are said the following {but
the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Isa. xiv. 1.)

TIER time is near to come, and
** *- her days shall not be pro-
longed. For the Lord will have
mercy on Jacob, and Israel shall be
saved.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

2 The Lord shall arise upon thee,
O Jerusalem.

Answer. The Lord shall arise
upon thee, O Jerusalem.

Verse. And His glory shall be
seen upon thee.

Answer. Upon thee, O Jerusalem.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. The Lord shall arise
upon thee, O Jerusalem.

Verse. Come, O Lord, and make
no tarrying.

Answer. Pardon the sins of Thy
people.

In Lent are said the following {but
the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Isa. lviii. 7.)

r^EAL thy bread to the hungry,
-*--' and bring the poor that are
cast out to thine house : when thou
seest the naked, cover him, and
hide not thyself from thine own
flesh.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

His truth shall be thy shield.

Answer. His truth shall be thy
shield.

Verse. Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night.

Answer. Thy shield.

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Anszuer. His truth shall be thy
shield.

Verse. 3 God hath given His
angels charge over thee.

Answer. To keep thee in all thy
ways.

1 Ps. XXV. II, 12.

2 Isa. lx. 2.

3 Ps. xc. 11.

NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR.

In Passiontide are said the following
{but the Chapter on Week-days only) :

Chapter. (Jer. xviii. 20.)

REMEMBER that I stood before
Thee, to speak good for them,
and to turn away Thy wrath from
them.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

1 Make not my soul to perish with
sinners, O God.

Answer. Make not my soul to
perish with sinners, O God.

Verse. Nor my life with bloody
men.

Answer. With sinners, O God.
Make not my soul to perish with
sinners, O God.

Verse. 2 Deliver me, O Lord,
from the evil man.

Ansiver. Preserve me from the
wicked man.

In Paschal time are said the follow-
ing {but the Chapter on Week-days only):

Chapter, (i Pet. Hi. 18.)

CHRIST hath once suffered for
our sins, the Just for the un-
just, that He might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit.

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Short Responsory.

3 The disciples were glad. Al-
leluia, Alleluia.

Answer. The disciples were glad.
Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. When they saw the Lord.

Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.
Verse. Glory be to the Father,

and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

Answer. The disciples were glad.
Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse. 4 Abide with us, Lord.
Alleluia.

Answer. For it is toward even-
ing. Alleluia.

After the Short Responsory, if the
Preces have been said at Lauds, all
kneel down, and the following are said.
But if the Preces have been omitted at
Lauds, then these are also omitted down
to the mark *.

Ky'rie eleison.

Answer. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

OUR Father {inaudibly), Who art
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive them that tres-
pass against us. {Aloud.')

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from evil.

Verse. Turn us again, O Lord
God of hosts.

Answer. And cause Thy face to
shine, and we shall be saved.

Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
us.

Ansiver. And deliver us for Thy
Name's sake.

Here the Office is continued when the
above has been omitted.

* Verse. Hear my prayer, O
Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

1 Ps. xxv. 9.

2 Ps. cxxxix. 2.

3 John xv. 20.

4 Luke xxiv. 29.

THE PSALTER.

Let us pray.

Here is said the Prayer for the day,
after which :

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.
Answer. Thanks be to God.

If the Little Office of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary is to follow immediately, it
is begun here, and what follows is not
said. Otherwise the Office ends thus :

Verse (said in a somewhat lower
voice). May the souls of the Faithful,
through the mercy of God, rest in
peace.

Answer. Amen.

Lastly, unless Vespers follow, the
Lord's Prayer is said inaudibly.

OUR Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive them that trespass against
us. And lead us not into temp-
tation ; but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Note. When Office is said in Choir,
the service is ended with the Antiphon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only
said as given in this book, after Lauds
(or the aggregation of which Lauds
forms a part) and Compline.

Feasts. The above Office, appointed
for all Sundays and Week-days through-
out the year, is likewise said on all
Feasts.

Jftonfo&p at Jttatiins.

THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sundays, except as other-
wise given here.

Invitatory. O come, * let us sing
unto the Lord.

When this Invitatory is used the
Psalm begins with the words, " Let us
make a joyful noise."

Invitatory in Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, * Alleluia.

On Simple Feasts the Invitatory is
special.

On Simple Feasts the Hymn is special,
but on Week-days kept as such the fol-
lowing is said from the Octave of the
Epiphany till the first Monday in Lent,
and from the Octave of Pentecost to Ad-
vent. The Hymns for the other seasons
are given in the proper office of the
Seasons.

Hymn. 1

SLEEP has refreshed our limbs, we
spring
From off our bed, and rise ;
Lord, on Thy suppliants while they
sing,
Look with a Father's eyes.

Be Thou the first on every tongue,

The first in every heart ;
That all our doings all day long,

Holiest ! from Thee may start.

1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school,
late Card. Newman.
VOL. IV.

Cleanse Thou the gloom, and bid the
light
Its healing beams renew ;
The sins, which have crept in with
night,
With night shall vanish too.

Our bosoms, Lord, unburthen Thou,

Let nothing there offend ;
That those who hymn Thy praises now

May hymn them to the end.

Grant this. O Father, Only Son,

And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all worship shall be done

In every time and place.

Amen.

Only one Nocturn is said.

Antiphon. The Lord is the de-
fence.

In Paschal time there is only one
Antiphon to the whole Nocturn, Al-
leluia.

Psalm XXVI.

[Intituled "Of David. " The Vulgate and
the LXX. add "before his anointing." See
2 Kings (Sam. ) ii. 4. Monday, fifth week
after Pentecost.]

HP HE Lord is my light and my
*■ salvation ; * whom shall I
fear?

The Lord is the defence of my
life : * of whom shall I be afraid ?

with two words altered. Translation by the

C 2

THE PSALTER.

When the evil-doers come upon
me, * to eat up my flesh,

Mine enemies that trouble me, *
they stumble and fall.

Though an host should encamp
against me, * mine heart shall not
fear.

Though war should rise against
me, * in this will I be confident.

One thing have I desired of the
Lord, that will I seek after, * that
I may dwell in the house of the
Lord all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the
Lord, * and to visit His temple.

For He hath hidden me in His
pavilion : * in the secret of His
tabernacle hath He hidden me in
the day of trouble.

He hath set me up upon a rock :
* and now hath He lifted up mine
head above mine enemies.

I will offer in His tabernacle
the sacrifice of joy : * I will sing,
yea, I will sing praises unto the
Lord.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with
my voice : * have mercy on me and
answer me.

My heart said unto Thee, My
face hath sought Thee : * Thy face,
Lord, will I seek.

Hide not Thy face far from
me : * turn not away in anger from
Thy servant.

Be Thou mine Helper, * neither
leave me, nor forsake me, O God of
my salvation.

When my father and my mother
forsake me, * then the Lord taketh
me up.

Teach me Thy way, O Lord : *
and lead me in a plain path, because
of mine enemies.

Deliver me not over unto the will
of mine enemies : * for false wit-

nesses are risen up against me, and
iniquity hath belied itself.

I believe that I shall yet see the
goodness of the Lord * in the land
of the living.

Wait on the Lord, be of good
courage : * and thine heart shall be
strengthened, wait, I say, on the
Lord.

Psalm XXVII.
[Also intituled " Of David."]

T TNTO Thee will I cry, O Lord;
^ my God, be not silent to me :

* lest, if Thou be silent to me, I be-
come like them that go down into
the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplica-
tion, O Lord, when I cry unto Thee,

* when I lift up mine hands toward
Thine holy temple.

Draw me not away with the wick-
ed : * and destroy me not with the
workers of iniquity.

Who speak peace with their
neighbour : * but mischief is in
their hearts.

Give them according to their
deeds, * and according to the wick-
edness of their inventions.

Give them after the works of their
hands : * render to them their desert.

Because they regard not the works
of the Lord, or the operation of His
hands, * Thou shalt destroy them,
and not build them up.

Blessed be the Lord : * because
He hath heard the voice of my
supplication.

The Lord is my strength and my
shield : * mine heart trusted in Him
and I am holpen.

And my flesh greatly rejoiceth : *
and with my whole heart I will
praise Him.

MONDAY AT MATTINS.

The Lord is the strength of His
people : * and He is the saving
strength of His Anointed.

O Lord, save Thy people, and
bless Thine inheritance : * and gov-
ern them, and lift them up for ever.

Antiphon. l The Lord is the de-
fence of my life.

Second Antiphon. Worship.

Psalm XXVIII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David." The
Vulgate and the LXX. add " for the going
forth from the tabernacle, or ending of the
tabernacle," apparently meaning the con-
clusion of the Feast of Tabernacles.]

GIVE unto the Lord, O ye sons
of God : * give unto the
Lord young rams.

Give unto the Lord glory and
honour, give unto the Lord the
glory due unto His Name : * wor-
ship the Lord in His holy courts.

The voice of the Lord is upon
the waters, the God of glory thun-
dereth : * the Lord is upon many
waters.

The voice of the Lord is power-
ful : * the voice of the Lord is full
of majesty.

The voice of the Lord breaketh
the cedars : * yea, the Lord break-
eth the cedars of Lebanon.

He smiteth them down as though
it were a calf in Lebanon, * and the
beloved [forest is felled] like a young
wild bull. 2

The voice of the Lord forketh
the flames of fire : * the voice of
the Lord shaketh the wilderness,

yea, the Lord also shaketh the
3 wilderness of Kadesh.

The voice of the Lord maketh
the hinds to calve, and discovereth
the thickets : * and in His temple,
every one uttereth His glory.

The Lord fixeth the flood : * yea,
the Lord sitteth King for ever.

The Lord will give strength unto
His people : * the Lord will bless
His people with peace.

Psalm XXIX.

[Intituled "A song of rejoicing at the
opening of the house of David." The pal-
ace, for the inauguration of which this song
was written, is thus mentioned in 2 Kings
(Sam.) v. 9-1 1. "So David dwelt in the
fort" (on Sion) "and called it the city of
David. And David built round about from
Millo and inward. And David went on,
and grew great ; and the Lord God of
Hosts was with him. And Hiram, King of
Tyre, sent messengers to David, and cedar-
trees, and carpenters, and masons ; and they
built David an house."]

[" WILL extol Thee, O Lord, for
^ Thou hast lifted me up, * and
hast not made my foes to rejoice
over me.

O Lord my God, I cried unto
Thee, * and Thou hast healed me.

O Lord, Thou hast brought up
my soul from the grave : * Thou
hast saved me from being one of
them that go down into the pit.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye Saints
of His ! * and give thanks to the
memorial of His holiness.

For there is terror in His anger :

* and in His favour is life.
Weeping may endure for a night :

* but joy cometh in the morning.

1 Ps. xxvi. i.

2 The Hebrew is, "He also maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Shiryon"
(oftener called Hermon) "like young wild cattle."

3 That is, the deserts to the south of Palestine, amid which is found the town of
Kadesh-Barnea.

7 6

THE PSALTER.

And I, in my prosperity I said :
I shall never be moved.

Lord, in Thy favour, * Thou hast
made my glory to stand so fast.

Thou didst hide Thy face from
me, * and I was troubled.

I cried unto Thee, O Lord : *
and unto my God I made supplica-
tion :

What profit is there in my blood,

* when I go down to corruption ?
Shall the dust praise Thee, * or

shall it declare Thy truth?

The Lord heard me, and had
mercy upon me : * the Lord be-
came mine Helper.

Thou hast turned for me my
mourning into rejoicing : * Thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and
girded me with gladness.

To the end that my glory may
sing praise unto Thee, and may not
be silent : * O Lord my God, I will
give thanks unto Thee for ever.

Antiphon. x Worship the Lord
in His holy courts.

Third Antiphon. Deliver me.

Psalm XXX.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David" with the
same farther superscription as Pss. xii. xiii.
The Vulgate and the LXX. add " of haste "
or " distraction," meaning apparently that
David wrote it, on recovering from the
mental condition in which he had exclaimed
(v. 23), " I am cut off from before Thine
eyes."]

TN Thee, O Lord, do I put my
■■- trust, let me never be ashamed :

* deliver me in Thy righteousness.
Bow down Thine ear unto me : *

deliver me speedily.

Be Thou to me a God, a Pre-

server, and an house of defence, *
to save me.

For Thou art my strength and
my refuge : * and for Thy Name's
sake Thou wilt lead me and nourish
me.

Thou wilt pull me out of the net,
that they have laid privily for me : *
for Thou art my Preserver.

2 Into Thine hands I commend my
spirit : * Thou hast redeemed me,

Lord God of truth !

I have hated them that regard *
lying vanities.

But I trust in the Lord : * I will
be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy.

For Thou hast considered my
trouble : * Thou hast saved my soul
in adversity ;

And hast not shut me up into the
hand of the enemy : * Thou hast
set my feet in a wide place.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord,
for I am in trouble : * mine eye is
consumed with grief, my soul, and
my belly.

For my life is spent with grief, *
and my years with sighing.

My strength faileth because of
mine affliction, * and my bones are
consumed.

I was a reproach among all mine
enemies, and among my neighbours
specially, * and a fear to mine ac-
quaintance.

They that did see me without fled
from me : * I am forgotten as a
dead man out of mind.

I am like a broken vessel : * for

1 have heard the slander of many
on every side :

When they took counsel together
against me, * they devised to take
away my life.

1 Ps. xxviii. 2.

2 This verse was quoted by our Lord on the Cross, Luke xxiii. 46.

MONDAY AT MATTINS.

But I trusted in Thee, O Lord :
* I said : Thou art my God, my
lot is in Thine hand.

Deliver me from the hand of
mine enemies, * and from them that
persecute me.

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy
servant, save me in Thy mercy : *
let me not be ashamed, O Lord, for
I have called upon Thee.

Let the wicked be ashamed and
let them go down into the grave : *
let the lying lips be put to silence ;

Which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously *
against the righteous.

O how great is Thy goodness,

Lord, * which Thou hast laid up
for them that fear Thee !

Which Thou hast wrought for
them that trust in Thee, * before
the sons of men !

Thou shalt hide them in the
covert of Thy presence * from the
troubling of men.

Thou shalt keep them secretly in
Thy pavilion * from the strife of
tongues.

Blessed be the Lord : * for He
hath showed me His marvellous
kindness in a strong city.

For I said in mine haste : * I
am cut off from before Thine
eyes.

Nevertheless Thou heardest the
voice of my supplication, * when

1 cried unto Thee.

O love the Lord, all ye His
Saints : * for the Lord loveth truth-
fulness, and will plentifully reward
the proud doers.

Be of good courage and let your
heart be strengthened, * all ye that
hope in the Lord.

Psalm XXXI.

[Intituled "A didactic (?) poem of David."]

T3LESSED are they whose trans-
^ gressions are forgiven, * and
whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom
the Lord imputeth not iniquity, *
and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Because I kept silence, my bones
waxed old, * while I groaned all the
day long.

For day and night Thine hand was
heavy upon me : * I turned in mine
anguish while the thorn was fastened
in me. 1

I acknowledged my sin unto
Thee : * and mine iniquity I hid
not.

I said : I will confess against
myself my transgression, unto the
Lord : * and Thou forgavest the
iniquity of my sin. 1

For this shall every one that is
godly pray unto Thee, * in a season-
able time.

Surely in the floods of great
waters, * they shall not come nigh
unto him.

Thou art mine hiding-place from
the trouble that compasseth me : *
O Thou That art my joy ! deliver
me from them that compass me
round about. 1

I will give thee understanding,
and teach thee in the way which
thou shalt go : * I will keep Mine
eyes upon thee.

Be ye not as the horse and as
the mule, * which have no under-
standing.

Whose mouths thou holdest fast
with bit and bridle, * else they will
not come unto thee.

SLH.

THE PSALTER.

Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked : * but he that trusteth in
the Lord, mercy shall compass him
about.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice,
ye righteous, * and shout for joy,
all ye that are upright in heart.

Antiphon. l Deliver me in Thy
righteousness.

Fourth Antiphon. Praise is comely.

Psalm XXXII.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
psalm "to David."]

TO EJOICE in the Lord, O ye
^^ righteous : * praise is comely
for the upright.

Praise the Lord with harp : *
sing unto Him with the psaltery
of ten strings.

Sing unto Him a new song : *
play skilfully unto Him with a loud
noise.

For the word of the Lord is
right : * and all His works are done
in truth.

He loveth mercy and judgment : *
the earth is full of the goodness of
the Lord.

By the word of the Lord were
the heavens made, * and all the
host of them by the breath of His
mouth.

He gathereth the waters of the
sea together as an heap : * He lay-
eth up the depths in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord :

* let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of Him.

For He spake, and it was done :

* He commanded, and it was made.
The Lord bringeth the counsel

of the heathen to nought : * He
maketh the devices of the people of
none effect, and setteth aside the
counsel of princes.

But the counsel of the Lord
standeth for ever, * the thoughts of
His heart to all generations.

Blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord, * the people He hath
chosen for His own inheritance.

The Lord looketh from heaven :

* He beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the set place of His habi-
tation * He looketh upon all the
inhabitants of the earth.

He fashioneth the heart of every
one of them : * He considereth all
their works.

There is no king saved by the mul-
titude of an host: * a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.

An horse is a vain thing for safety :

* by his great strength he shall not
escape.

Behold, the eyes of the Lord are
upon them that fear Him, * and
upon them that hope in His mercy.

To deliver their soul from death,

* and to feed them in time of famine.

Our soul waiteth for the Lord : *
for He is our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him :

* because we have trusted in His
holy Name.

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon
us, * according as we hope in Thee.

Psalm XXXIII.

[Intituled "Of David, when he changed
his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove
him away and he departed." This incident
is thus described in I Kings (Sam.) xxi. 10.
" And David arose and fled that day for fear
of Saul, and went to Achish" (otherwise
called Abimelech) "the King of Gath. And

1 Ps. xxx. 2.

MONDAY AT MATTINS.

the servants of Achish said unto him : Is
not this David the King of the land ? Did
they not sing one to another of him in
dances saying, ' Saul hath slain his thou-
sands, and David his ten thousands ' ? And
David laid up these words in his heart, and
was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath.
And he changed his behaviour before them,
and feigned himself mad in their hands,
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and
let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
Then said Achish to his servants : Lo, ye
see the man is mad ; wherefore have you
brought him to me ? Have I need of mad-
men, that ye have brought this fellow to
play the madman in my presence? Shall
this fellow come into mine house ? xxii.
David therefore departed thence, and es-
caped to the cave of Adullam." This Psalm
is A B C Darian.]

I WILL bless the Lord at all
times : * His praise shall con-
tinually be in my mouth.

My soul shall make her boast in
the Lord : * the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad.

magnify the Lord with me : *
and let us exalt His Name together.

1 sought the Lord, and He heard
me, * and delivered me from all my
distress.

Draw near unto Him, and be light-
ened, * and your faces shall not be
ashamed.

This poor man cried, and the
Lord heard him, * and saved him
out of all his troubles.

The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear Him, *
and delivereth them.

O taste and see that the Lord is
good : * blessed is the man that
trusteth in Him.

O fear the Lord, all ye His Saints :

* for there is no want to them that
fear Him.

The mighty lack and suffer hunger :

* but they that seek the Lord shall
not want any good thing.

Come, ye children, hearken unto
me : * I will teach you the fear of
the Lord.

What man is he that desireth life,

* that loveth to see good days ?
Keep thy tongue from evil, * and

thy lips from speaking guile.

Depart from evil and do good : *
seek peace and pursue it.

The eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous : * and His ears are
open unto their cry.

But the face of the Lord is against
them that do evil, * to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cry and the Lord
heareth, * and delivereth them out
of all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh unto them that
are of a broken heart, * and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the
righteous : * but the Lord will de-
liver them out of all.

The Lord keepeth all their bones :

* not one of them shall be broken.
The death of sinners is grievous :

* and they that hate the righteous
shall be guilty.

The Lord redeemeth the souls of
His servants : * and none of them
that trust in Him shall be guilty.

Antiphon. l Praise is comely for
the upright.

Fifth Antiphon. Fight against
them.

Psalm XXXIV.
[Intituled " Of David."]

DO me right, O Lord, against
them that strive with me : *
fight against them that fight against
me.

1 Ps. xxxii. I.

THE PSALTER.

Take hold of arms and buckler : *
and stand up for mine help.

Draw out also the spear, and stop
the way against them that persecute
me : * say unto my soul : I am thy
salvation.

Let them be confounded and put
to shame, * that seek after my soul.

Let them be turned backward and
brought to confusion, * that devise
mine hurt.

Let them be as dust before the
wind : * and let the Angel of the
Lord drive them.

Let their way be dark and slip-
pery : * and let the Angel of the
Lord chase them.

For without cause have they hid-
den for me the deadly trap of their
net : * without cause have they
digged a pit for my soul.

Let the snare come upon him at
unawares, and let his net, that he
hath hid, catch himself: * and into
that very snare let him fall.

And my soul shall be joyful in
the Lord : * it shall rejoice in His
salvation.

All my bones shall say : * Lord,
who is like unto Thee ?

Who deliverest the poor from
them that are too strong for him, *
the poor and the needy from them
that spoil him ?

False witnesses did rise up, * they
laid to my charge things that I knew
not.

They rewarded me evil for good,

* to put all men far off from me.
But as for me, when they were

sick, * my clothing was sackcloth.
I humbled my soul with fasting :

* and my prayer shall return into
mine own bosom.

I behaved myself as though he

1 (Literally,) "

had been my friend or brother : * I
bowed down as one that mourneth
and is heavy.

But against me they rejoiced and
gathered themselves together : *
slanders were collected against me,
and I knew it not.

They disappeared, yet they ceased
not ; they assailed me, they laughed
me bitterly to scorn : * they gnashed
upon me with their teeth.

Lord, how long wilt Thou look
on ? * Rescue my soul from their
destruction, my darling 1 from the
lions.

I will give Thee thanks in the
great congregation : * I will praise
Thee among much people.

Let not them that are mine ene-
mies wrongfully rejoice over me, *
they that hate me without a cause
and wink with the eye.

For they spoke to me peaceably :
* but by their leasing they stirred
up the land to anger against me, yea,
they plotted against me.

Yea, they opened their mouth
wide against me : * they said, Aha,
Aha, our eyes have seen it.

This Thou hast seen, O Lord,
keep not silence : * O Lord, be not
far from me.

Stir up Thyself, and awake to my
judgment, * unto my cause, my God
and my Lord.

Judge me, O Lord my God,
according to Thy righteousness, *
and let them not rejoice over me.

Let them not say in their hearts :
Aha, Aha, so would we have it ; *
neither let them say : We have
swallowed him up.

Let them be ashamed and brought
to confusion together, * that rejoice
at mine hurt,
mine only one."

MONDAY AT MATTINS.

Let them be clothed with shame
and dishonour, * that magnify them-
selves against me.

Let them shout for joy and be
glad, that favour my righteous cause :
* and let them that have pleasure
in the prosperity of His servant
say continually, Let the Lord be
magnified.

And my tongue shall speak of
Thy righteousness ; * of Thy praise,
all the day long.

Psalm XXXV.

[Intituled " Of David, the servant of the
Lord," — and a farther superscription not
now understood.]

T^HE wicked saith plainly in his
*■ own heart, that he will go on
still in sin : * there is no fear of
God before his eyes.

For he flattereth himself in his
own eyes, * until his iniquity be
found hateful.

The words of his mouth are ini-
quity and deceit : * he willeth not
to understand, that he may do
good.

He deviseth mischief upon his
bed : * he setteth himself in every
way that is not good, but he ab-
horreth not evil.

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the
heavens : * and Thy faithfulness
reacheth unto the clouds.

Thy righteousness is like the
mountains of God : * Thy judg-
ments are a great deep.

O Lord, Thou preservest man
and beast : * How excellent is Thy
loving-kindness, O God !

And the children of men * shall
put their trust under the shadow of
Thy wings.

They shall be abundantly satisfied
with the fatness of Thine house, * and
Thou shalt make them drink of the
river of Thy pleasures.

For with Thee is the fountain of
life : * and in Thy light shall we see
light.

O continue Thy loving-kindness
unto them that know Thee, * and
Thy righteousness to the upright in
heart.

Let not the foot of pride come
against me : * and let not the hand
of the wicked remove me.

There are the workers of iniquity
fallen : * they are cast out, neither
are they able to stand.

Antiphon. x Fight against them
that fight against me.
Sixth Antiphon. Show.

Psalm XXXVI.

[Intituled •'Of David." It is A B C
Darian ; the first, third, and fifth verses, and
so on, begin with the corresponding letters
of the alphabet.]

T^RET not thyself because of the
■*- evil-doers : * neither be thou
envious against the workers of
iniquity.

For they shall soon dry up like
the grass, * and wither quickly as
the green herb.

Trust in the Lord, and do good :
* and dwell in the land, and thou
shalt be fed with the riches thereof.

Delight thyself in the Lord : *
and He shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.

Show thy way unto the Lord,
trust also in Him : * and He shall
bring it to pass.

And He shall bring forth thy

1 Ps. xxxiv. I.

THE PSALTER.

righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noon-day : * rest in
the Lord, and make thy prayer unto
Him.

Fret not thyself because of him
that prospereth in his way, * be-
cause of the man that bringeth
wicked devices to pass.

Cease from anger and forsake
wrath : * fret not thyself to do evil.

For evil-doers shall be cut off: *
but those that wait upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth.

For yet a little while, and the
wicked shall not be : * yea, thou
shalt search for his place, and thou
shalt not find it.

1 But the meek shall inherit the
earth : * and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace.

The wicked plotteth against the
just, * and gnasheth upon him with
his teeth.

But the Lord shall laugh at him :

* for He seeth that his day is
coming.

The wicked have drawn out the
sword, * they have bent their bow,

To cast down the poor and the
needy, * to slay such as be upright
of heart.

Their sword shall enter into their
own hearts : * and their bow shall be
broken.

A little that a righteous man hath

* is better than great riches of the
wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall
be broken ; * but the Lord up-
holdeth the righteous.

The Lord knoweth the days of
the undefiled : * and their inheri-
tance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the

evil time, and in the days of famine

1 Matth. v. 4 seems

they shall be satisfied : * for the
wicked shall perish.

Yea, the enemies of the Lord,
no sooner than they be honourable
and exalted, * shall pass away, yea,
pass away like smoke.

The wicked borroweth and pay-
eth not again : * but the righteous
showeth mercy and giveth.

For such as bless him shall in-
herit the earth : * but they that
curse him shall be cut off.

The steps of a [good] man are
ordered by the Lord : * and He de-
lighteth in his way.

Though he fall, he shall not be
utterly cast down : * for the Lord
upholdeth him with His hand.

I have been young, and now am
old: * yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed
begging bread.

He is ever merciful and lendeth :
* and his seed shall be blessed.

Depart from evil and do good : *
and dwell for evermore.

For the Lord loveth judgment,
and forsaketh not His saints : * they
shall be preserved for ever.

The unrighteous shall be pun-
ished : * and the seed of the wicked
shall be cut off.

But the righteous shall inherit the
land : * and dwell therein for ever.

The mouth of the righteous speak-
eth wisdom, * and his tongue talketh
judgment.

The law of his God is in his
heart, * none of his steps shall
slide.

The wicked watcheth the right-
eous, * and seeketh to slay him.

But the Lord will not leave him
in his hands, * nor condemn him
when he is judged.

to be quoted from this.

MONDAY AT MATTINS.

Wait on the Lord and keep His
way, and He shall exalt thee, to in-
herit the land : * when the wicked
are cut off thou shalt see it.

I have seen the wicked in great
power, * and exalted like a cedar in
Lebanon.

And I passed by, and, lo, he was
not : * and I sought him, and his
place was not found.

Keep innocency, and look to the
thing that is right : * for the peace-
maker shall have a reward here-
after.

But the transgressors shall be cut
off together : * the end of the wicked
is destruction.

But the salvation of the righteous
is of the Lord : * and He is their
strength in the time of trouble.

And the Lord shall help them,
and deliver them : * He shall de-
liver them from the wicked, and
save them, because they trust in
Him.

Psalm XXXVII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David." It has
a further superscription of (now) unknown
meaning. The Vulgate and the LXX. con-
nect it with the Sabbath.]

f\ LORD, rebuke me not in Thy
^-^ wrath, * neither chasten me
in Thine hot displeasure.

For Thine arrows stick fast in
me : * and Thou hast laid Thine
hand heavily upon me.

There is no soundness in my
flesh, because of Thine anger : *
neither is there any rest in my bones
because of my sins.

For mine iniquities are gone over
mine head : * and as an heavy bur-
then they are too heavy for me.

My wounds stink and are cor-
rupt, * because of my foolishness.

I am troubled and bowed down
exceedingly : * I go mourning all
the day long.

For my loins are filled with a
loathsome disease : * and there is
no soundness in my flesh.

I am feeble and sore broken : *
I groan aloud by reason of the dis-
quietness of mine heart.

Lord, all my desire is before
Thee : * and my groaning is not hid
from Thee.

Mine heart panteth, my strength
faileth me : * as for the light of
mine eyes, it also is gone from
me.

My friends and my neighbours *
draw near, and stand over against
me.

And they that are nearest to me
stand afar off: * they also that
sought after my life have used
violence against me.

And they that seek mine hurt have
spoken mischievous things, * and
imagined falsehoods all the day
long.

But I, as a deaf man, hear not, *
and as a dumb man that openeth
not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth
not, * and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.

For in Thee, O Lord, do I
hope : * Thou wilt hear me, O Lord
my God !

For I said : Let not mine ene-
mies rejoice over me : * when my
feet slip they magnify themselves
against me.

For I am ready for the scourges :

* and my sorrow is continually be-
fore me.

For I will declare mine iniquity,

* and think upon my sin.

But mine enemies are lively, and

8 4

THE PSALTER.

they are strengthened against me : *
and they that hate me wrongfully
are many.

They that render evil for good
speak against me, * because I have
followed goodness.

Forsake me not, O Lord my
God : * be not far from me.

Make haste to help me, * O
Lord God of my salvation !

Antiphon. x Show thy way unto
the Lord.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. 2 Out of Zion, the Perfec-
tion of beauty,

Answer. Our God shall come
manifestly.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 3 Thy mercy, O Lord, is
in the heavens.

Answer. And thy faithfulness
reacheth unto the clouds.

In Lent.

Verse. 4 He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler.

Answer. And from the noisome
pestilence.

In Passion time.

Verse. 5 O God, deliver my soul
from the sword.

Anszver. And my darling from
the power of the dog.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The Lord is risen from
the grave, Alleluia.

Answer. Who hung for us upon
the tree, Alleluia.

The rest is the same as the First Noc-
turn of the preceding Sunday, only the
Lessons and sometimes the Responsories
are those of the day.

Simple Feasts. It is to be remem-
bered that when a Simple Feast is kept
on Monday, the Invitatory and Hymn
are of the Feast, being taken from the
Common of Saints of the class, unless
specially given. Then the Psalms and
Antiphons of the week- day, as given
above. Then is said a Verse and
Answer as follow :

In the Sitnple Office for one or many
Martyrs in Paschal time.

Verse. O ye saints and right-
eous, rejoice in the Lord, Alleluia.

Answer. 6 God hath chosen you
for His own inheritance. Alleluia.

In the Simple Office for one Martyr
{put of Paschal time).

Verse. 7 Thou hast crowned him
with glory and honour, O Lord.

Answer. And madest him to
have dominion over the works of
Thine hands.

In the Simple Office for many Martyrs
{out of Paschal time).

Verse. 8 Be glad in the Lord,
and rejoice, ye righteous.

Answer. And shout for joy, all
ye that are upright in heart.

In the Simple Office for Confessors
{whether Bishops or not).

Verse. 9 The Lord loved him and
beautified him.

[/« Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

1 Ps. xxxvi. 5.
4 Ps. xc. 3.
7 Ps. viii. 6, 7.

2 Ps. xlix.
5 Ps. xxi.
8 Ps. xxxi

2, 3-
21.
. II.

3 Ps. xxxv. 6.
6 Ps. xxxii. 12.
9 Ecclus. xlv. 9.

MONDAY AT MATTINS.

Answer. And clothed him with
a robe of glory.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

In the Simple Office for one Holy
Woman, of any class.

Verse. 1 In thy comeliness and
thy beauty.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

Answer. Go forward, fare pros-
perously and reign.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

The others, as well as what follows,
to the end of the service, are taken from
the First Nocturn of the Office Common
to Saints of the class, unless something
special be appointed. The Lessons are
at ranged according to the rules in
Chapter xxvi. 4, of the general Rubrics.
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, O God,"
is said at the end, instead of a third
Responsory. The Responsories are
arranged according to the rules in
Chapter xxvii. 4, of the general Rubrics.
Thus : —

The Lord's Prayer is said :

OUR Father {inaudibly), Who art
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive them that tres-
pass against us. {Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

Then this Absolution :

/GRACIOUSLY hear, O Lord
^-*" Jesus Christ, the prayers of
Thy servants, and have mercy
upon us : Who livest and reignest

with the Father, and the Holy
Ghost, world without end.
Answer. Amen.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
Scripture.

May the Eternal Father bless us
With an everlasting blessing.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
Homily.

May the Gospel's saving Lord
Bless the reading of His Word.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing on a Simple Feast.

May His blessing be upon us
Who doth live and reign for ever.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the First Lesson from
Scripture or from the Homily, or on a
Simple Feast either the First from
Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints
have two Lessons, the whole three from
Scripture read together as one.

Then the First Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the First Responsory of
the preceding Sunday. On a Simple
Feast, the first Responsory in the Com-
mon Office for the class to which the
Saint belongs.

Then the Reader says :
Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

ing.

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.

May the Son the Sole-begotten
In His mercy bless and help us.
Answer. Amen.

1 Ps. xliv. 5.

THE PSALTER.

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be from
an Homily.

God's most mighty strength alway
Be His people's staff and stay.
Answer. Amen.

Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.

He {or she or they) whose feast-day

we are keeping
Plead for us before the Lord.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Second Lesson, either
from Scripture or from an Homily, or
on a Simple Feast either the Second
and Third Lessons from Scripture
read together as one, or if the Saint
or Saints have two Lessons, the first
of these.

Then the Second Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the Second Responsory
of the preceding Sunday , but in Paschal
time there is added to it :

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

And the Answer of the Responsory is
repeated again.

On a Simple Feast the Second Res-
ponsory in the Common Office for the
class to which the Saint belongs, with
the addition of " Glory be to the
Father," &°c, and the repetition of
the Answer.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Third Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.

May the grace of God the Spirit
All our heart and mind enlighten.
Answer. Amen.

Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or
if the Lesson be from an Homily.

May He That is the Angels' King
To that high realm His people bring.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Third Lesson either
from Scripture, or of the Homily, or on
Simple Feasts the Second or only Lesson
of the Saint.

Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
day in Paschal time is said the Hymn,
"We praise Thee, O God." But on
week-days kept as such out of Paschal
time the Third Responsory of the pre-
ceding Sunday.

Jftonfcat) at Jatibs.

THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sunday, except as other-
wise given here.

The Psalms are as follows :

Antiphon. Have mercy.

If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words, " Upon me, O
God."

Psalm L.

[This Psalm has a musical (?) superscrip-
tion, and the title then proceeds, "A Psalm
of David, when Nathan the Prophet came
unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-
sheba." The whole history is in 2 Kings
(Sam.) xi. xii. (Saturday, 5th week after
Pentecost, and 6th Sunday.)]

HAVE mercy upon me, O God,
* after Thy great mercy :

And according to the multitude
of Thy tender mercies * blot out my
transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from mine
iniquity : * and cleanse me from my
sin.

For I acknowledge my trans-
gression : * and my sin is ever
before me.

Against Thee, Thee only, have I
sinned, and done evil in Thy sight :
* that Thou mightest be justified
when Thou speakest, and be clear
when Thou art judged.

For behold, I was shapen in in-
iquity : * and in sin did my mother
conceive me.

For behold Thou desirest truth :

* the hidden secrets of Thy wisdom
Thou hast made manifest unto me.

Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I
shall be clean : * wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and glad-
ness : * that the bones which Thou
hast broken may rejoice.

Hide Thy face from my sins : *
and blot out all mine iniquities.

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

Cast me not away from Thy
presence : * and take not Thine
holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy
salvation : * and uphold me with
Thy free Spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors
Thy ways : * and sinners shall be
converted unto Thee.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
O God, Thou God of my salvation :

* and my tongue shall sing aloud x
of Thy righteousness.

O Lord, open Thou my lips, *

1 So the Hebrew, the LXX. , and all the versions, including Doway, but the Latin
text has the curious mistake of exidtabit for exaltabit.

THE PSALTER.

and my mouth shall show forth Thy
praise.

For Thou desirest not sacrifice,
else would I give it : * Thou de-
lightest not in burnt-offering.

The sacrifice of God is a broken
spirit : * a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

Do good in Thy good pleasure
unto Zion : * to build the walls of
Jerusalem.

Then shalt Thou be pleased with
the sacrifices of righteousness, with
burnt-offering and whole burnt-offer-
ing : * then shall they offer bullocks
upon Thine altar.

Antiphon. Have mercy upon me,
O God.

Second Antiphon. Consider.

Psalm V.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with a
musical (?) superscription.]

GIVE ear unto my words, O
Lord, * consider my suppli-
cation.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry,

* my King and my God !

For unto Thee will I pray. * O
Lord, in the morning Thou shalt
hear my voice :

In the morning will I stand before
Thee and look up. * For Thou art
not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness :

Neither shall the evil dwell with
Thee, * nor the unrighteous stand
in Thy sight :

Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

* Thou shalt destroy all them that
speak leasing :

The Lord abhorreth the bloody
and deceitful man. * But as for me,
in the multitude of Thy mercy

I will come into Thine house : *
I will worship toward Thine holy
temple in Thy fear.

Lead me, O Lord, in Thy
righteousness, * because of mine
enemies ; make my way straight
before Thy face.

For there is no faithfulness in
their mouth : * their inward part
is very wickedness.

Their throat is an open sepulchre ;
they flatter with their tongue. *
Judge Thou them, O God !

Let them fall by their own coun-
sels ; cast them out in the multi-
tude of their transgressions, * for
they have rebelled against Thee, O
Lord!

And let all those that put their
trust in Thee, rejoice : * let them
ever shout for joy, because Thou
dwellest in them :

Let them also that love Thy Name
be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt
bless the righteous.

O Lord, Thou hast compassed
us * with Thy favour as with a
shield.

Antiphon. Consider my suppli-
cation, O Lord.

Third Antiphon. O God, Thou
art my God.

If this Antiphon is used, the Psalm
begins with the words, " Early will I
seek Thee."

Psalms LXIL, LXVI.

O God, Thou art my God, &c.
(A 23)-

Antiphon. O God, Thou art my
God, early will I seek Thee.

Fourth Antiphon. Thine anger
is turned away.

MONDAY AT LAUDS.

8 9

The Song of Isaiah the Prophet.

[Isa. xii. 1. The description of the res-
toration of Israel in Isa. xi. (Second Sun-
day in Advent) is continued to the end
of that Chapter, and this Song is then
introduced by trie words, "And in that
day thou shalt say : — "]

OLORD, I will praise Thee,
though Thou wast angry with
me, * Thine anger is turned away,
and Thou comfortest me.

Behold, God is my salvation : *
I will trust and not be afraid :

For the Lord is my strength
and my song : * He also is become
my salvation.

Therefore with joy shall ye draw
water out of the wells of the Saviour :
* and in that day shall ye say :
Praise the Lord and call upon His
Name !

Declare His doings among the
people, * tell them that His Name
is exalted.

Sing unto the Lord, for He hath
done glorious things : * make ye
this known in all the earth.

Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabi-
tant of Zion : * for great is the
Holy One of Israel in the midst of
thee!

Antiphon. Thine anger is turned
away, and Thou comfortest me.
Fifth Antiphon. Praise ye.

If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words "the Lord
from the heavens."

Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.

Praise ye the Lord from the
heavens, &c. (//. 25, 26).

Antiphon. Praise ye the Lord
from the heavens.

1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school,
Card. Newman.

From Advent Sunday till the Octave
of the Epiphany and from the First
Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pente-
cost special Chapters are given. At
other times the following is said on all
week-days observed as such.

Chapter. (Rom. xiii. 12.)

THE night is far spent, the day
is at hand : let us therefore
cast off the works of darkness, and
let us put on the armour of light :
let us walk honestly as in the day.

Hymn. 1

OF the Father Effluence bright,
Out of Light evolving light,
Light from Light, unfailing Ray,
Day creative of the day.

Truest Sun, upon us stream
With Thy calm perpetual beam,
In the Spirit's still sunshine
Making sense and thought divine.

Seek we too the Father's face,

Father of almighty grace,

And of majesty excelling,

Who can purge our tainted dwelling ;

Who can aid us, who can break
Teeth of envious foes, and make
Hours of loss and pain succeed,
Guiding safe each duteous deed.

And, infusing self-control,
Fragrant chastity of soul,
Faith's keen flame to soar on high,
Incorrupt simplicity.

Christ Himself for food be given,
Faith become the cup of heaven,
Out of which the joy is quaff'd
Of the Spirit's sobering draught.

With that joy replenished
Morn shall glow with modest red,
Noon with beaming face be bright,
Eve be soft without twilight.

It has dawned : — upon our way,
Father, in Thy Word, this day,
In Thy Father, Word Divine,
From Thy cloudy pillar shine.

slightly altered. Translation by the late

THE PSALTER.

To the Father and the Son,
And the Spirit, Three and One,
As of old, and as in heaven,
Now and here be glory given.

Amen.

Verse. x Thou hast satisfied us
early with Thy mercy.

Answer. We rejoice and are
glad.

Antiphonfor the Song of Zacharias.
Blessed * be the Lord God of Israel.

After the repetition of the Antiphon
after the Song of Zacharias, on the
week-days of Advent and Lent, the
Ember Days, and all Vigils which are
fasts except Christmas Eve and the
Eve and Ember Days of Pentecost, all
kneel down, and the following prayers
called the Preces are said:

Kyrie eleison.

Answer. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Then the Lord's Prayer is said aloud.

OUR Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, as we for-
give them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;

Answer. But deliver us from evil.

Verse. 2 I said : Lord, be mer-
ciful unto me.

Answer. Heal my soul, for I
have sinned against Thee.

Verse. 3 Return, O Lord, how
long?

Answer. And let it repent Thee
concerning Thy servants.

Verse. 4 Let Thy mercy, O Lord,
be upon us.

Answer. According as we hope
in Thee.

Verse. 5 Let Thy priests be
clothed with righteousness.

Answer. And let Thy saints
shout for joy.

Verse. 6 O Lord, save the King.

Answer. And hear us in the day
when we call upon Thee.

Verse. 7 O Lord, save Thy peo-
ple, and bless Thine inheritance.

Answer. And govern them, and
lift them up for ever.

Verse. 8 Remember Thy congre-
gation.

Answer. Which Thou hast pur-
chased of old.

Verse. 9 Peace be within thy
walls.

Answer. And prosperity within
thy palaces.

Verse. Let us pray for the faith-
ful departed.

Answer. O Lord, grant them
eternal rest, and let the everlasting
light shine upon them !

Verse. May they rest in peace.

Answer. Amen.

Verse. Let us pray for our ab-
sent brethren.

Answer. 10 O Thou my God,
save Thy servants that trust in
Thee.

Verse. Let us pray for the sor-
rowful and the captives.

Answer. n Redeem them, O God
of Israel, out of all their troubles.

Verse. 12 O Lord, send them help
from the sanctuary.

1 Ps. lxxxix. 14. 2 Ps. xl. 5. 3 Ps. Ixxxix. 13.

4 Ps. xxxii. 22. 5 Ps. cxxxi. 9.

6 Ps. xix. 10. This verse never varies, whatever the form of government.

7 Ps. xxvii. 9. 8 Ps. Ixxiii. 2. 9 Ps. cxxi. 7.
10 Ps. lxxxv. 2. u Ps. xxiv. 22. 12 Ps. xix. 3.

MONDAY AT LAUDS.

Answer. And strengthen them
out of Zion.

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Psalm CXXIX.

[Intituled "A Song of Degrees." The
meaning of this title is not certain. The
Psalms so called may perhaps, like the
" Graduals " of the Roman Liturgy, be
"step-songs," intended to be sung during
processions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]

OUT of the depths have I cried
unto Thee, O Lord ! * Lord,
hear my voice.

Let Thine ears be attentive * to
the voice of my supplication.

If Thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, * O Lord, who shall
stand ?

But there is forgiveness with
Thee : * because of Thy law, I wait
for Thee, O Lord !

My soul waiteth on His word : *
my soul hopeth in the Lord.

From the morning watch even
until night * let Israel hope in the
Lord :

For with the Lord there is mercy,
* and with Him is plenteous re-
demption.

And He shall redeem Israel, *
from all his iniquities.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is

now, and ever shall be, world with-
out end. Amen.

Verse. x Turn us again, O Lord
God of hosts !

Answer. And cause Thy face to
shine, and we shall be saved.

Verse. 2 Arise, O Christ, and
help us.

Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Name's sake.

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Then follows the Prayer of the Day.

All proceeds to the end of the service
as on Sunday, except that when Suf-
frages are said, the following is said
before the Commemoration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.

Commemoration of the Cross.

Antiphon. Through Thy Cross's
holy sign, Jesus, guard this soul of
mine, from my ghostly enemy.

Verse. 3 Let all the earth worship
Thee, and sing unto Thee.

Anszver. Let them sing praises
unto Thy Name, O Lord !

Let us pray.

OLORD, we beseech Thee, keep
us in continual peace, whom
it hath pleased Thee to redeem by
the tree of the Holy Cross.

1 Ps. lxxix. 20.

2 Ps. xliii. 26.

3 Ps. lxv. 4.

^ttesbag at Jlattin*.

THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sunday, except as other-
wise given here.

Invitatory. Let us make a joyful
noise to * the God of our salvation.

Invitatory in Paschal time.
luia, Alleluia, * Alleluia.

Alle-

On Simple Feasts the Invitatory is
special.

On Simple Feasts the Hymn is
special, but on Week-days kept as such
the following is said from the Octave
of the Epiphany till the first Tuesday
in Lent, and from the Octave of Pente-
cost till Advent. The Hymns for the
other Seasons are given in the proper
Office of the Seasons.

Hymn. 1

OGOD from God, and Light from
Light,
Who art Thyself the Day,
Our chants shall break the clouds of

night ;
Be with us while we pray.

Chase Thou the gloom that haunts the

mind,
The thronging shades of hell,
The sloth and drowsiness that bind
The senses with a spell.

Lord, to their sins indulgent be,
Who, in this hour forlorn,
By faith in what they do not see,
With songs prevent the morn.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,
And Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all worship shall be done
In every time and place.

Amen.

Only one Nocturn is said.

Antiphon. That I sin not.

In Paschal time there is only one An-
tiphon to the whole Nocturn, Alleluia.

Psalm XXXVIII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with a
farther notice of meaning now uncertain.
It is addressed to Jeduthun, concerning
whom it is said, in I Par. (Chron.) xvi. 42,
that David appointed, along with the Priests
who officiated before the Ark, " Heman
and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen,
who are expressed by name, to give thanks
to the Lord, because His mercy endureth
for ever. And with them Heman and
Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals, for
those that should make a sound, and with
musical instruments of God." The Targum
says that it was to be used by Jeduthun for
his watch in the Sanctuary.]

will take heed unto
* that I sin not with

T SAID: I
^ my ways,
my tongue.

I kept a watch upon my mouth, *
while the wicked stood up against
me.

I was dumb, and humbled myself,
I held my peace even from good :

1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school. Translation by the late Card. Newman.

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* and my sorrow was stirred up
afresh.

Mine heart was hot within me :

* and while I was musing the fire
kindled.

I spake with my tongue : * Lord,
make me to know mine end ;

And the measure of my days
what it is ; * that I may know how
frail I am.

Behold, Thou hast made my days
as a span : * and mine age is as
nothing before Thee.

Verily every man living * is
altogether vanity. 1

Surely every man flitteth by like
a shade : * he is disquieted also in
vain.

He heapeth up riches, * and
knoweth not who shall gather them.

And now for what wait I ? Is it
not for the Lord ? * and mine hope
is with Thee.

Deliver me from all my transgres-
sions : * Thou hast given me for a
reproach unto the foolish.

I was dumb and opened not my
mouth, because Thou didst it : *
remove Thy strokes away from me.

I am consumed by the blow of
Thine hand : * Thou, with rebukes
dost correct man for iniquity.

And Thou makest his beauty to
consume away like a spider's web :

* surely every man is disquieted in
vain. 1

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my
cry : * give ear unto my tears.

Hold not Thy peace : for I am a
stranger with Thee, and a sojourner,

* as all my fathers were.
O spare me, that I may recover

strength, before I go hence, * and
be no more.

Psalm XXXIX.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David " and with
the same (now) uncertain superscription as
Ps. xii.]

WAITED patiently for the
Lord, * and He inclined unto
me,

And heard my cry : * He brought
me up also out of an horrible pit,
and out of the miry clay.

And set my feet upon a rock ; *
and ordered my goings.

And He hath put a new song in
my mouth, * even praise unto our
God.

Many shall see it, and fear, * and
shall trust in the Lord.

Blessed is that man whose trust
is the Name of the Lord : * and
who respecteth not pride and lying
vanities.

Many, O Lord my God, are Thy
wonderful works which Thou hast
done : * and in Thy thoughts there
is none like unto Thee.

If I would declare and speak of
them, * they are more than can be
numbered.

Sacrifice and offering Thou hast
not desired ; * but mine ears hast
Thou opened.

Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast
Thou not required : * then said I :
Lo, I come.

In the beginning of the book it is
written of me that I should fulfil
Thy will: * O my God, I delight
to do it, yea, Thy law is within mine
heart.

I have preached Thy righteous-
ness in the great congregation : * lo,
I have not refrained my lips : O
Lord, Thou knowest.

SLH.

THE PSALTER.

I have not hidden Thy righteous-
ness within mine heart : * I have
declared Thy faithfulness and Thy
salvation.

I have not concealed Thy loving-
kindness, and Thy truth * from the
great congregation.

Withhold not Thou Thy tender
mercies from me, O Lord : * let
Thy loving-kindness and Thy truth
continually preserve me.

For countless evils have com-
passed me about : * mine iniquities
have taken hold upon me, and I am
not able to look up.

They are more in number than
the hairs of mine head : * and mine
heart faileth me.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver
me : * O Lord, look upon me to
help me.

Let them be ashamed and con-
founded together that seek after my
soul, * to destroy it.

Let them be driven backward,
and put to shame, * that wish me
evil.

Let them quickly bear their
shame, * that say unto me : Aha,
Aha.

Let all those that seek Thee re-
joice and be glad in Thee : * and
let such as love Thy salvation say
continually : The Lord be mag-
nified.

But I am poor and needy : * the
Lord thinketh upon me.

Thou art mine Helper and my
Deliverer : * make no tarrying, O
God.

Antiphon. l That I sin not with
my tongue.

Second Antiphon. Heal.

Psalm XL.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with
some other words, of meaning now un-
certain, as in some other Psalms.]

OLESSED is he that considereth
-*-' the poor and needy : * the
Lord will deliver him in time of
trouble.

The Lord preserve him, and
quicken him, and make him to be
blessed upon the earth : * and de-
liver him not unto the will of his
enemies !

The Lord strengthen him upon
his bed of suffering ! * Thou hast
made all his bed in his sickness.

As for me, I said : Lord, be
merciful unto me : * heal my soul,
for I have sinned against Thee.

Mine enemies speak evil of me :
* When shall he die, and his name
perish ?

If he came to see me he spake
vanity : * his heart gathereth iniquity
to itself.

He went out, * and told it.

All they that hate me whispered
together against me : * against me
did they devise mine hurt.

They plotted together to do me
evil : * Now that he lieth, surely he
shall rise up no more.

Yea, mine own familiar friend in
whom I trusted, * who did eat of
my bread, hath lifted up his heel
against me. 2

But Thou, O Lord, be merciful
unto me, and raise me up : * and I
will requite them.

By this I know that Thou de-
lightest in me : * because mine
enemy cannot triumph over me.

But as for me, Thou upholdest

1 Ps. xxxviii. 2.

9 Quoted by our Lord. John xiii. 18.

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me, because of mine innocence : *
and settest me before Thy face for
ever.

Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. * Amen, Amen. 1

Psalm XLI.

[This Psalm has a superscription, the
meaning of which is not now certain, but
which seems in part to imply that it was a
didactic poem written to be sung by the
choir of the Korahites, a family of Levites
and singers in the time of David.]

A S the hart panteth after the
^*- water -brooks : * so panteth
my soul after Thee, O God !

My soul is athirst for God, for
the mighty God, for the living God :

* when shall I come and appear
before God?

My tears have been my meat day
and night, * while they daily say
unto me : Where is thy God ?

When I remember these things,
I pour out my soul in me : * for
I will go unto the place of the
wondrous Tabernacle, even unto
the house of God.

With the voice of joy and praise,

* the noise of a multitude that keep
holiday.

Why art thou cast down, O my
soul, * and why art thou disquieted
in me?

Hope thou in God, for I shall yet
praise Him, * the Health of my
countenance and my God.

My soul is cast down within me :

* therefore will I remember Thee
from the land of Jordan, and from

1 With this Psalm ends the first of the five books into which the Psalter is divided.

2 A chain of mountains in the north-east of Palestine, stretching down on the eastern
side of Jordan.

3 Or rather, the hill Mizar (viz. the Little), proper name of a mountain on the eastern
ridge of Lebanon. May it not be that the Korahites were among the Levitical families
which had cities in the north and north-east districts ? 4 Ps. xl. 5.

the mountains of Hermon, 2 from the
Little Hill. 3

Deep calleth unto deep, * at the
noise of Thy waterspouts.

All Thy waves and Thy billows *
are gone over me.

The Lord hath commanded [the
praise of] His loving- kindness in
the day-time, * and in the night
His song.

Mine shall it be to pray unto the
God of my life. * I will say unto
God : Thou art my refuge.

Why hast Thou forgotten me ? *
and why go I mourning, while the
enemy oppresseth me?

While my bones are broken, *
they that trouble me, even mine
enemies, reproach me ;

While they say daily unto me :
Where is thy God ? * Why art thou
cast down, O my soul, and why art
thou disquieted within me ?

Hope thou in God, for I shall yet
praise Him : * the Health of my
countenance and my God.

Antiphon. 4 Heal my soul, O
Lord, for I have sinned against Thee.
Third Antiphon. Mine heart.

Psalm XLI 1 1.

[This Psalm has the same uncertain
[? musical] superscription as some others,
and the Targum farther ascribes its author-
ship to David.]

\\ 7"E have heard with our ears,
* * O God : * our fathers have
told us,

What work Thou didst in their
days, * and in the times of old.

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Thine hand scattered the heathen,
and planted them : * Thou didst
afflict the people and cast them out.

For they got not the land in pos-
session by their own sword : * neither
did their own arm save them.

But Thy right hand, and Thine
arm, and the light of Thy counten-
ance : * because Thou hadst a favour
unto them.

Thou art my King and my God :
* Who commandest victories for
Jacob !

Through Thee shall our horn toss
our enemies : * through Thy Name
will we tread them under that rise
up against us.

For I will not trust in my bow : *
neither shall my sword save me.

For Thou hast saved us from them
that afflicted us, * and hast put to
shame them that hated us.

In God will we glory all the day
long, * and will praise Thy Name
for ever. 1

But now Thou hast cast off and
put us to shame : * and Thou, O
God, wilt not go forth with our
armies.

Thou hast turned us back behind
our enemies : * and they that hate
us take spoil for themselves.

Thou hast given us like sheep ap-
pointed for meat, * and hast scat-
tered us among the heathen.

Thou hast sold Thy people for
nought, * and hast not increased
Thy wealth by 'their price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our
neighbours, * a scorn and a derision
to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a by-word among
the heathen, * a shaking of the head
among the peoples.

My confusion is all day long be-

fore me, * and the shame of my face
hath covered me,

For the voice of him that reproach-
eth and blasphemeth, * by reason of
the enemy and avenger.

All this is come upon us, yet have
we not forgotten Thee : * neither
have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

Our heart also is not turned back :

* neither have our steps strayed
from Thy way ;

Though Thou hast sore broken us
in the place of affliction, * and the
shadow of death hath covered us.

If we have forgotten the Name of
our God, * or stretched out our
hands to a strange god ;

Shall not God search this out ? *
for He knoweth the secrets of the
heart.

Yea, for Thy sake are we killed all
the day long : * we are counted as
sheep for the slaughter.

Awake, why sleepest Thou, O
Lord? * arise, and cast us not off
for ever.

Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face,

* and forgettest our affliction and
our oppression?

For our soul is bowed down to
the dust : * our belly cleaveth unto
the earth.

Arise, O Lord, help us : * and
redeem us for Thy Name's sake.

Psalm XLIV.

[This Psalm has a long superscription, the
exact meaning of which is not now certain.
It seems to have been a marriage-song writ-
ten to be sung by the Korahites. The Tar-
gum ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it
seems rather to belong to that of the Jewish
Monarchy.]

MINE heart is overflowing with
a good matter : * I speak of
my works unto the king.

1 SLH.

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My tongue is the pen * of a ready
writer.

Thou art fairer than the children
of men, grace is poured into thy lips :

* therefore God hath blessed thee
for ever.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, *
O most mighty !

In thy comeliness, and thy beauty,

* go forward, fare prosperously, and
reign,

Because of truth, and meekness,
and righteousness : * and thy right
hand shall lead thee wonderfully.

Thine arrows are sharp — (the
people shall fall under thee) — * into
the heart of the King's enemies.

x Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever : * the sceptre of Thy
kingdom is a right sceptre.

Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity : * therefore,
God, thy God, hath anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.

Thy garments smell of myrrh, and
aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
palaces, * whereby kings' daughters
among thine honourable women have
made thee glad.

Upon thy right hand did stand
the queen in a vesture of gold, *
bedecked with divers colours.

Hearken, O daughter, and con-
sider, and incline thine ear : * for-
get also thine own people, and thy
father's house :

And the King shall greatly de-
sire thy beauty : * for He is the
Lord thy God, 2 and Him shall they
worship.

And the daughters of Tyre shall

entreat thy favour * with gifts, even
all the rich among the people.

The King's daughter is all glo-
rious within, * in a vesture of gold,
clad in divers colours.

After her shall virgins be brought
unto the king : * her fellows shall
be brought unto thee.

With gladness and rejoicing shall
they be brought : * they shall enter
into the King's palace.

Instead of thy fathers shall be
thy children : * thou shalt make
them princes over all the earth.

They shall be mindful of thy
name, * unto all generations.

Therefore shall the people praise
thee for ever, * yea, for ever and
ever.

Antiphon. 3 Mine heart is over-
flowing with a good matter.
Fourth Antiphon. Our help.

Psalm XLV.

[This Psalm has a superscription of un-
certain meaning, but of which part seems
to imply that it was to be sung by treble
voices, from the choir of the Korahite
family. And the Targum ascribes it, but
apparently by a mere guess, to the time when
Korah and his fellow-rebels were destroyed
by an earthquake in the wilderness, but
"the children of Korah died not" (Num.
xxvi. 10, ii).]

GOD is our refuge and strength,
* our help in trouble, which
is come upon us exceedingly.

Therefore will we not fear, though
the earth be removed, * and though
the mountains be carried into the
midst of the sea ;

Though the waters thereof roar

1 So are these words translated in Heb. i. 8, 9.

2 The word "God" is not in the Hebrew, and the original meaning, addressed to the
bride, is, "He is thy lord, and bow thou to him." So also St Jerome.

s Ps. xliv. 2.

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and be troubled ; * though the
mountains shake with the swelling
thereof. 1

[There is] a river, the streams
whereof make glad the city of God :
* the Most High hath hallowed His
Tabernacle.

God is in the midst of her, she
shall not be moved : * God shall
help her right early.

The heathen raged, and the king-
doms were moved : * He uttered
His voice, the earth melted.

The Lord of hosts is with us : *
the God of Jacob is our refuge. 1

Come and behold the works of
the Lord, what wonders He hath
wrought in the earth ; * He maketh
wars to cease unto the end of the
earth.

He breaketh the bow and cut-
teth the weapons in sunder : * and
burneth the shields in the fire.

Be still, and know that I am
God : * I will be exalted among
the heathen, and I will be exalted
in the earth.

The Lord of hosts is with us : *
the God of Jacob is our refuge. 1

Psalm XLVI.

[Intituled " A Psalm of the sons of
Korah," with another (now uncertain) direc-
tion.]

OCLAP your hands, all ye
people : * shout unto God
with the voice of triumph.

For the Lord Most High is ter-
rible : * He is a great King over all
the earth.

He hath subdued the people
under us, * and the nations under
our feet.

He hath chosen His own inheri-

1 SLH.

tance for us, * the excellency of
Jacob, whom He loved. 1

God is gone up with a shout, *
and the Lord with the sound of a
trumpet.

Sing praises to our God, sing
praises : * sing praises unto our
King, sing praises.

For God is the King of all the
earth : * sing ye praises with under-
standing.

God reigneth over the heathen :

* God sitteth upon the throne of
His holiness.

The princes of the people are
gathered together with the God of
Abraham : * for the mighty ones
of the earth are greatly exalted.

Antiphon. 2 Our help in trouble.
Fifth Antiphon. Great is the
Lord.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, " And greatly to
be praised."

Psalm XLVII.

[Intituled "A Song. A Psalm of the

sons of Korah." The Vulgate and the

LXX. assign it to the second day of the
week.]

GREAT is the Lord, and greatly
to be praised * in the city of
our God, in the mountain of His
holiness.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of
the whole earth, is mount Zion, *
on the sides of the north, the city
of the great King.

God is known in her palaces *
for a refuge.

For, lo, the kings were assembled :

* they passed by together.

They saw, and so they marvelled;

2 Ps. xlv. 2.

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they were troubled, they hasted
away : * fear took*hold upon them

There, pain, as of a woman in
travail. * Thou shalt break the
ships of Tarshish 1 with a mighty
wind.

As we have heard, so have we
seen in the city of the Lord of
hosts, in the city of our God : *
God hath established her for ever. 2

We have received Thy loving-
kindness, O God, * in the midst
of Thy temple.

According to Thy Name, O God,
so is Thy praise unto the ends of
the earth : * Thy right hand is full
of righteousness.

Let mount Zion rejoice, and let
the daughters of Judah be glad, *
because of Thy judgments, O Lord.

Walk about Zion, and go round
about her : * tell the towers thereof.

Mark ye well her bulwarks : *
and consider her palaces ; that
ye may tell it to the generation
following.

For this God is our God for ever
and ever : * He shall be our guide
for ever.

PsalmXLVlII.

[This Psalm has the same title as Ps.
xlvi.]

IT EAR this, all ye people : *
■*■ -*- give ear, all ye inhabitants
of the world ;

Both low and high : * rich and
poor together.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom :
* and the meditation of my heart
shall be of understanding.

I will incline mine ear to a par-
able : * I will open my saying
upon the harp.

1 A very flourishing colony and emporium

Wherefore should I fear in the
day of evil ? * The iniquity of them
that dog mine heels shall compass
me about, —

They that trust in their own
strength, * and boast themselves
in the multitude of their riches.

Can a man redeem, redeem his
brother ? * He cannot give to God
a ransom for himself —

Nor yet a redemption for his own
soul, * if he should work for ever,
and live even unto the end.

Nay, though he should not see
destruction, when he beholdeth
wise men die — * likewise the
fool and the brutish person perish,

And leave their wealth to others :

* and their grave shall be their
house for ever —

Even their dwelling-place to all
generations : * they called their
lands after their own names.

For man, having been created
in honour, hath had no understand-
ing : * he hath made himself like
unto the beasts that understand
not, and is become like unto
them.

This their way is a stumbling-
block for themselves : * yet their
posterity will approve their sayings. 2

Like sheep they are laid in the
grave : * death will pasture them.

And the upright shall have do-
minion over them in the morning :

* and the beauty of their strength
shall waste away in the grave.

But God will redeem my soul
from the power of the grave, *
when He shall receive me. 2

Be not thou afraid when one is
made rich, * and when the glory
of his house is increased.

For when he dieth he shall carry
of the Phoenicians in Spain. 2 SLH.

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nothing away, * his glory shall not
descend with him.

Though while he lived he blessed
his soul ; * and praised thee when
thou didst well to him.

He shall go to the generation of
his fathers : * and shall never see
light.

Man, having been created in
honour, hath had no understand-
ing : * he hath made himself like
unto the beasts that understand
not, and is become like unto them.

Antiphon. x Great is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised.

Sixth Antiphon. The God of
gods.

If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words, " Even the
Lord."

Psalm XLIX.

[Intituled "A Psalm of Asaph." This
Asaph was a Levite, chief of the singers
appointed by David. I Par. (Chron.) xvi.
4. "And he (David) appointed certain of
the Levites to minister before the Ark of
the Lord, and to record, and to thank
and praise the Lord God of Israel. Asaph
the chief, and next to him Zachariah, Jeiel,
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah,
and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom ;
and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps ;
but Asaph made a sound with cymbals."]

THE God of gods, even the
Lord, hath spoken, * and
called the earth,

From the rising of the sun unto
the going down thereof. * Out of
Zion, the Perfection of beauty,

God shall come manifestly, *
even our God, and shall not keep
silence.

A fire shall devour before Him :
* and it shall be very tempestuous
round about Him.

1 Ps. xlvii. 2.

He shall call to the heavens from
above, * and fc the earth, that
He may judge His people.

Gather His saints together unto
Him, * those that have made a
covenant with Him by sacrifice.

And the heavens shall declare
His righteousness : * for God is
Judge Himself. 2

Hear, O My people, and I will
speak ; O Israel, and I will testify
against thee ; * I am God, even
thy God.

I will not reprove thee for thy
sacrifices : * for thy burnt- offerings
are continually before Me.

I will take no bullock out of thine
house, * nor he -goats out of thy
folds.

For every beast of the forest is
Mine, * the cattle and the bulls
upon the mountains.

I know all the birds of the sky :

* and the beauty of the field is
Mine.

If I were hungry, I would not
tell thee : * for the earth is Mine,
and the fulness thereof.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, *
or drink the blood of goats ?

Offer unto God the sacrifice of
praise : * and pay thy vows unto the
Most High :

And call upon Me in the day of
trouble : * I will deliver thee, and
thou shalt glorify Me.

But unto the wicked, God saith :

* What hast thou to do to declare
My statutes, that thou shouldest take
My covenant in thy mouth ?

Seeing thou hatest instruction, *
and castest My words behind thee ?

When thou sawest a thief then
thou tookest pleasure in him : * and
hast been partaker with adulterers.
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101

Thy mouth aboundeth with evil :

* and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Thou satest and spakest against

thy brother, and slanderedst thine
own mother's son : * these things
hast thou done, and I kept silence.

Thou thoughtest wickedly that I
was such an one as thyself: * I will
reprove thee, and set them in order
before thine eyes.

Consider ye this, ye that forget
God : * lest He tear you in pieces,
and there be none to deliver.

The sacrifice of praise shall honour
Me : * and there is the path where-
in I will show unto him the salvation
of God.

Psalm LI.

[After another uncertain superscription,
the title of this Psalm proceeds: — "[A
Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite
came and told Saul, and said unto him :
David is come to the house of Ahimelech. "
The circumstances may be read in I Kings
(Sam.) xxii. (Saturday, fourth week after
Pentecost). After Doeg told Saul, the
latter sent for Ahimelech and the other
Priests, and ordered them to execution.
" But the servants of the king would not
put forth their hand to fall upon the Priests
of the Lord. And the king said to Doeg :
Turn thou, and fall upon the Priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the
Priests, and slew on that day four-score and
five persons that did wear a linen ephod. "
The inhabitants of the Priestly city of Nob
were also brutally massacred. One of the
sons of Ahimelech escaped and told David.]

AirHY boastest thou thyself in
* * mischief, * O thou that art
mighty in iniquity ?

Thy tongue deviseth unrighteous-
ness all the day long : * like a sharp
razor hast thou wrought treachery.

Thou lovest evil more than good ;

* iniquity rather than to speak of
uprightness. 1

SLH.

Thou lovest all deadly words, *
O thou deceitful tongue !

Therefore God shall destroy thee
for ever : * He shall take thee away,
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-
place, and root thee out of the land
of the living. 1

The righteous shall see it, and
fear, and shall laugh at him, and
say : * Lo, this is the man that
made not God his strength ;

But trusted in the abundance of
his riches : * and hardened himself
in his wickedness.

But I am like a fruitful olive-
tree in the house of God, * I trust
in the mercy of God for ever and
ever.

I will praise Thee for ever, be-
cause Thou hast done it : * and I
will wait on Thy name, for it is
good before Thy saints.

Antiphon. 2 The God of gods,
even the Lord, hath spoken.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer,
In Advent.

Verse. Send forth the Lamb, O
Lord, the ruler of the land.

Answer. From the " Rock " of
the wilderness unto the mount of
the daughter of Zion.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 3 Offer unto God the sac-
rifice of praise.

Answer. And pay thy vows un-
to the Most High.

In Lent.
Verse. He shall cover thee with
His wings.

2 Ps. xlix. i. * Ps. xlix. 14.

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Answer. And under His feath-
ers shalt thou trust.

In Passion time.

Verse. Lord, save me from
the lion's mouth.

Answer. And mine affliction
from the horns of the unicorns.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The Lord is risen in-
deed, Alleluia.

Answer. And hath appeared un-
to Simon, Alleluia.

The rest is the same as the Second
Nocturn on the preceding Sunday, only
the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon-
sories, are those of the day.

Simple Feasts. It is to be remembered
that when a Simple Feast is kept on
Tuesday, the Invitatory and Hymn are
of the Feast, being taken from the Com-
mon of Saints of the class, unless speci-
ally given.

Then the Psalms and Antiphons of
the Week-day, as given above. Then is
said a Verse and Answer as follows :

In the Simple Office for one or many
Martyrs in Paschal time.

Verse. The everlasting light
shall shine upon Thy Saints, O
Lord. Alleluia.

Answer. Even unto everlasting.
Alleluia.

In the Simple Office for one Martyr
(out of Paschal lime).

Verse. x Thou hast set a crown,

Lord, of precious stones.
Answer. Upon his head.

1 ft the Simple Office for many Martyrs

{out of Paschal time).

Verse. 2 Let the righteous re-
joice before God.

Ps. xx. 4.
Ps. xxxvi. 30.

Answer. Yea, let them exceed-
ingly rejoice.

In the Simple Office for a Bishop and
Confessor.

Verse. 3 The Lord chose him for
a priest unto Himself.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

Answer. To offer up unto Him
the sacrifice of praise.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

In the Simple Office for a Confessor
not a Bishop.

Verse. 4 The mouth of the right-
eous shall speak wisdom.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

Answer. And his tongue talk of
judgment.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
For one Holy Woman, of whatever kind.

Verse. 5 God shall give her the
help of His countenance.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

Answer. God is in the midst of
her, she shall not be moved.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

The others, as well as what follows,
to the end of the Service, are taken from
the Second Nocturn of the Office common
to Saints of the class, unless something
special be appointed. The Lessons are
arranged according to the rules in Chap-
ter xxvi. 4 of the general Rubrics.
The Hymn, " We praise Thee, O God,"
is said at the end, instead of a Third
Responsory. The Responsories are ar-
ranged according to the rules in Chapter
xxvii. 4 of the general Rubrics. Thus: —

The Lords Prayer is said:

/^VUR Father (inaudibly), Who art
^-' in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy

:i Cf. Ecclus. xlv. 16, 27.

Ps. lxvii. 4.

Ps. xlv. 6 (Alexandrian version).

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will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive them that tres-
pass against us. {Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

Then this Absolution :

AY His loving kindness and

mercy help us, Who liveth

and reigneth with the Father, and

the Holy Ghost, world without end.

Answer. Amen.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
Scripture.

God the Father the Almighty
Show on us His grace and mercy.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
Homily.

May the Gospel's saving Lord
Bless the reading of His Word.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing on a Simple Feast.

May His blessing be upon us,
Who doth live and reign for ever.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the First Lesson from
Scripture or from the Homily, or, on a
Simple Feast, either the First from
Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints
have two Lessons, the whole three Scrip-
ture Lessons read together as one.

Then the First Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the First Responsory of
the Second Nocturn of the preceding

Sunday. On a Simple Feast, it is the
first Responsory in the Common Office
for the class to which the Saint belongs.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.

May Christ to all His people give
For ever in His sight to live.
Answer. Amen.

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be from
an Homily.

God's most mighty strength alway
Be His people's staff and stay.
Answer. Amen.

Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.

He (or She or They) whose feast-day

we are keeping
Plead for us before the Lord.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Second Lesson, either
from the Scripture or from an Homily,
or, on a Simple Feast, either the Second
and Third Lessons from Scripture read
together as one, or, if the Saint or Saints
have two Lessons, the first of these.

Then the Second Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the Second Responsory
of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal
time there is added to it :

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

And the Answer of the Responsory is
repeated again.

On a Simple Feast the Second Re-
sponsory ill the Common Office for the
class to which the Saint belongs, with the
addition of " Glory be to the Father,"
&*c, and the repetition of the Answer.

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Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Third Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.

May the Spirit's fire divine
In our inmost being shine.
Answer. Amen.

Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or
if the Lesson be from an Homily.

May He that is the Angels' King
To that high realm His people bring.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Third Lesson either
from Scripture, or of the Homily, or,
on Simple Feasts, the Second or only
Lesson of the Saint.

Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
day in Paschal time save Rogation
Monday is said the Hytrin, " We praise
Thee, O God." But on week-days kept
as such out of Paschal time the Third
Responsory of the preceding Sunday.

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THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as o?i Sunday, except as otherwise
given here.

The Psalms are as follows :
Antiphon. O Lord.

Psalm L.

Have mercy upon me, &c. (/.
87).

Antiphon. O Lord, blot out my
transgressions.

Second Antiphon. The health.

PsalmXLII.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
5 salm "to David."]

UDGE me, O God, and plead
my cause against an ungodly

lation : * O deliver me from the

injust and deceitful man.
For Thou, O God, art my strength :
why dost Thou cast me off? and

/hy go I mourning, because of the

oppression of the enemy ?
O send out Thy light and Thy
ith : * let them lead me and bring

le unto Thine holy hill, and unto

^hy tabernacles !
Then will I go unto the Altar

)f God, * unto God, the Gladdener

)f my youth !

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Upon the harp will I praise
Thee, O God, my God ! * why art
thou cast down, O my soul? and
why dost thou disquiet me ?

Hope thou in God : for I will still
praise Him, * Who is the health of
my countenance, and my God.

Antiphon. The health of my
countenance, and my God.
Third Antiphon. Early.

Psalms LXII., LXVI.

God, Thou art my God, &c.

U>- 2 3>-

Antiphon. Early will I seek Thee,
O God.

Fourth Antiphon. Save us.

The Song of Hezekiah, King of
JUDAH. (Isa. xxxviii. 10.)

[Intituled "The writing of Hezekiah,
King of Judah, when he had been sick, and
was recovered of his sickness." The his-
tory will be found in 4 (2) Kings xx. (nth
Sunday after Pentecost).]

I SAID, In the midst of my days,
* I shall go to the gates of the
grave :

I looked for the rest of my
years. * I said, I shall not see the
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Lord my God l in the land of the
living :

I shall behold man no more, *
with the dwellers in the land of
rest.

Mine age is departed, and is
rolled up from me, * as a shepherd's
tent :

My life is cut off as by a weaver :
my web was scarce begun when He
cut me off: * from day even to
night wilt Thou make an end of
me.

I thought I might live till morn-
ing : * as a lion, so doth He break
all my bones :

From day even to night wilt Thou
make an end of me. * Like a
swallow's fledgling so did I twitter,
I did coo as a dove :

Mine eyes fail, * with looking
upward.

Lord, I am seized, undertake
for me. * What shall I say, or what
will He answer me, seeing that He
Himself hath done it?

1 will call to remembrance before
Thee all my years * in the bitter-
ness of my soul.

O Lord, if by these things men
live, and in such things is the life
of my spirit, so mayest Thou chasten
me, and make me to live. * Be-
hold, mine anguish is [turned] into
peace :

But Thou hast delivered my soul
from destruction :■ * Thou hast cast
all my sins behind Thy back.

For the grave cannot praise Thee,
death cannot celebrate Thee : * they
that go down into the pit cannot
hope for Thy truth.

The living, the living, he shall

praise Thee, as I do this day : *
the father to the children shall make
known Thy truth.

O Lord, save me : * and we will
sing our songs all the days of our
life in the house of the Lord.

Antiphon. Save us all the days of
our life, O Lord.

Fifth Antiphon. Praise ye the
Lord.

Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.

Praise ye the Lord from the
heavens, &c. {pp. 25, 26).

Antiphon. Praise ye the Lord
from the heavens, all His Angels.

Chapter. (Rom. xiii. 12.)

The night is far spent, &c. (as on
Monday, p. 89).

Hymn. 2

DAY'S herald bird
At length is heard,
Telling its morning torch is lit,
And small and still
Christ's accents thrill
Within the heart, rekindling it.

Away, He cries,

With languid eyes,
And sickly slumbers profitless !

I am at hand,

As watchers stand,
In awe, and truth, and holiness.

He will appear,

The hearts to cheer
Of suppliants pale and abstinent ;

Who cannot sleep

Because they weep
With holy grief and violent.

1 " My God" is not in the Hebrew, but the Divine Name is repeated.

2 Author of original, Aurelius Prudentius Clemens: b. 348 A.D., d. after 405 A.D.
Translation by the late Card. Newman.

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Keep us awake,

The fetters break,
JESU ! which night has forged for us ;

Yea, melt the night

To sinless light,
Till all is bright and glorious.

To Father, Son,

And Spirit, one,
To the Most Holy Trinity,

All praise be given

In earth and heaven,
Now, as of old, and endlessly. Amen.

Verse. 1 Thou hast satisfied us
early with Thy mercy.

Answer. We rejoice and are glad.

Antiphonfor the So?tg of Zacharias.
The Lord hath raised up * an horn
of salvation for us, in the house of
His servant David.

Commemoration of the Cross before
the other general Commemorations, and
Long Preces in Advent and Lent, and
07t Fast-days, as on Monday.

1 Ps. lxxxix. 14.

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THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sitnday except as otherwise
given here.

Invitatory, In Thy hand, O
Lord, * are the inmost depths of
the earth.

Hymn. 1

WHO madest all and dost control,
Lord, with Thy touch divine,
Cast out the slumbers of the soul,
The rest that is not Thine.

Look down, Eternal Holiness,

And wash the sins away
Of those, who, rising to confess,

Outstrip the lingering day.

Our hearts and hands by night, O Lord,

We lift them in our need ;
As holy Psalmists give the word,

And holy Paul the deed.

Each sin to Thee of years gone by,
Each hidden stain lies bare ;

We shrink not from Thine awful eye,
But pray that Thou wouldst spare.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,

And Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all worship shall be done

In every time and place. Amen.

Only one Nocturn is said.

Antiphon. God bringeth back.

In Paschal time only one Antiphon
is said to the whole Nocturn. Alleluia.

Psalm LI I.

[Intituled "of David," with a further
superscription, perhaps musical, but of a
(now) uncertain meaning. The Targum
gives it the additional superscription, "to
render praise, for the reward of the impious
who blasphemed the Name of the Lord."
It is a repetition of Ps. xiii.]

'"PHE fool hath said in his heart :
-*■ * There is no God.

Corrupt are they and have done
abominable iniquity : * there is
none that doeth good.

God looketh down from heaven
upon the children of men, * to see
if there be any that will understand,
or that will seek God.

Every one of them is gone back,
they are altogether become unprofit-
able : * there is none that doeth
good, no, not one.

Have the workers of iniquity no
knowledge, * who eat up my people
as they eat bread ?

They have not called upon God :
* there were they in great fear,
where no fear was.

For God hath scattered the bones
of them that work that which is
pleasing in the sight of men : *
they are put to shame, because God
hath despised them.

O that the salvation of Israel

1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school. Translation by the late Card. Newman,

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were come out of Zion ! * when
God bringeth back the captivity of
His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and
Israel shall be glad.

Psalm LIV.

[This Psalm has a superscription of which
nothing can now be certainly interpreted,
except the ascription of authorship " To
David."]

GIVE ear to my prayer, O God,
and despise not my suppli-
cation : * attend unto me and hear
me.

I mourn in my exercise ; * and
am troubled, because of the voice
of the enemy, and because of the
oppression of the wicked.

For they cast iniquity upon me :

* and in wrath they hate me.
My heart is sore pained within

me : * and the terrors of death are
fallen upon me.

Fearfulness and trembling are
come upon me : * and darkness
hath overwhelmed me.

And I said : O that I had wings
like a dove, * for then would I fly
away and be at rest !

Lo, then would I wander far off,

* and remain in the wilderness. 1

I waited for Him Who hath de-
livered me * from distress of spirit
and from tempest.

Destroy, O Lord ! divide their
tongues : * for I have seen iniquity
and strife in the city.

Day and night iniquity goeth
round about upon her walls : *
trouble also and unrighteousness are
in the midst of her.

Usury and guile * depart not
from her streets.

For if mine enemy had reproached
me, * then I could have borne it.

If he also that hated me had
magnified himself against me, *
then haply I would have hidden
myself from him.

But it was thou, a man like-
minded, * my guide and mine ac-
quaintance :

We took pleasant meats together :

* we walked unto the house of God
in company.

Let death come upon them : *
and let them go down quick into
hell;

For wickedness is in their dwell-
ings, * among them.

But as for me I have called upon
God : * and the Lord shall save
me.

Evening, and morning, and at
noon will I complain and cry aloud,

* and He shall hear my voice.

He shall deliver my soul in
peace from them that draw nigh
against me : * for there were many
against me.

God shall hear and afflict them,

* even He That abideth of old. 1
Because they have no changes,

therefore they fear not God. * He
hath stretched forth His hand to
requite them.

They have broken His covenant :
the anger of His countenance hath
put them to flight, * and His wrath
pursueth them.

His words were softer than oil,

* yet were they drawn swords.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord,

and He shall sustain thee : * He
shall never suffer the righteous to
be moved.

But Thou, O God, shalt bring
them down * into the pit of destruc-
tion.

Bloody and deceitful men shall

1 SLH.

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THE PSALTER.

not live out half their days : * but
I will trust in Thee, O Lord.

Antiphon. 1 God bringeth back
the captivity of His people.
Second Antiphon. For my soul.

Psalm LV.

[This Psalm has a long and very obscure
superscription. From part of this it seems
that it was written to be sung to a tune
called " The dumb dove among foreigners."
The authorship is ascribed "To David,
when the Philistines took him in Gath."
This may either be the occasion described
in the note on Ps. xxxiii. (p. 78), or that
narrated thus in 1 Kings (Sam.) xxvii.
"And David said in his heart : I shall now
perish one day by the hand of Saul ; there
is nothing better for me than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the Philis-
tines ; and Saul shall despair of me, to
seek me any more in any coast of Israel ;
so shall I escape out of his hand. And
David arose, and he passed over, with the
six hundred men that were with him, unto
Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
. . . And it was told Saul that David was
fled to Gath, and he sought no more again
for him."]

DE merciful unto me, O God, for
*-* man treadeth me down : * he
fighteth all the day long, and op-
pressed! me.

Mine enemies tread me down all
the day long : * for they be many
that fight against me.

The height of the morning makes
me afraid, * but I will trust in
Thee.

In God I will praise His word,
in God I have put my trust : * I
will not fear w r hat flesh can do unto
me.

All the day long they wrest my
words : * all their thoughts are
against me for evil.

They gather themselves together

and hide themselves : * they mark
my steps.

When they wait for my soul,
for nothing shalt Thou deliver
them : * in Thine anger Thou
shalt cast down the people.

God, I have declared my life
unto Thee, * Thou hast put my
tears in Thy sight,

Even as Thou hast promised. *
Then shall mine enemies turn back,

In whatsoever day I cry unto
Thee : * behold, I know that Thou
art my God.

In God will I praise His word,
in the Lord will I praise His
word : * in God have I put my
trust, I will not be afraid what
man can do unto me.

Thy vows are upon me, O God,

* I will pay them, even praises
unto Thee.

For Thou hast delivered my
soul from death, and my feet from
falling ; * that I may walk before
God in the light of the living.

Psalm LVI.

[Another long title of uncertain meaning.
The Psalm seems to have been written for
a tune called "Destroy not," "by David,
when he fled from Saul in the cave " — I
Kings (Sam.) xxii. 1 — "David therefore
departed thence" (viz. from Gath) "and
escaped to the cave Adullam." See the
note on Ps. xxxiii., p. 78.]

DE merciful unto me, O God,
*-* be merciful unto me : * for
my soul trusteth in Thee.

Yea, in the shadow of Thy wings
will I make my refuge, * until this
iniquity be overpast.

1 will cry unto God Most High :

* unto God, That performeth all
things for me.

1 Ps. lii. 7.

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He hath sent from heaven, and
saved me : * He hath given for a
reproach them that trod me down. 1

God hath sent forth His mercy
and His truth ; * and delivered my
soul from among the lions' whelps ;
I was troubled in my sleep.

As for the sons of men, their
teeth are spears and arrows, * and
their tongue a sharp sword.

Be Thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens : * and let Thy glory
be over all the earth.

They prepared a net for my
steps ; * and bowed down my soul.

They digged a pit before me : *
into the midst whereof they are
fallen themselves. 1

Mine heart is ready, O God,
mine heart is ready : * I will sing,
and give praise.

Awake up, my glory ; awake,
psaltery and harp : * I will awake
early.

I will praise Thee, O Lord, among
the people ; * and sing unto Thee
among the nations.

For Thy mercy is great unto the
heavens, * and Thy truth unto the
clouds.

Be Thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens : * and let Thy glory
be above all the earth.

Antiphon. 2 For my soul trusteth
in Thee.

Third Antiphon. Judge uprightly.

Psalm LVII.

[This Psalm has the same title as the last,
except the historical reference.]

TF ye indeed speak righteousness,
-*■ * judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men.

1 SLH.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness :
* your hands weigh out violence in
the earth.

The wicked are estranged from
the womb, they go astray from the
belly, * speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of
a serpent : * they are like the deaf
adder, that stoppeth her ears ;

That will not hearken to the
voice of charmers, * nor of the
sorcerer charming never so wisely.

God shall break their teeth in
their mouth : * the Lord shall
break off the great teeth of the
lions.

They shall melt away as waters
which run down : * He bendeth
His bow until they be shattered.

They shall melt away like melting
wax : * fire taketh hold upon them
and they see not the sun.

As thorns that are plucked up
before ever they be grown into a
bush : * so even in their greenness,
shall He root them up in His
anger.

The righteous shall rejoice when
he seeth the vengeance : * he shall
wash his hands in the blood of the
wicked.

And man shall say : Verily, there
is a reward for the righteous, *
verily there is a God That judgeth
the earth.

Psalm LVII I.

[This Psalm has the same title as the two
last, with the addition : — " when Saul sent,
and they watched the house, to kill him."
The occasion is thus described in I Kings
(Sam.) xix. II. " Saul also sent messengers
unto David's house, to watch him, to slay
him in the morning ; and Michal, David's
wife, told him, saying : If thou save not thy

2 Ps. lvi. 2.

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THE PSALTER.

life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.
So Michal let David down through a
window, and he went, and fled, and
escaped. "]

DELIVER me from mine ene-
mies, O my God : * and
defend me from them that rise up
against me.

Deliver me from the workers of
iniquity : * and save me from bloody
men.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my
life : * the mighty have fallen upon
me.

Not for my transgression, not for
my sin, O Lord ; * I ran and
ordered myself without fault.

Awake to meet me, and behold :

* O Thou, the Lord God of hosts,
the God of Israel !

Awake to visit all the heathen :

* be not merciful to any wicked
transgressors. 1

They come at evening and hunger
like dogs ; * and go round about
the city.

Behold, they yelp with their
mouth, and a sword is in their lips :

* for who, say they, doth hear ?
But Thou, O Lord, shalt laugh

at them : * Thou shalt bring all
the heathen to nought.

O my strength, I will wait upon
Thee, for Thou, O God, art my
defence : * the mercy of my God
shall receive me.

God shall let me see all my
desire upon mine enemies : slay
them not ; * lest my people forget.

Scatter them by Thy power: *
and bring them down, O Lord our
shield !

For the sin of their mouth, and
the words of their lips : * let them
even be taken in their pride ;

1 SLH.

And at the end they shall be
spoken of for cursing and lying :

* and in the wrath at the end they
shall perish.

And they shall know that God
ruleth in Jacob, * and unto the
ends of the earth. 1

They shall return at evening,
and hunger like dogs : * and go
round about the city.

They shall wander up and down
for meat; * and grudge if they be
not satisfied.

But I will sing of Thy power :

* yea, I will sing aloud of Thy
mercy in the morning.

For Thou hast been my defence,

* and refuge in the day of my
trouble.

Unto Thee, O my strength, will
I sing, for God is my defence, *
the God of my mercy.

Antiphon. 2 Judge uprightly, O
ye sons of men.

Fourth Antiphon. Give us.

Psalm LIX.

[This Psalm has a superscription, prob-
ably musical, but the meaning of which is
now uncertain. It then proceeds :—" Of
David, when he strove with Mesopotamia,
and with Western Syria, when Joab re-
turned and smote of Edom in the valley
of Salt " (viz. the Jordan valley near the
Dead Sea) "twelve thousand." The oc-
casion was some very successful wars which
David carried on against several neighbour-
ing kings, and which are described in 2
Kings (Sam.) viii. and I Par. (Chron.)
xviii. The Psalm seems to have been
written under some temporary reverses
during the campaign.]

OGOD, Thou hast cast us off,
and scattered us : * Thou
hast been displeased, and hast had
mercy upon us.

3 Ps. lvii. 2.

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Thou hast made the earth to
tremble, and hast broken it : *
heal the breaches thereof, for it
shaketh.

Thou hast showed Thy people
hard things : * Thou hast made
us to drink the wine of astonish-
ment.

Thou hast given a warning to
them that fear Thee, * that they
may fly from before the bow. 1

That Thy beloved may be deliv-
ered : * save with Thy right hand,
and hear me.

God hath spoken in His holi-
ness : * I will rejoice and divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley
of booths. 2

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh
is mine : * Ephraim also is the
strength of mine head. 3

Judah is my King : * Moab is
the vessel [of the triumph] of mine
hope. 4

Over Edom will I cast out my
shoe : * over the " Strangers " 5
have I triumphed.

Who will bring me into the
strong city? * who will lead me
into Edom ?

Wilt not Thou, O God, Who
hast cast us off? * and wilt not
Thou go out with our armies, O
God?

Give us help from trouble : *
for vain is the help of man.

Through God we shall do vali-
antly : * for He it is That shall
tread down our enemies.

Psalm LX.

[Intituled "of David." It has also a
musical (?) superscription now of uncertain
meaning.]

IT EAR my cry, O God : * attend
■*■ ■*- unto my prayer.

From the ends of the earth I
cried unto Thee : * when mine
heart was overwhelmed, Thou didst
lift me up upon a rock.

Thou didst lead me, for Thou
hast been a shelter for me, * a
strong tower from the enemy.

I will abide in Thy tabernacle
for ever : * I will make my
refuge in the covert of Thy
wings. 1

For Thou, O God, hast heard
my vows : * Thou hast given the
heritage to those that fear Thy
name.

Thou wilt prolong the King's
life : * and his years to many
generations.

He shall abide before God for
ever : * who will seek for His
mercy and truth ?

So will I sing praise unto Thy
name for ever : * that I may daily
perform my vows.

Antiphon. 6 Give us help from
trouble, O Lord.

Fifth Antiphon. Doth not my
soul.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
commences with the words " Wait upon
God."

1 SLH.

2 Shechem, now Nablus, in the valley between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, called the
" valley of booths" from those which Jacob erected there for his cattle. Gen. xxxiii. 17.

3 These three form the central district of the Land of Promise.

4 The Hebrew is—" Moab is my wash-pot," that is, a receptacle for off-scourings. The
comparison is with the Divinely appointed sovereignty of Judah, respecting whom see
Gen. xlix. 10.

5 That is, the Philistines. 6 Ps. lix. 13.

THE PSALTER.

Psalm LXI.

[This Psalm has exactly the same super-
scription as Ps. xxxviii.]

r^VOTH not my soul wait upon
^-^ God? * for from Him com-
eth my salvation.

He only is my God and my
salvation : * He is my defence, I
shall not be greatly moved.

How long will ye run together
against a man ? * Do ye slay, all
of you [one that is] as a bowing
wall and as a tottering fence?

Truly they imagined to cast me
down from mine honour, when I
ran in my thirst : * they blessed
with their mouth and cursed in
their heart. 1

But wait thou on God, O my
soul : * for mine expectation is
from Him.

For He only is my God and my
salvation : * He is mine helper, I
shall not be moved.

In God is my salvation and my
glory : * He is the God of my
strength, and my refuge is in God.

Trust in Him, ye congregation
of the people, pour out your heart
before him : * God is our help for
ever. 1

Surely the sons of men are vanity,
the sons of men are a lie in the
balance : * they are a deceit, alto-
gether lighter than vanity.

Trust not in iniquity, and desire
not robbery : *> if riches increase,
set not your heart upon them.

God hath spoken once, these two
things have I heard ; that power be-
longed! unto God : also unto Thee,0
Lord, belongeth mercy : * for Thou
shalt render to every man according
to his works.

Psalm LXI II.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David " with a
farther superscription of meaning now
uncertain.]

T_T EAR my voice, O God, in my
-*- -*■ prayer : * preserve my life
from fear of the enemy.

Thou hast hidden me from the
secret counsel of the wicked, * from
the insurrection of the workers of
iniquity.

For they whet their tongue like
a sword : * they bend their
bow, even bitter words, that they
may shoot in secret at the per-
fect.

Suddenly do they shoot at him
and fear not : * they encourage
themselves in evil purpose.

They commune of laying snares
privily : * they say : Who shall see
them ?

They search out iniquities : *
they accomplish a diligent search.

Man shall attain to thoughts that
are very deep : * but God shall
[still] be exalted.

The arrows of babes have pierced
them : * and their tongues are
weakened against them.

All that saw them were moved :

* and all men feared,

And declared the work of
God, * and understood His
doings.

The righteous shall be glad in
the Lord, and shall trust in Him :

* and all the upright in heart shall
glory.

Autiphon. - Doth not my soul
wait upon God ?

Sixth Antiphon. O bless our
God.

SLH.

1 Pa. lxi. 2.

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Psalm LXV.

[Except the words " Psalm or Song" the
le of this Psalm is not now certainly
nderstood. The Vulgate and the LXX.
add "for the uprising."]

TV l\ AKE a joyful noise unto God,
-*-*-*- all ye lands, sing forth the
honour of His name : * make His
praise glorious.

Say unto God : How terrible art
Thou in Thy works, O Lord ! *
through the greatness of Thy power
shall Thine enemies feign to submit
themselves unto Thee.

Let all the earth worship Thee,
and sing unto Thee : * let them
sing praises to Thy Name. 1

Come and see the works of God ;

* He is terrible in His counsels
toward the children of men.

He turned the sea into dry land,
they went through the flood on foot :

* there did we rejoice in Him.

He ruleth by His power for ever,
His eyes behold the nations : * let
not the rebellious exalt themselves. 1

bless our God, ye people : *
and make the voice of His praise to
be heard.

Who holdeth my soul in life :

* and suffereth not my feet to be
moved.

For Thou, O God, hast proved
us : * Thou hast tried us with fire,
as silver is tried.

Thou broughtest us into the net,
Thou laidst affliction upon our
back : * Thou hast caused men to
ride over our heads.

We went through fire and through
water : * and Thou broughtest us
out into a place of refreshment.

1 will go into Thine house with

burnt-offerings : * I will pay Thee
my vows, which my lips have uttered,

And my mouth hath spoken, *
when I was in trouble.

I will offer unto Thee burnt-
sacrifices of fatlings, with the in-
cense of rams : * I will offer unto
Thee bullocks with goats. 1

Come, hear, all ye that fear God,
and I will declare * what He hath
done for my soul.

I cried unto Him with my mouth,

* and extolled Him with my tongue.
If I regard iniquity in mine heart,

* the Lord will not hear me.
Therefore God hath heard me,

* and attended to the voice of my
prayer.

Blessed be God, * Who hath not
turned away my prayer, nor His
mercy from me.

Psalm LXVII.

[The meaning of the title of this Psalm,
except the ascription of authorship " To
David," is now uncertain.]

LET God arise, and let His
enemies be scattered : * let
them also that hate Him flee before
Him.

As smoke is driven away, so let
them be driven away : * as wax
melteth before the fire, so let the
wicked perish at the presence of
God.

But let the righteous be glad, and
rejoice before God : * yea, let them
exceedingly rejoice.

Sing unto God, sing praises to
His name : * spread a path before
Him That rideth upon the heavens :
The Lord 2 is His name.

1 SLH.

'-' "The Lord" is here, as elsewhere, substituted out of profound reverence for the real
name of God, the Unspeakable Word, called the " Tetragrammaton," from its four letters.

THE PSALTER.

Rejoice before Him : * fear shall
go before the face of Him That is
the Father of the fatherless, and the
Judge of the widows :

Even God in His holy habitation :

* God, That maketh men to be of
one mind in an house.

He bringeth out those which are
bound with chains, * but they that
provoke Him dwell among the
graves.

O God, when Thou wentest
forth before Thy people, * when
Thou didst march through the
wilderness — l

The earth shook ; the heavens
also dropped at the presence of the
God of Sinai, * at the presence of
the God of Israel.

Thou, O God, didst send a plen-
tiful rain 2 upon Thine inheritance :

* Thou didst refresh Thine inheri-
tance when it was weary.

Thy flock dwelt therein : * Thou,
O God, didst provide in Thy good-
ness for the poor.

The Lord gave the word * to
the great company that published
it.

3 The king of the hosts is [fallen
into the hands] of the Well-beloved :

* and the fair ones that tarried at
home have divided the spoils.

Though ye have lien among the
sheep-folds, 4 yet shall ye be as the
wings of a dove, covered with silver,

* and her tail-feathers with yellow
gold.

When the [God] of heaven had
scattered kings in it, then white as
with snow was Salmon, 5 * that hill
of God, that fruitful hill.

An hill of many peaks, a fruitful
hill : * why look ye enviously upon
the high hills ?

This 6 is the hill which God de-
sireth to dwell in : * yea, the Lord
will dwell in it unto the end.

The chariots of God are many
times ten thousand, even thousands
of the blessed : * the Lord is among
them ; [as] in Sinai, [so] in the
Holy place.

Thou hast ascended on high,
Thou hast led captivity captive : *
Thou hast received gifts among
men,

Even them that believe not *
that the Lord God dwelleth among
them.

Blessed be the Lord daily : * the
God of our salvation maketh our
way prosperous. 7

He That is our God is the God
of salvation : * and unto the Lord,
even the Lord, belong the issues
from death.

But God shall wound the head
of His enemies : * the hairy scalp
of such an one as goeth on still
in his trespasses.

The Lord said: I will bring

1 SLH. • 2 Perhaps the manna is meant.

3 It need not be remarked that the sense of this verse is very obscure. In the view of
the Greek translators there seems to be a play upon the name of David, which signifies
" Beloved." 4 Perhaps an allusion to an army camping out in the fields.

5 A mountain in Samaria, near Shechem, where David won great victories over some
neighbouring kings. See Ps. lix., p. 63. Gesenius thinks that "white as with snow" is
to be understood " white with the bleached bones of the slain." But a modern writer,
describing a battle in the Soudan, and the defeat and flight of the Dervishes, says, " they
broke, and fled, leaving the field white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a meadow dotted
with snowdrifts."

6 Namely, perhaps, the group of hills on which Jerusalem stands, as opposed to the
higher and more picturesque mountains at Shechem. 7 SLH.

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them again from Bashan * : * I will
bring them back from the depths
of the sea.

That thy foot may be dipped in
the blood of thine enemies, * the
tongue of thy dogs in the same.

They have seen Thy goings, O
God, * even the goings of my God,
my King, Which dwelleth in the
sanctuary.

The singers went before, the
players on instruments followed
after, * among the damsels playing
with timbrels.

Bless ye God in the congrega-
tions, even the Lord, * ye that are
of the fountains of Israel !

There is little Benjamin, * in the
joy of his heart,

The princes of Judah, their
leaders, * the princes of Zabulon,
the princes of Nephthali.

Command it, O God, in Thy
strength : * strengthen, O God, that
which Thou hast wrought for us.

Because of thy temple at Jeru-
salem, * shall kings bring presents
unto Thee.

Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, 2
the multitude of the bulls with the
cows of the people, * [who watch]
that they may cut off them that are
tried like silver. 3

Scatter Thou the people that de-
light in war : ambassadors shall come
out of Egypt : * Ethiopia shall soon
stretch out her hands unto God.

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of
the earth : * O sing praises unto
the Lord. 4

O sing praises unto God, even
unto Him that rideth upon the
heaven of heavens * from the day-
spring.

Lo, He shall send out His voice,
and that a mighty voice. Ascribe
ye strength unto God ; * over Israel
is His excellency, and His strength
is in the clouds.

God is wonderful in His holy
places : the God of Israel is He
That shall give strength and power
unto his people : * blessed be God.

Antiphon. h O bless our God, ye
people.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. The Lord cometh out of
His holy place.

Answer. He will come and save
His people.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 6 God, I have declared
my life unto Thee.

Answer. Thou hast put my tears
in Thy sight.

In Lent.

Verse. His truth shall be thy
shield.

Answer. Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night.

In Passion time.

Verse. Take not away my soul
with sinners, O God.

1 The campaign of David related in 2 Kings (Sam.) viii. and I Par. (Chron.) xviii.
extended to this neighbourhood.

2 Perhaps meaning wild buffaloes. As to the comparison of the enemy to wild cattle,
compare Ps. xxi. 13, " Many bulls have compassed me, strong bulls have beset me round."

s If the words are to be taken thus, the reference is perhaps to David's veterans, but the
meaning seems more likely to be " those that submissively offer in tribute pieces of silver."
4 SLH, 6 Ps. lxv. 8. 6 Ps. lv. 9.

THE PSALTER.

Answer. Nor my life with bloody
men.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The disciples were glad,
Alleluia.

A?iswer. When they saw the Lord,
Alleluia.

The rest is the same as the Third
Nocturn of the preceding Sunday, ex-
cept necessary differences. The Lessons
are those of the day. The Responsories
are arranged according to the rules in
Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of the General
Rubrics.

Simple Feasts. It is to be remem-
bered that when a Simple Feast is kept
on Wednesday, the hivitatory and Hymn
are of the Feast, being taken from the
Common of Saints of the class, unless
specially given. Then the Psalms and
Antiphofis of the week-day, as given
above. Then is said a Verse and An-
swer as follows :

For one or many Martyrs in Paschal
time.

Verse. l Everlasting joy upon
their heads, Alleluia.

Answer. They shall obtain joy
and gladness, Alleluia.

For one Martyr, {out of Paschal time.)

Verse. 2 His glory is great in
Thy salvation.

Ansiuer. Honour and great ma-
jesty shalt Thou lay upon him.

For many Martyrs, {out of Paschal
time.)

Verse. 3 The righteous shall live
for evermore. 4

Answer. Their reward also is
with the Lord.

For a Bishop and Confessor.

Verse. 4 Thou art a Priest for
ever.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
1 Isa. xxxv. 10. 2 Ps. xx. 6. s Wisd. v. 16. 4 Ps. cix. 4

Answer. After the order of Mel-
chisedeck.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
For a Confessor not a Bishop.

Verse. 5 The law of his God is
in his heart.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
Answer. And his steps shall not
slide.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
For 07ie Holy Woman of any kind.

Verse. God hath chosen her, and
fore-chosen her.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
Answer. He hath made her to
dwell in His tabernacle.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

The others, as well as what follows,
to the end of the Service, are taken from
the Third Nocturn of the Office Common
to Saints of the class, unless something
special be appointed, except necessary
differences. The Lessons are arranged
according to the rules in Chapter xxvi.
4, of the general Rubrics. The Hymn
"We praise Thee, O God," is said at
the end, instead of a Third Rcsponsory .
The Responsories are arranged accord-
ing to the Rules in Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of
the General Rubrics. Thus : —

The Lord's Prayer is said :

OUR Father (inaudibly), Who art
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres-
passes, as we forgive them that tres-
pass against us. (Aloud.)

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from
evil.

Ps. xxxvi. 31.

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Then this Absolution :

MAY the Almighty and merciful
Lord loose us from the bonds
of our sins.

Answer. Amen.

Then the Reader says :
Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
Scripture.

May His blessing be upon us,
Who doth live and reign for ever.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
Homily.

May the Gospel's saving Lord
Bless the reading of His Word.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing on a Siinple Feast.

May His blessing be upon us
Who doth live and reign for ever.
Answer. Amen.

Then the First Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the First Responsory of
the precedi?ig Sunday. On a Simple
Feast, the First Responsory in the Com-
mon Office for the class to which the
Saint belongs.

Then the Reader says :
Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture or from an Homily.

God's most mighty strength alway
Be His people's staff and stay.
Answer. Amen.

Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.

He {or She or They) whose feast-day

we are keeping
Plead for us before the Lord.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Second Lesson, either
from Scripture or from ait Homily, or
on a Simple Feast either the Second
and Third Lessons from Scripture
read together as one, or if the Saint
or Saints have two Lessons, the first
of these.

Then the Second Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the Second Responsory
of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal
time tliere is added to it :

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

A fid the Answer of the Responsory is
repeated again.

On a Simple Feast the Second Re-
sponsory in the Common Office for the
class to which the Saint belongs, with
the addition of "Glory be to the
Father," &c, and the repetition of
the Answer.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Third Blessing.

May He That is the Angels' King
To that high realm His people bring.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Third Lesson either
from Scripture, or of the Homily, or on
Simple Feasts the Second or only Lesson
of the Saint.

Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
day in Paschal time is said the Hymn,
"We praise Thee, O God." But on
week-days kept as such out of Paschal
time the Third Responsory of the pre-
ceding Sunday.

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THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sundays, except 'as other-
wise given here.

The Psalms are as follows :
Antiphon. Wash me.

Psalm L.

Have mercy upon me, &c, (/.
87).

Antiphon. Wash me throughly
from mine iniquity, O Lord.

Second Antiphon. Praise be-
cometh Thee.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, " O God, in
Zion."

Psalm LXIV.

[Intituled "A Psalm. A Song of
David," with a musical (?) superscription.
The Vulgate adds that its use was pre-
scribed by Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the
exiles when they began to return from
the Captivity.]

pRAISE becometh Thee, O God,
*■ in Zion : * and unto Thee
shall the vow be performed in Jeru-
salem.

Hear my prayer : * unto Thee
shall all flesh come.

Iniquities prevail against us : *
but as for our transgressions, Thou
shalt purge them away.

Blessed is the man whom Thou
choosest, and causest to come near
unto Thee : * he shall dwell in
Thy courts :

We shall be satisfied with the
goodness of Thine house : * Thy
temple is holy, terrible in right-
eousness.

Answer us, O God of our salva-
tion : * Thou that art the confidence
of all the ends of the earth, and
of the uttermost parts of the sea !

Thou that by Thy strength settest
fast the mountains, being girded
with power : * Thou that stirrest
up the depth of the sea, and the
noise of his waves !

The heathen shall be troubled.
They that dwell in the uttermost
parts shall be afraid at Thy tokens :
* Thou makest the outgoings of the
morning and evening to rejoice.

Thou visitest the earth and water-
est it : * Thou greatly enrichest it :

The river of God is full of water :
Thou makest ready their corn, * for
Thou hast so prepared it.

Drench her furrows, increase the
fruits thereof : * the springing there-
of shall rejoice at her showers.

Thou crownest the year with Thy
goodness : * and Thy fields teem
with fruitfulness.

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ness wax fruitful : * and the little
hills are girded with joy.

The pastures are clothed with
flocks ; the valleys also overflow
with corn : * they shout for joy,
yea, they sing.

Antiphon. Praise becometh Thee,
O God, in Zion.

Third Antiphon. O my God.

Psalms LXIL, LXVI.
O God, Thou art my God, &c,
iP- 2 3)-

Antiphon. O my God, my lips
shall praise Thee while I live.

Fourth Antiphon. The Lord
shall judge.

The Song of Hannah, (i Kings

(Sam.) ii.)

[Composed by her when she brought her
son Samuel and presented him to the Lord.
See i Kings (Sam.) i. ii., (Monday and
Tuesday after Trinity Sunday.)]

A /T INE heart rejoiceth in the
^*- Lord, * and mine horn is
exalted in my God : x

My mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies : * because I rejoice in Thy
salvation.

There is none holy as the Lord ;
for there is none beside Thee : *
neither is there any mighty like our
God.

Talk no more * so exceeding
proudly.

Let your old arrogancy depart out
of your mouth : for the Lord is a
God of knowledge, * and by Him
thoughts are judged.

The bows of the mighty men are
broken, * and they that stumbled
are girded with strength.

They that were full have hired
out themselves for bread : * and
they that were hungry are filled.

So that the barren hath borne
fruitfully : * and she that had many
children is waxed feeble.

The Lord killeth, and maketh
alive : * He bringeth down to the
grave, and bringeth up.

The Lord maketh poor, and
maketh rich : * He bringeth low,
and lifteth up.

He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust, * and lifteth up the beggar
from the dunghill,

To set them among princes, * and
to make them inherit the throne of
glory :

For the pillars of the earth are
the Lord's, * and He hath set the
world upon them.

He will keep the feet of His
saints, and the wicked shall be silent
in darkness : * for by his strength
shall no man prevail.

The adversaries of the Lord shall
be made to fear Him : * out of
heaven also shall He thunder upon
them.

The Lord shall judge the ends
of the earth : and He shall give
strength unto His King, * and exalt
the horn of His Anointed.

Antiphon. The Lord shall judge
the ends of the earth.

Fifth Antiphon. Praise God.

Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.

Praise ye the Lord from the
heavens, &c, {pp. 25, 26).

Antiphon. Praise God, ye heavens
of heavens.

1 The Divine Name.

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THE PSALTER.

Chapter. (Rom. xiii. 12.)

The night is far spent, &c, (as on
Monday, p. 89).

Hymn. 1

TTAUNTING gloom and flitting
*- * shades,

Ghastly shapes, away !
Christ is rising, and pervades

Highest Heaven with day.

He with His bright spear the night

Dazzles and pursues ;
Earth wakes up, and glows with light

Of a thousand hues.

Thee, O Christ, and Thee alone,

With a single mind,
We with chant and plaint would own ;

To thy flock be kind.

Much it needs Thy light divine,

Spot and stain to clean ;
Light of Angels, on us shine

With Thy face serene.

To the Father, and the Son,

And the Holy Ghost,
Here be glory, as is done

By the angelic host. Amen.

Verse. Thou hast satisfied us
early with Thy mercy.

Answer. We rejoice and are glad.

Antiphon for the Song of Zacharias.
O Lord, save us * from the hand of
all that hate us.

Commemoration of the Cross before the
other Commemorations, and Long Preces
in Advent and Lent, on the Ember
Wednesdays (except that of Pentecost)
and on Fast-days, as on Monday.

1 Hymn founded on hymn in the Cathemerinon of Prudentius ; translation by the late
Card. Newman.

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THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sunday, except as other-
wise given here.

Invitatory. It is the Lord That
ith made us : * O come, let us
worship Him.

Hymn. 1

A LL tender lights, all hues divine,
■**■ The night has swept away ;
Shine on us, Lord, and we shall shine
Bright in an inward day.

The spots of guilt, sin's wages base,
Searcher of hearts, we own ;

Wash us and robe us in Thy grace,
Who didst for sins atone.

The sluggard soul, that bears their
mark,

Shrinks in its silent lair,
Or gropes amid its chambers dark

For Thee, Who art not there.

Redeemer ! send Thy piercing rays,

That we may bear to be
Set in the light of Thy pure gaze,

And yet rejoice in Thee.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,

And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all worship shall be done

In every time and place.

Amen.

Only one Nocturn is said.

Antiphon. Make haste.

In Paschal time only one Antiphon
is said to the whole Nocturn. Alleluia.

Psalm LXVIII.

[Intituled "Of David," with a (now un-
certain) musical (?) direction.]

SAVE me, O God; * for the
waters are come in unto my
soul.

I sink in deep mire, * where
there is no standing.

I am come into the depth of the
sea, * and the flood overfloweth me.

I am weary of my crying, my
throat is dried : * mine eyes fail,
while I wait for my God.

They that hate me without a
cause, * are more than the hairs of
mine head.

They that would destroy me,
being mine enemies wrongfully, are
mighty : * then I restored that
which I took not away.

O God, Thou knowest my fool-
ishness : * and my faults are not
hid from Thee.

Let not them that wait on Thee,
O Lord, be ashamed for my sake, *
Thou Lord of hosts.

Let not those that seek Thee *
be confounded for my sake, O God
of Israel.

Because for Thy sake I have
borne reproach : * shame hath
covered my face.

Ambrosian hymn ; translation by the late Card. Newman.

124

THE PSALTER.

I am become a stranger unto my
brethren, * and an alien unto my
mother's children.

For the zeal of Thine house hath
eaten me up : * and the reproaches
of them that reproached Thee are
fallen upon me.

And I chastened my soul with
fasting : * and that was to my re-
proach.

I made sackcloth also my gar-
ment, * and I became a proverb to
them.

They that sat in the gate spake
against me, * and I was the song of
the drunkards.

But as for me, my prayer is unto
Thee, O Lord : * in an acceptable
time, O God !

In the multitude of Thy mercy
hear me, * in the truth of Thy
salvation !

Deliver me out of the mire, that
I sink not : * deliver me from them
that hate me, and out of the deep
waters.

Let not the waterflood overflow
me, neither let the deep swallow me
up, * and let not the pit shut her
mouth upon me.

Hear me, O Lord, for Thy
loving - kindness is good : * turn
unto me according to the multitude
of Thy tender mercies.

And hide not Thy face from Thy
servant, * for I am in trouble ; hear
me speedily.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and re-
deem it : * deliver me because of
mine enemies.

Thou knowest my reproach, and
my shame, * and my dishonour.

Mine adversaries are all before
Thee : * mine heart hath looked for
reproach and bitterness.

And I looked for some to take

pity on me, and there was none : *
and for comforters, and I found
none.

They gave me also gall for meat :

* and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.

Let their table be made a snare
before them, * and a recompense,
and a stumbling-block.

Let their eyes be darkened, that
they see not : * and ever bow Thou
down their back.

Pour out Thine indignation upon
them, * and let Thy wrathful anger
take hold of them.

Let their habitation be desolate :

* and let none dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom

Thou hast smitten : * and they
embitter the pain of my wounds.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity :

* and let them not come into Thy
righteousness.

Let them be blotted out of the
book of the living : * and not be
written with the righteous.

But I am poor and sorrowful : *
Thy salvation, O God, hath set me
up on high.

I will praise the name of God
with a psalm, * and will magnify
Him with thanksgiving.

And it shall please God better
than a young bullock, * that hath
horns and hoofs.

Let the humble see this and be
glad, * seek God, and your soul
shall live.

For the Lord heareth the poor :

* and despiseth not His prisoners.
Let the heaven and earth praise

Him, * the sea, and everything
that moveth therein.

For God will save Zion, * and
the cities of Judah shall be built
up.

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And they shall dwell there, *
and have it in possession.

The seed also of His servants
shall inherit it, * and they that
love His name shall dwell therein.

Psalm LXIX.

[Intituled "Of David, to bring to re-
membrance " with another (now uncertain)
musical (?) superscription. The Vulgate
and the LXX. add to remembrance "how
the Lord had saved him " ; the Targum
associates the Psalm with the offering of
the incense. This Psalm is a repetition
of the last four verses of Ps. xxxix.]

MAKE haste, O God, to de-
liver me : * make haste to
help me, O Lord.

Let them be ashamed and con-
founded, * that seek after my
soul.

Let them be turned backward
and put to confusion, * that de-
sire mine hurt.

Let them be turned back with
shame, * that say unto me, Aha,
Aha.

Let all those that seek Thee be
joyful and glad in Thee, * and let
such as love Thy salvation say con-
tinually : Let the Lord be magnified.

But I am poor and needy : *
help me, O God.

Thou art mine help and my
deliverer : * O Lord, make no
tarrying.

Antiphon. x Make haste, O Lord
God, to deliver me.

Second Antiphon. Be Thou my
God.

Psalm LXX.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. give the
heading, " A Psalm of David ; of the Sons
of Jonadab, and the first Captives." The

sons of Jonadab are the descendants of
Jonadab, the son of Rechab, of whose
faithfulness to observe a nomadic life,
and to abstain from wine, it is written
in Jer. xxxv. 19: "Therefore thus saith
the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel :
Jonadab, the son of Rechab, shall not
want a man to stand before me for
ever." They had taken refuge at Jeru-
salem to escape the incursions of Nebu-
chadnezzar, and the meaning seems to
be that when they and others were carried
away as captives, they made special use
of this Psalm.]

IN Thee, O Lord, have I put
my trust, let me never be put
to confusion : * deliver me in Thy
righteousness, and cause me to es-
cape.

Incline Thine ear unto me, *
and save me.

Be Thou my God, my Pro-
tector, and my strong habitation,

* to save me.

For Thou art my rock, * and
my fortress.

Deliver me, O my God, out of
the hand of the wicked, * and out
of the hand of the unrighteous and
cruel man.

For Thou art mine hope, O Lord :

* O Lord, Thou art my trust from
my youth.

By Thee have I been holden up
from the womb : * Thou art my
defence from my mother's bowels.

My praise shall be continually
of Thee : * I am a wonder unto
many : but Thou art my strong
refuge.

Let my mouth be filled with
Thy praise, that I may sing of
Thy glory, * all the day long of
Thy greatness.

Cast me not off in the time of
old age : * forsake me not when
my strength faileth.

1 Ps. lxix. 1.

126

THE PSALTER.

For mine enemies speak against
me, * and they that lay wait for
my soul take counsel together,

Saying : God hath forsaken him :
persecute and take him, * for there
is none to deliver him.

O God, be not far from me : *
O my God, make haste for mine
help.

Let them be confounded and
consumed that are adversaries to
my soul : * let them be covered
with reproach and dishonour, that
seek mine hurt.

But I will hope continually, *
and will yet praise Thee more and
more.

My mouth shall show forth Thy
righteousness, * Thy salvation all
the day.

And because I know not the tale
thereof, I will go in the strength of
the Lord : * O Lord, I will make
mention of Thy righteousness, even
of Thine only.

God, Thou hast taught me
from my youth : * and hitherto
have I declared Thy wondrous
works.

Now also when I am old and
grey-headed, * O God, forsake me
not,

Until I have showed Thy strength
* unto all generations, that are to
come.

Thy power and Thy righteous-
ness, O God, are in the highest,
Who hast done great things : * O
God, who is like unto Thee?

Thou Who hast showed me great
and sore troubles, shalt quicken me
again : * and bring me up again
from the depths of the earth.

Thou hast increased Thy great-
ness : * and again comforted me.

1 will also praise Thee on the

psaltery, even Thy truth : * O
God, unto Thee will I sing with
the harp, O Thou Holy One of
Israel !

My lips shall be fain when I sing
unto Thee, * and my soul which
Thou hast redeemed.

My tongue also shall talk of Thy
righteousness all the day long : * for
they are confounded and brought
unto shame that seek mine hurt.

PSALM LXXI.

[Intituled " Of Solomon," that is, written
concerning him.]

(~* I VE the king Thy judgment, O
^-* God, * and Thy righteousness
unto the king's son.

To judge Thy people with right-
eousness, * and Thy poor with
judgment.

The mountains shall receive peace
with the people, * and the little hills
righteousness.

He shall judge the poor of the
people, and save the children of the
needy, * and shall break in pieces
the false accuser.

And he shall endure with the sun,
and before the moon, * throughout
all generations.

He shall come down like rain
upon a fleece, * and as showers that
water the earth.

In his days shall righteousness
flourish, and abundance of peace,
* so long as the moon endureth.

He shall have dominion also from
sea to sea : * and from the river
unto the ends of the earth.

The Ethiopians shall fall before
him : * and his enemies shall lick
the dust.

The kings of Tarshish, and of the
isles shall bring presents : * the

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kings of Arabia and Saba 1 shall
offer gifts.

Yea, all the kings of the earth
shall fall down before him : all
nations shall serve him.

For he shall deliver the needy
from the strong, * the poor also that
hath no helper.

He shall spare the poor and
needy, * and shall save the souls of
the needy.

He shall redeem their soul from
fraud and violence : * and precious
shall their name be in his sight.

And he shall live, and to him
shall be given of the gold of Arabia ;
prayer also shall be made for him
continually ; * all the day long shall
he be blessed.

And there shall be a staff of
bread in the land, upon the top of
the mountains ; the fruit thereof
shall be higher than Lebanon : *
and they of the city shall flourish
like grass of the earth.

Blessed be his name for ever : *
his name endureth as long as the sun.

And in him shall all the kindreds
of the earth be blessed : * all nations
shall call him blessed.

Blessed be the Lord God of Is-
rael, * Who only doth wondrous
things.

And blessed be His glorious
Name for ever : * and let the whole
earth be filled with his glory : Amen,
Amen. 2

Antiphon. 3 Be Thou my God,
my protector.

Third Antiphon. Thou hast re-
deemed the rod.

Psalm LXXII.
[Intituled " A Psalm of Asaph."]

""TRULY God is good to Israel, *
■*■ to such as are upright in
heart.

But as for me, my feet were al-
most gone : * my steps had well
nigh slipped.

For I was envious at the un-
righteous, * when I saw the pros-
perity of the wicked.

For they have no thought of
death : * and they are uncon-
cerned in trial.

They are not in trouble as other
men, * neither are they plagued like
other men.

Therefore pride compasseth them
about, * violence and ungodliness
cover them as a garment.

Their iniquity ariseth as it were
from fatness : * they have more
than heart could wish.

They think and speak wickedness :
* they speak loftily concerning op-
pression.

They set their mouth against the
heavens, * and their tongue walketh
through the earth.

Therefore my people turn aside
after them : * and the men of their
day run after them.

And they say : How doth God
know, * and is there knowledge in
the Most High ?

Behold, these are the ungodly,
who prosper in the world, * they
increase in riches.

And I said : Then I have cleansed
mine heart in vain, * and washed
mine hands in innocency.

1 This seems to be Meroe, a province of Ethiopia.

2 After this, there is the following notification, "The prayers of David, the son of
Jesse, are ended," and this is the end of the second of the five books into which the
Psalter is divided. 3 Ps. lxx. 3.

128

THE PSALTER.

For all the day long have I been
plagued, * and chastened every
morning.

If I say : I will speak thus : *
behold, I should disown the gener-
ation of Thy children.

And I thought to know this, *
it was too hard for me ;

Until I went into the Sanctuary
of God, * and understood their
hereafter.

Surely Thou dost set them in
slippery places : * Thou castest
them down even in their pros-
perity.

How are they brought into deso-
lation ? In a moment are they
perished, * they are utterly con-
sumed because of their wickedness.

As a dream when one awaketh,

Lord, * Thou shalt bring their
image to nought in Thy city.

For mine heart was on fire, and

1 was pricked in my reins ; * and I
was brought to nothing and knew
not :

I became as a beast before Thee :

* nevertheless I am continually with
Thee :

Thou hast holden me by my
right hand, and guided me accord-
ing to Thy will, * and received me
to glory.

For what have I in heaven, * and
what is there upon earth that I
desire beside Thee ?

My flesh and mine heart faileth :

* Thou art the God of mine heart,
and God is my portion for ever.

For, lo, they that go far from
Thee shall perish : * Thou hast
destroyed all them that go a whor-
ing from Thee.

But it is good for me to draw
near to God : * to put my trust in
the Lord God,

That I may declare all Thy
praises, * in the gates of the
daughter of Zion.

Psalm LXXIII.

[Intituled " A didactic (?) Psalm of
Asaph."]

OGOD, why hast Thou cast us
off for ever : * why doth
Thine anger smoke against the
sheep of Thy pasture?

Remember Thy congregation, *
which Thou hast purchased of
old.

Thou hast redeemed the rod of
Thine inheritance : * Mount Zion
wherein Thou hast dwelt.

Lift up Thine hands against their
perpetual pride : * even all that
the enemy hath done wickedly in
the sanctuary !

They also that hate Thee roar, *
in the midst of Thy solemn con-
gregation.

They set up their ensigns for
trophies * on the pinnacles [of Thy
temple] as though it had been the
gate [of their own city] ; and con-
sidered not !

As the fellers in a wood of thick
trees, so did they hew down the
gates thereof: * they have broken
it down with axes and hammers.

They have set on fire Thy Sanc-
tuary : * they have defiled the
dwelling-place of Thy name by
casting it down to the ground.

The sort of them said in their
hearts with one consent : * Let us
put away the feast-days of God out
of the land.

We see not our signs, there is no
more any prophet : * and none
knoweth us any more.

O God, how long shall the ad-

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versary reproach ? * Shall the enemy
blaspheme Thy name for ever?

Why withdrawest Thou Thine
hand, even Thy right hand, * from
Thy bosom for ever ?

But God is our King of old, *
working salvation in the midst of
the earth.

Thou by Thy strength didst
make the sea to stand on an heap :
* Thou brakest the heads of the
dragons in the waters.

Thou brakest the heads of le-
viathan in pieces : * Thou gavest
him to be meat to the people 1 of
Ethiopia.

Thou didst cleave the fountains
and the floods : * Thou driedst up
the rivers of Ethan. 2

The day is Thine, the night also
is Thine : * Thou hast created the
light and the sun.

Thou hast set all the borders of
the earth : * Thou hast made
summer and spring.

Remember this, that the enemy
hath reproached the Lord : * and
that a foolish people have blas-
phemed Thy name.

O deliver not unto beasts the
souls of them that praise Thee : *
and forget not the souls of Thy poor
for ever.

Have respect unto Thy cove-
nant : * for the dark places of the
earth are full of the habitations of
cruelty.

O let not the oppressed return
ashamed : * let the poor and needy
praise Thy name.

Arise, O God, judge Thine own

cause : * remember how the foolish
man reproacheth Thee daily.

Forget not the voice of Thine
enemies : * the pride of them that
hate Thee ascendeth continually.

Antiphon. 3 Thou hast redeemed
the rod of Thine inheritance.

Fourth Antiphon. And we will
call.

Psalm LXXIV.

[Intituled " A Psalm — A Song of Asaph,"
with a superscription of meaning now un-
certain, but, in part, indicating the tune
"Destroy not." The Targum says that it
was composed as a thanksgiving at the time
when David said " Destroy not thy people,"
and the occasion meant is probably that of
the plague provoked by David's number-
ing of the people, as related in the last
chapter of 2 Kings (Sam.)]

UNTO Thee, O God, will we
give thanks : * we will give
thanks and call upon Thy name.

We will declare Thy wondrous
works : * when I shall take a set
time, I will judge uprightly.

The earth and all the inhabitants
thereof are dissolved : * I bear up
the pillars of it. 4

I said unto the wicked : Deal
not wickedly : * and to the evil-
doers : Lift not up your horn on
high.

Lift not up your horn on high :
* speak not wickedness against
God.

For neither from the east, nor
from the west, nor from the desert
mountains : * for God is the judge :

He putteth down one, and setteth
up another : * for in the hand of the

1 People — probably referring to the wild beasts, (as in Proverbs xxx. 25, 26, "The ants
are a people not strong — the conies are but a feeble folk ") who ate the dead bodies of the
Egyptians (whose power seems meant by the leviathan) washed upon the shores of the
Red Sea.
s Ethan = continuity — "The continuously flowing streams."
3 Ps. lxxiii. 2. 4 SLH.

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130

THE PSALTER.

Lord there is a cup of strong wine
full of mixture. 1

And he turneth it this way and
that : surely the # dregs thereof are
not wrung out : * all the wicked of
the earth shall drink them.

But I will declare for ever : * I
will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

All the horns of the wicked also
will I break : * and the horns of the
righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm LXXV.

[Intituled "A Psalm — A Song of Asaph,"
with a farther superscription similar to the
preceding. The Vulgate and the LXX. add
"against the Assyrians "; the meaning pro-
bably is that it was found appropriate as a
Psalm of thanksgiving after the destruction
of the Assyrians (3 (2) Kings xix. 35).]

IN Judah is God known : * His
name is great in Israel.
And His tabernacle is in "Peace," 2

* and His dwelling-place in Zion.
There brake He the arrows of the

bow, * the shield, the sword, and
the battle. 3

When Thou didst make Thy light
to shine forth right wondrously from
the everlasting hills : * all they that
were foolish of heart were troubled :

They have slept their sleep : *
and all the men of riches have found
nothing in their hands.

At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,

* they that rode upon horses are
cast into a dead sleep.

Thou art to be feared ; and who
shall withstand Thee, * when once
Thou art angry ?

Thou didst cause judgment to
be heard from heaven : * the earth
trembled and was still,

When God arose to judgment, *
to save all the meek of the earth. 3

For the thoughts of man shall
praise Thee : * the remainder of
his thoughts shall keep holy his days
before Thee.

Vow, and pay unto the Lord
your God : * all ye that are round
about Him bring presents,

Even unto Him That ought to be
feared, and that cutteth off the spirit
of princes, * to Him That is terrible
among the kings of the earth.

Antiphon. 4 And we will call
upon Thy name, O Lord.

Fifth Antiphon. Thou art the
God.

Psalm LXXVI.

[Intituled "A Psalm of Asaph," with a
musical (?) direction, addressed to Jeduthun.]

T CRIED unto the Lord with my

* voice ; * even unto God with
my voice, and He gave ear unto
me.

In the day of my trouble I
sought the Lord ; in the night with
my hands I sought Him * and failed
not.

My soul refused to be comforted :

* I remembered God, and rejoiced,
and pondered, and my spirit was
overwhelmed. 3

Mine eyes anticipated the night
watches : * I was troubled, and
spake not.

I have considered the days of old,

* and had in mind the everlasting
years.

In the night also I commune with
mine own heart : * and I mused,
and searched out mine own spirit.

1 Aromatic herbs, &c, were mixed with wine to make it more intoxicating. See
Smith's Diet, of the Bible,— Wine.

2 Peace — a translation of "Salem." ' SLH. * Ps. lxxiv. 2.

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Will God cast off for ever ? * or
will He be favourable no more?

Or will He put away His mercy
for ever, * to generation and genera-
tion?

Or hath God forgotten to be
gracious ? * or will He in His anger
shut up His tender mercies ? l

And I said : Now have I begun :

* the change cometh of the right
hand of the Most High.

I remembered the works of the
Lord : * surely I will remember
Thy wonders of old.

I will meditate also of all Thy
work : * and talk of Thy doings.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanc-
tuary. Who is so great a God as our
God? * Thou art the God That
doest wonders.

Thou hast declared Thy strength
among the people : * Thou hast with
Thine arm redeemed Thy people,
the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 1

The waters saw Thee, O God,
the waters saw Thee : * and they
were afraid, the depths also were
troubled.

There was a noise as of many
waters, * the clouds sent out a
sound.

Thine arrows also went abroad :

* the voice of Thy thunder rolled.
Thy lightnings lightened the

world : * the earth trembled and
shook.

Thy way is in the sea, and Thy
paths in the great waters : * and
Thy footsteps are not known.

Thou leddest Thy people like a
flock, * by the hand of Moses and
Aaron.

1 SLH.

* The next few verses perhaps relate to the refusal of the children of Israel to in-
vade the Land of Promise when they first reached it, owing to fear of the inhabitants.
Numb. xiv.

Psalm LXXVII.

[Intituled " A didactic (?) poem of
Asaph."]

/^IVE ear, O my people, to my
^-* law : * incline your ears to
the words of my mouth.

1 will open my mouth in para-
bles : * I will utter dark sayings
of old.

Which we have heard and known,

* and our fathers have told us.
They are not hidden from their

children, * in the generation to
come :

Showing the praises of the Lord,
and His mighty acts, * and His
wonderful works that He hath done.

He established also a testimony
in Jacob, * and appointed a law
in Israel.

Which He commanded our fathers
that they should make known to
their children : * that the generation
to come may know them,

Even the children which shall be
born and arise, * and declare them
to their children ;

That they may set their hope in
God, and not forget the works of
God, * but keep His command-
ments.

And may not be as their fathers,

* a stubborn and rebellious gen-
eration,

A generation that set not their
heart aright, * and whose spirit
was not steadfast with God.

2 The children of Ephraim bend-
ing and shooting with bows, * turned
back in the day of battle.

They kept not the covenant of

132

THE PSALTER.

God, * and refused to walk in
His law.

And forgot His works, * and
His wonders that He had showed
them.

Marvellous things did He in the
sight of their fathers, in the land of
Egypt, * in the plain of Tanis. 1

He divided the sea, and caused
them to pass through, * and He
made the waters to stand as an
heap.

In the day - time also He led
them with a cloud, * and all the
night with a light of fire.

He clave the rock in the wil-
derness, * and gave them drink
as out of the great depth.

He brought water also out of
the rock, * and caused waters to
run down like rivers.

And they sinned yet more against
Him, * and provoked the Most
High in the wilderness.

And they tempted God in their
hearts, * to ask meat for their
lust.

Yea, they spake against God : *
they said : Can God furnish a table
in the wilderness ?

Behold, He smote the rock, and
the waters gushed out, * and the
streams overflowed.

Can He give bread also, * or
furnish a table for His people?

Therefore the Lord heard this,
and was wroth : * so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and anger
came up against Israel.

Because they believed not in
God, * and trusted not in His
salvation.

And He commanded the clouds

from above, * and opened the
doors of heaven.

And rained down manna upon
them to eat, * and gave them of
the bread of heaven.

Man did eat Angels' bread : *
He sent them meat to the full.

He caused an east wind to
blow in the heaven : * and by His
power He brought in the south
wind.

He rained flesh also upon them
as dust, * and feathered fowls like
as the sand of the sea.

And it fell in the midst of their
camp, * round about their habita-
tions.

So they did eat, and were well
filled, and He gave them their own
desire : * they were not disap-
pointed of their lust.

But while their meat was yet in
their mouths : * the wrath of God
came upon them,

And slew the fattest of them, *
and smote down the chosen men
of Israel.

For all this they sinned still, *
and believed not in His wondrous
works.

Therefore their days were con-
sumed in vanity, * and their years
in trouble.

When He slew them, they sought
Him : * and they returned, and "
enquired early after God.

And they remembered that God
was their strength, * and the High
God their redeemer.

Yet they flattered Him with their
mouth, * and lied unto Him with
their tongue.

For their heart was not right

1 An ancient city (mentioned here and subsequently) in Lower Egypt, called both by
a Shemitic name, Zoan, as well as by its Egyptian name, surrounded by plains, and close to
the natural and constant border of Palestine.

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133

with Him, * neither were they
steadfast in His covenant.

But He being full of compassion,
forgave their iniquity, * and de-
stroyed them not.

Yea, many a time did He turn
His anger away, * and did not stir
up all His wrath.

He remembered also that they
were but flesh ; * a wind that
passeth away and cometh not
again.

How often did they provoke
Him in the wilderness ? * grieve
Him to anger in the desert ?

Yea, they turned again, and
tempted God, * and provoked the
Holy One of Israel.

They remembered not His hand,

* in the day when He delivered
them from the hand of the op-
pressor.

How He set His signs in Egypt,

* and His wonders in the plain of
Tanis.

And turned their rivers into
blood : * and their floods, that
they could not drink.

He sent divers sorts of flies
among them, which devoured them :

* and frogs, which destroyed them.
He gave also their increase unto

the caterpillar, * and their labour
unto the locust.

And He destroyed their vines
with hail, * and their sycamore
trees with frost.

He gave up their cattle also to
the hail, * and their flocks to hot
thunderbolts.

He cast upon them the fierceness
of His anger, * indignation, and
wrath, and trouble, by sending evil
Angels among them.

He made a way to His anger;
He spared not their soul from

death, * and cut off their cattle in
death with them.

He smote also every first-born in
the land of Egypt : * the first-fruits
of all their labour in the tabernacles
of Ham.

And made His own people to go
forth like sheep : * and guided them
in the wilderness like a flock.

And He led them on in hope,
and they feared not : * and He
overwhelmed their enemies in the
sea.

And He brought them to the
mountain of His Sanctuary, * even
the mountain, which His right hand
hath purchased.

He cast out the heathen also
before them, * and allotted the land
among them by line,

And made the tribes of Israel to
dwell * in their tents.

Yet they tempted and provoked
the Most High God, * and kept not
His testimonies.

And turned back, and observed
not His covenant, * like their
fathers ; they were turned aside like
a deceitful bow.

They provoked Him to anger
with their high places, * and moved
Him to jealousy with their graven
images.

God heard it and cast them out :
* and brought Israel utterly to
nought.

He forsook also the tabernacle of
Shiloh, * even His tabernacle, where
He dwelt among men.

And He delivered their strength
into captivity, * and their beauty
into the enemy's hand.

He gave His people over also
unto the sword : * and cast off His
inheritance.

The fire consumed their young

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THE PSALTER.

men : * and their maidens made no
funeral song.

Their priests fell by the sword :

* and their widows made no lamen-
tation.

Then the Lord awaked as one
out of sleep, * like a mighty man
heated with wine.

And He smote His enemies in
the hinder part : * He put them to
a perpetual shame.

Moreover, He refused the taber-
nacle of Joseph, * and chose not the
tribe of Ephraim.

But chose the tribe of Judah, *
Mount Zion, which he loved.

And He built His sanctuary like
the horn of an unicorn upon the
earth, * which He hath established
for ever.

He chose David also His servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds :

* from following the ewes great with
young He brought him,

To feed Jacob His servant, * and
Israel His inheritance.

So he fed them according to the
integrity of his heart : * and guided
them by the skilfulness of his hands.

Antiphon. x Thou art the God
That doest wonders.

Sixth Antiphon. Be merciful.

Psalm LXXVI1I.
[Intituled "A Psalm of Asaph."]

/^\ GOD, the heathen are come
^-^ into Thine inheritance, Thine
holy temple have they denied : *
they have made Jerusalem like an
heap of stones in an orchard.

The dead bodies of Thy servants
have they given to be meat unto
the fowls of the heaven, * the flesh

of Thy saints unto the beasts of the
earth.

Their blood have they shed like
water round about Jerusalem : * and
there was none to bury them.

We are become a reproach to our
neighbours, * a scorn and derision
to them that are round about us.

How long, Lord ? wilt Thou be
angry for ever ? * shall Thy jealousy
burn like fire ?

Pour out Thy wrath upon the
heathen, that have not known Thee,

* and upon the kingdoms that have
not called upon Thy name !

For they have devoured Jacob,

* and laid waste His dwelling-place.
O remember not against us our

former iniquities, let Thy tender
mercies speedily overtake us : * for
we are brought very low.

Help us, O God of our salvation,
and for the glory of Thy name de-
liver us, O Lord : * and forgive our
sins, for Thy name's sake.

Lest haply they should say among
the heathen : Where is their God ?

* And make known among the
nations in our sight

The vengeance of the blood of
Thy servants, which is shed : * let
the sighing of the prisoners come
before Thee.

According to the greatness of
Thine arm, * preserve Thou the
children of the slain.

And render unto our neighbours
sevenfold into their bosom : * their
reproach wherewith they have re-
proached Thee, O Lord !

But we Thy people, and sheep
of Thy pasture, * will give Thee
thanks for ever :

We will show forth Thy praise *
to all generations.

Ps. lxxvi. 15.

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135

Psalm LXXIX.

[Intituled "A Psalm of Asaph," with a
direction, perhaps musical, the meaning
of which is not now certain. The LXX.
adds "concerning the Assyrian," probably
meaning that it was used as a prayer
after the destruction of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar. ]

GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
* Thou That leadest Joseph
like a flock.

Thou That sittest upon the Cheru-
bim, * shine forth before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.

Stir up Thy strength, and come

* and save us.

Turn us again, O God, * and
cause Thy face to shine, and we
shall be saved.

O Lord God of hosts, * how
long wilt Thou be angry against the
prayer of Thy servant ?

Wilt Thou feed us with the bread
of tears, * and give us tears to drink
in great measure?

Thou makest us a strife unto our
neighbours : * and our enemies jest
upon us.

Turn us again, O God of hosts :

* and cause Thy face to shine, and
we shall be saved.

Thou hast brought a vine out of
Egypt : * Thou hast cast out the
heathen and planted it.

Thou preparedst room before it :

* Thou didst cause it to take deep
root, and it filled the land.

The hills were covered with the
shadow of it, * and the cedars of
God with the boughs thereof.

She sent out her boughs unto the
sea, * and her branches unto the
river. 1

Why hast Thou broken down her

hedge ? * so that all they which
pass by the way do pluck her?

The boar out of the wood doth
root it up, * and the wild beast of
the field doth devour it.

Return, O God of hosts : * look
down from heaven, and behold, and
visit this vine ;

And protect that Thy right hand
hath planted, * and the son of man
whom Thou madest strong for Thy-
self.

It is burnt with fire, and cut
down : * they shall perish at the
rebuke of Thy countenance.

Let Thine hand be upon the man
of Thy right hand, * and upon the
son of man whom Thou madest
strong for Thyself.

So will we not go back from
Thee ; * quicken us, and we will
call upon Thy name.

Turn us again, O Lord God of
hosts : * and cause Thy face to
shine, and we shall be saved.

Antiphon. 2 Be merciful unto our
sins, O Lord.

Antiphon in Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. Out of Zion, the Per-
fection of beauty,

Answer. Our God shall come
manifestly.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. 3 My lips shall be fain
when I sing unto Thee.

Answer. And my soul, which
Thou hast redeemed.

1 That is, the dominion of the Israelites stretched from the Mediterranean to the
Euphrates. 2 Ps. lxxviii. 9. ' Ps. lxx. 23.

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THE PSALTER.

In Lent.

Verse. He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler.

Answer. And from the noisome
pestilence.

In Passion time.

Verse. O God, deliver my soul
from the sword.

Answer. And my darling from
the power of the dog.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The Lord is risen from
the grave, Alleluia.

Answer. Who hung for us upon
the tree, Alleluia.

The rest is the same as the First
Nocturn on the preceding Sunday, only
the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon-
sories, are those of the day.

137

THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sunday, except as otherwise
given here.

The Psalms are as follows :

Antiphon. Against Thee, Thee
only.

Psalm L.

Have mercy upon me, &c, {p.

87)-

Antiphon. Against Thee, Thee
only, have I sinned, have mercy
upon me, O Lord !

Second Antiphon. Lord.

If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words, "Thou hast
been.''

Psalm LXXXIX.

[Intituled "A Prayer of Moses the man
of God."]

ORD, Thou hast been our re-
-*— ' fuge * in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought
forth, or ever the earth and the
world were formed, * even from
everlasting to everlasting, Thou art
God.

Turn not man to destruction ; *
for Thou sayest, Return, ye children
of men.

For a thousand years in Thy sight
* are but as yesterday when it is past,

And their years shall be reckoned

VOL. IV.

as nothing, * even as a watch in
the night.

In the morning they are like
grass which soon fadeth away : in
the morning it flourisheth, and
then it fadeth away : * in the
evening it is cut down, drieth up,
and withereth.

For we are consumed by Thine
anger : * and by Thy wrath are;
we troubled.

Thou hast set our iniquities be-
fore Thee, * our life in the light
of Thy countenance.

For all our days are passed away,
* and we are consumed by Thine
anger.

The works whereon we toil all
our years are but frail structures
like a spider's web : * the days of
our years are threescore years and
ten :

And if by reason of strength they
be fourscore years, * yet is their
increase but labour and sorrow :

For weakness cometh, * and we
are cut off.

Who knoweth the power of Thine
anger, * or can measure Thy wrath,
that he may fear Thee as Thou
oughtest to be feared?

Show Thou the might of Thy
right hand ; * and apply our hearts
to wisdom.

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THE PSALTER.

Return, O Lord, how long? *
and let it intreat Thee concerning
Thy servants.

Thou hast satisfied us early with
Thy mercy, * and we rejoice and
are glad all our days.

We are gladdened for the days
wherein Thou hast afflicted us ; *
for the years wherein we have seen
evil.

Look upon Thy servants, and
upon Thy works, * and establish
their children.

And let the beauty of the Lord
our God be upon us ; and establish
Thou the work of our hands upon
us : * yea, the work of our hands
establish Thou it.

Antiphon. Lord, Thou hast
been our refuge.

Third Antiphon. I meditate.

Psalms LXII., LXVI.
O God, Thou art my God, &c,
(A 2 3>-

Antiphon. I meditate upon Thee
in the night watches.

Fourth Antiphon. Let us sing.

If this Antiphon be used the Canticle
begins with the words, " Unto the
Lord."

The Song of Moses (Exod. xv.)

[On the occasion of the successful escape
of the Israelites through the Red Sea.]

LET us sing unto the Lord, for
He hath triumphed gloriously :
* the horse and his rider hath He
thrown into the sea.

The Lord is my strength and
my song, * and He is become
my salvation :

1 But in the present Hebrew text,

He is my God, and I will glorify
Him : * my father's God, and I
will exalt Him.

The Lord is like a man of war :
"The Almighty" 1 is His name.

* Pharaoh's chariots and his host
hath He cast into the sea.

His chosen captains are drowned
in the Red Sea. * The depths have
covered them : they sank into the
bottom as a stone.

Thy right hand, O Lord, is be-
come glorious in power : Thy right
hand, O Lord, hath shattered the
enemy. * And in the greatness
of Thy majesty Thou hast over-
thrown them that rose up against
Thee.

Thou sentest forth Thy wrath,
which consumed them as stubble.

* And with the blast of Thy fury
the waters were gathered together,

The floods stood upright, * and
the depths were congealed in the
heart of the sea.

The enemy said : I will pursue
and overtake, * I will divide the
spoil ; my soul shall be sated upon
them :

I will draw my sword, * mine
hand shall destroy them.

Thy wind blew, and the sea
covered them ; * they sank as lead
in the mighty waters.

Who is like unto Thee, O Lord,
among the mighty? * who is like
unto Thee, glorious in holiness,
terrible, and worthy to be praised,
doing wonders?

Thou stretchedst out Thy right
hand, and the earth swallowed them.

* Thou in Thy mercy hast led
forth the people which Thou hast
redeemed :

And hast borne them in Thy
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139

strength, * unto Thine holy habi-
tation.

The people came up and were
angry : * sorrow took hold on the
inhabitants of Philistia.

Then the princes of Edom were
amazed, the mighty men of Moab,
trembling took hold upon them : *
all the inhabitants of Chanaan
melted away.

Let fear and dread fall upon
them, * by the greatness of Thine
arm :

Let them be as still as a stone :
till Thy people pass over, O Lord,

* till Thy people pass over, which
Thou hast purchased.

Thou shalt bring them in and
plant them in the mountain of
Thine inheritance, * in Thy most
sure dwelling, which Thou hast
made, O Lord :

In the Sanctuary, O Lord, which
Thine hands have established.

* The Lord shall reign for ever
and ever.

For the horse of Pharaoh went
in with his chariots and with his
horsemen into the sea, * and the
Lord brought again the waters of
the sea upon them :

But the children of Israel went on
dry land * in the midst of the sea.

Antiphon. Let us sing gloriously
unto the Lord.

Fifth Antiphon. Praise God.

Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.

Praise ye the Lord, &c, (pp. 25,
26).

Antiphon. Praise God in His
Sanctuary.

Chapter. (Rom. xiii. 12.)

The night is far spent, &c, (as
on Monday, p. 89).

Hymn. 1

C! EE, the golden dawn is glowing,
^ While the paly shades are going,
Which have led us far and long,
In a labyrinth of wrong.

May it bring us peace serene ;
May it cleanse, as it is clean ;
Plain and clear our words be spoke,
And our thoughts without a cloak ;

So the day's account shall stand,
Guileless tongue and holy hand,
Steadfast eyes and unbeguiled,
" Flesh as of a little child."

There is One Who from above
Watches how the still hours move
Of our day of service done,
From the dawn to setting sun.

To the Father, and the Son,
And the Spirit, Three and One,
As of old, and as in Heaven,
Now and here be glory given.

Amen.

Verse. Thou hast satisfied us
early with Thy mercy.

Answer. We rejoice and are
glad.

Antiphon for the Song of Zacharias.
Let us serve the Lord * in holiness,
and He will deliver us from our
enemies.

Commemoration of the Cross before
the other Commemorations, and Long
Preces in Advent and Lent, and on
Fast-days, as on Monday.

1 Extracted from hymn by Prudentius : translation by the late Card. Newman.

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THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sunday, except as otherwise
given here.

Invitatory. Let us worship the
Lord, for * He is our Maker.

Hymn. 1

TV J\ AY the dread Three in One, Who
*y*- sways

All with His sovereign might,
Accept from us this hymn of praise,

His watchers in the night.

For in the night, when all is still,
We spurn our bed and rise,

To find the balm for ghostly ill,
His bounteous hand supplies.

If e'er by night our envious foe
With guilt our souls would stain,

May the deep streams of mercy flow,
And make us white again ;

That so with bodies braced and bright,

And hearts awake within,
All fresh and keen may burn our light,

Undimmed, unsoiled by sin.

Shine on Thine own, Redeemer sweet !

Thy radiance increate
Through the long day shall keep our
feet,

In their pure morning state.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,

And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all worship shall be done

In every time and place.

Amen.

Only one Nocturn is said.

Antiphon. Sing aloud.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, " Unto God our
strength."

In Paschal time only one Antiphon is
said for the whole Nocturn. Alleluia.

Psalm LXXX.

[Intituled "Of Asaph." It has a super-
scription of meaning now uncertain, but
part of which perhaps means that it was
a Hymn for the vintage.]

SING aloud unto God our strength :
* make a joyful noise unto the
God of Jacob.

Take a psalm, and bring hither
the timbrel : * the pleasant harp
with the psaltery.

Blow the trumpet in the new
moon, 2 * in the time appointed,
on our solemn feast-day.

1 From a hymn of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered ; translation by the late
Card. Newman.

2 The ordinance referred to in this and the next verses is found in Numb. x. " And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying : Make thee two trumpets of silver, of a whole piece shalt
thou make them. . . . And in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and
in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings,
and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings ; that they may be to you for a memorial
before God. I am the Lord your God."

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141

For this is a statute for Israel :

* and a law of the God of Jacob.
This He ordained in Joseph for

a testimony, when he went out of
the land of Egypt : * he heard a
language that he understood not.

He removed his shoulder from
the burden, * his hands were done
with slaving over the baskets.

Thou calledst upon Me in trouble,
and I delivered thee : * I answered
thee in the secret place of thunder : I
proved thee at the waters of strife. 1

Hear, O My people, and I will
testify unto thee: * O Israel, if
thou wilt hearken unto Me, there
shall no strange god be in thee,
neither shalt thou worship any
strange god.

For I am the Lord thy God,
Who brought thee out of the land
of Egypt : * open thy mouth wide
and I will fill it.

But My people would not hearken
unto My voice : * and Israel would
not obey Me :

So I gave them up unto their
own hearts' lust : * they walked
in their own counsels.

that My people had heark-
ened unto Me, * that Israel had
walked in My ways !

1 should quickly have brought
their enemies under them, * and
turned Mine hand against their
adversaries.

The haters of the Lord would
have feigned submission unto Him :

* but their time should have en-
dured for ever.

He would have fed them also
with the finest of the wheat : *
and with honey out of the rock
would He have satisfied them.

SLH. For "the waters of Meribah" or
SLH. 3 This verse was quoted by

Psalm LXXXI.
[Intituled "A Psalm of Asaph."]

/"~^OD standeth in the congrega-
^- J tion of the mighty : * He
judgeth among the judges.

How long do ye judge unjustly,

* and accept the person of the
wicked ? 2

Defend the poor and fatherless :

* do justice to the afflicted and
needy.

Deliver the poor, * and rid the
needy out of the hand of the wicked.

They know not, neither do they
understand, they walk on in dark-
ness : * all the foundations of the
earth are out of course.

3 1 have said : Ye are gods, *
and all of you are children of the
Most High;

But ye shall die like men : *
and fall like one of the princes.

Arise, O God, judge the earth :

* for Thou shalt inherit all na-
tions.

Antiphon. 4 Sing aloud unto
God our strength.

Second Antiphon. Thou alone.

Psalm LXXXII.

A Song. A Psalm of

[Intituled
Asaph."]

OGOD, who shall be likened
unto Thee? * hold not Thy
peace, and be not still, O God.

For, lo, Thine enemies make a
tumult : * and they that hate Thee
have lifted up the head.

They have taken crafty counsel
against Thy people, * and con-
sulted against Thine holy ones.

"strife," see note on Ps. xciv., p. 2.

our Lord. John x. 34. 4 Ps. lxxx. 2.

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THE PSALTER.

They have said : Come and let
us cut them off from being a na-
tion : * that the name of Israel
may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together
with one consent : * they are con-
federate against Thee : the taberna-
cles of Edom, 1 and the Ishmaelites.

Of Moab, and the Hagarenes ;
Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, * the
" Strangers " with the inhabitants
of Tyre.

Assur also is joined with them :

* they have holpen the children
of Lot. 2

Do unto them as unto Midian, 3
and Sisera : * as unto Jabin, at
the brook of Kishon.

They perished at Endor : * they
became as dung for the earth.

Make their nobles like Oreb
and like Zeeb; * as Zebah and
Zalmunna,

All their princes : * who said :
Let us take to ourselves the Sanc-
tuary of God in possession.

O my God, make them like a
wheel [of whirling dust] ; * and as
the stubble before the wind !

As the fire that burneth a wood,

* and as the flame that setteth the
mountains on fire.

So pursue them with Thy tem-
pest, * and trouble them in Thine
anger.

Fill their faces with shame : * and
they will seek, Thy Name, O Lord !

Let them be confounded and
troubled for ever : * yea, let them
be put to shame and perish.

And let men know that Thy
name is the Lord : * Thou alone
art the Most High over all the
earth.

Psalm LXXXIII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of the sons of
Korah." It has the same superscription as
Ps. Ixx., referring possibly to the vintage.
It reads as if it were a pilgrim-song refer-
ring to the going up of all the males of
Israel to Jerusalem to observe the Feast of
Tabernacles, when harvest and vintage were
over. ]

TTOW lovely are Thy taberna-
J- *~ cles, O Lord of hosts ! *
my soul longeth and fainteth for
the courts of the Lord :

Mine heart and my flesh * rejoice
for the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an
house, * and the dove a nest for
herself, where she may lay her
young,

Even Thine altars, O Lord of
hosts, * my King and my God !

Blessed are they that dwell in
Thine house, O Lord ; * they will
be ever praising Thee. 2

Blessed is the man whose strength
is from Thee ; * who hath settled in
his heart to go up [to thy Sanctu-
ary,] through the vale of tears, 4 to
the place which he hath appointed.

He That hath given the Law will

1 Of the list of tribes in the next few verses, the Ishmaelites are the inhabitants of Edom;
Moab, and the Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, tribes to the south and south-east of
Canaan ; the " Strangers " are the Philistines ; Assur is Assyria ; the children of Lot are
the Moabites and Ammonites. 2 SLH.

3 The Midianites invaded Israel during the Judgeship of Gideon, who defeated them.
Barak had previously, by a great victory between the Kishon and Endor, delivered his
people from the tyranny of Jabin king of the Canaanites, whose general, Sisera, lost his life
on the occasion. Oreb and Zeeb were two princes, and Zebah and Zalmunna two kings of
the Midianites, whom the Israelites took prisoners and put to death on the second occasion
See Judges iv.-viii.

* Hebrew, "of Baca," probably the proper name of a place, but, literally, "weeping."

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143

give His blessing ; they shall go
from strength to strength : * they
appear before the God of gods in
Zion.

Lord God of hosts, hear my
prayer : * give ear, O God of Ja-
cob ! *

Behold, O God, our shield : *
and look upon the face of Thine
Anointed.

For a day in Thy courts is better

* than a thousand.

1 had rather be a menial in the
house of my God, * than to dwell
in the tents of wickedness.

For God loveth mercy and truth :

* the Lord will give grace and
glory.

No good thing will He withhold
from them that walk uprightly. *
Lord of hosts, blessed is the man
that trusteth in Thee !

Antiphon. 2 Thou alone art the
Most High over all the earth.
Third Antiphon. Lord.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words " Thou hast been
favourable."

Psalm LXXXIV.

[Intituled " A Psalm of the sons of
Korah," with the usual (now uncertain)
superscription.]

ORD, Thou hast been favour-
*— able unto Thy land : * Thou
hast brought back the captivity of
Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of
Thy people : * Thou hast covered
all their sins. 1

Thou hast taken away all Thy
wrath : * Thou hast turned Thyself
from the fierceness of Thine anger.

Turn us, O God of our salvation,

* and cause Thine anger towards us
to cease.

Wilt Thou be angry with us for
ever? * wilt Thou draw out Thine
anger to all generations ?

God, Thou shalt again quicken
us : * and Thy people shall rejoice
in Thee.

Show us Thy mercy, O Lord ! *
and grant us Thy salvation.

1 will hear what the Lord God
will speak in me : * for He will
speak peace unto His people,

And to His saints, * and unto
them that are changed in heart.

Surely His salvation is nigh them
that fear Him, * that glory may
dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth have met to-
gether : * righteousness and peace
have kissed each other.

Truth hath sprung out of the
earth : * and righteousness hath
looked down from heaven.

Yea, the Lord shall give that
which is good : * and our land shall
yield her increase.

Righteousness shall go before
Him : * and shall set His footsteps
in the way.

Psalm LXXXV.
[Intituled "A Prayer of David."]

DOW down Thine ear, O Lord,
*-* and hear me : * for I am poor
and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am holy :

* O Thou my God, save Thy servant
that trusteth in Thee.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for
I cry unto Thee all the day long : *
rejoice the soul of Thy servant, for

SLH.

2 Ps. lxxxii. 19.

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unto Thee, Lord, do I lift up my
soul.

For Thou, Lord, art good and
ready to forgive, * and plenteous
in mercy to all them that call upon
Thee.

Give ear, O Lord, unto my
prayer : * and attend to the voice
of my supplication.

In the day of my trouble I called
upon Thee, * for Thou hast heard
me.

Among the gods there is none like
unto Thee, O Lord : * neither are
there any works like unto Thy works.

AH nations whom Thou hast
made shall come and worship be-
fore Thee, O Lord : * and shall
glorify Thy name.

For Thou art great and doest won-
drous things : * Thou art God alone.

Teach me Thy way, O Lord,
and I will walk in Thy truth : *
let mine heart be glad, that it may
fear Thy name.

I will praise Thee, O Lord my
God, with all mine heart, * and I
will glorify Thy name for evermore.

For great is Thy mercy toward
me : * and Thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest hell.

O God, the wicked are risen
against me, and the assemblies of
violent men have sought after my
soul, * and have not set Thee before
them.

But Thou, O Lord, art a God full
of compassion and gracious, * long-
suffering, and plenteous in mercy
and truth.

O look upon me, and have mercy

1 Ps. lxxxiv. 2. 2 SLH.

8 That is "the Insolent One," namely, Egypt. 4 I.e., the Philistines.

8 Is the meaning that Jerusalem shall be illustrious as the birth-place of all kinds of
distinguished persons? The Targum, curiously enough, says that the persons meant are
David and Solomon, whereas David is a native of Bethlehem.

6 Displaced from the beginning of the next verse.

upon me : * give Thy strength unto
Thy servant, and save the son of
Thine handmaid !

Show me a token for good, that
they which hate me may see it and be
ashamed : * because Thou, O Lord,
hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Antiphon. x Lord, Thou hast
been favourable unto Thy land.
Fourth Antiphon. Her foundation.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, "Is in the holy
mountains."

Psalm LXXXVI.

[Intituled " A Psalm. A Song of the
sons of Korah." The Targum adds that it
was based upon words of the ancients,
perhaps meaning that the two first verses
before the SLH were an ancient saying to
which the rest was a later addition.]

TTER foundation is in the holy
■*■ ■*- mountains .
eth the gates of Zion
the dwellings of Jacob !

Glorious things are spoken
thee, * O city of God ! 2

I will make mention of Rahab 3
and Babylon * that know me.

Behold the "Strangers," 4 and
Tyre, and the people of Ethiopia, *
these were there —

And of Zion shall it not be said :
This and that man was born in her,
* and the Highest Himself hath
established her? 5

The Lord shall make count,
when He writeth up the people [and
the princes,] 6 * of all that are in her. 2

All they that dwell in thee * are
in gladness.

* the Lord lov-
more than all

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Psalm LXXXVII.

[This Psalm has a long superscription, in
which its authorship is attributed to Heman
the Ezrahite, one of five brothers, descen-
dants of Zarah, the son of Judah. Four of
them were celebrated for wisdom. 3 (1)
Kings iv. 31. This Psalm was written for
the sons of Korah, and intended to be sung
with an accompaniment of pipes and flutes.]

OLORD God of my salvation, *
I have cried day and night
before Thee.

Let my prayer come before Thee ;

* incline Thine ear unto my cry.
For my soul is full of troubles : *

and my life draweth nigh unto the
grave.

I am counted with them that go
down into the pit : * I am as a
man that hath no strength, lying
nerveless among the dead,

Like the pierced that lie in the
grave, whom Thou rememberest no
more : * and they are cast off from
Thine hand.

They have laid me in the lowest
pit, * in darkness and in the shadow
of death.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,

* and Thou hast afflicted me with
all Thy waves. 1

Thou hast put away mine ac-
quaintance far from me : * they
have made me an abomination unto
them.

I am shut up, and cannot come
forth : * mine eyes fail by reason
of affliction.

Lord, I have called daily upon
Thee : * I have stretched out my
hands unto Thee !

Wilt Thou show wonders to the
dead ? * or can physicians quicken
them, so that they may praise
Thee ? x

Shall Thy loving - kindness be
1 SLH.

declared in the grave, * and Thy
faithfulness in destruction ?

Shall Thy wonders be known in
the dark, * and Thy righteousness
in the land of forgetfulness ?

But unto Thee have I cried, O
Lord: * and in the morning shall
my prayer come before Thee.

Lord, why castest Thou off my
prayer, * why hidest Thou Thy face
from me ?

I am afflicted, and in toil from
my youth up : * and when I was
lifted up, then was I brought down
and troubled :

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me,

* and Thy terrors have troubled me.
They came round about me all

the day like a flood : * they com-
passed me about together.

Friend and neighbour hast Thou
put far from me, * mine acquaint-
ance also, because of my misery.

Antiphon. 2 Her foundation is
in the holy mountains.
Fifth Antiphon. Blessed.

Psalm LXXXVIII.

[Intituled " A didactic (?) Poem of Ethan
the Ezrahite." This Ethan was a brother
of the author of the last Psalm. ]

I WILL sing of the mercies * of
the Lord for ever.
With my mouth will I make
known Thy faithfulness * to all
generations.

For Thou hast said : Mercy shall
be built up for ever in the heavens :

* Thy faithfulness shall be estab-
lished in them.

I have made a covenant with My
chosen, I have sworn unto David
My servant : * thy seed will I
establish for ever.

2 Ps. lxxxvi. I.

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THE PSALTER.

And build up thy throne * to
all generations. 1

And the heavens shall praise Thy
wonders, O Lord ; * Thy faithful-
ness also in the congregation of the
Saints —

For who in heaven can be com-
pared unto the Lord? * Who
among the sons of God can be
likened unto God ?

God, Which is glorious in the
assembly of the saints, * great
and terrible to all them that are
about Him.

O Lord God of hosts, who is
like unto Thee ? * Thou art strong,
O Lord, and Thy faithfulness is
round about Thee !

Thou rulest the raging of the
sea : * when the waves thereof
arise Thou stillest them.

Thou hast broken the " Inso-
lent " one, 2 as one that is slain :
* Thou hast scattered Thine ene-
mies with Thy strong arm.

The heavens are Thine, the
earth also is Thine, as for the
world and the fulness thereof
Thou hast founded them : * the
North and the South Thou hast
created them :

3 Tabor and Hermon shall re-
joice in Thy name. * Thou hast
a mighty arm.

Strong is Thine hand, and high
Thy right hand : * justice and
judgment are the foundations of
Thy throne.

Mercy and truth shall go before
Thy face. * Blessed is the people
that know the joyful sound !

They shall walk, O Lord, in
the light of Thy countenance, and
in Thy name shall they rejoice all
the day : * in Thy righteousness
also shall they be exalted.

For thou art the glory of their
strength : * and in Thy favour
our horn shall be exalted.

For of the Lord is our de-
fence, * and of the Holy One of
Israel is our King.

Then Thou spakest in vision to
Thine holy ones, and saidst : * I
have laid help upon one that is
mighty, and have exalted one
chosen out of My people.

I have found David My ser-
vant : * with Mine holy oil have I
anointed him.

For Mine hand shall help him :
* Mine arm also shall strengthen
him.

The enemy shall prevail nothing
against him : * nor the son of
wickedness afflict him.

And I will beat down his foes
before his face, * and put them
that hate him to flight.

And My truth and My mercy
shall be with him : * and in My
Name shall his horn be exalted.

I will set his hand also in the
sea, * and his right hand in the
rivers. 4

He shall cry unto me : Thou
art my Father, * my God, and
the rock of my salvation.

5 Also I will make him My first-
born, * higher than the kings of
the earth.

My mercy will I keep for him

1 SLH. - Rahab— le., Egypt.

3 Two prominent mountains in the North of Syria.

4 That is ; — " I will make his power to be bounded on the West by the Mediterranean,
and on the East by the Tigris and Euphrates. "

5 The next verses are a sort of quotation of the Divine message given by Nathan to
David. 2 Kings (Sam.) vii. 14-16.

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147

shall stand fast with him.

His seed also will I make to
endure for ever, * and his throne
as the days of heaven.

But if his children forsake My
law, * and walk not in My judg-
ments, —

If they break My statutes, * and
keep not My commandments,

Then I will visit their trans-
gressions with the rod, * and
their iniquity with stripes.

Nevertheless My loving-kindness
will I not utterly take from him,

* nor fail in My truth.

My covenant also will I not break,

* nor make void the thing that is
gone out of My lips.

Once have I sworn by Mine
holiness, that I will not lie unto
David : * his seed shall endure for
ever,

And his throne, as the sun before
Me : * and as the full moon for
ever, and as the faithful witness in
heaven. 1

But Thou hast cast off and de-
spised, * Thou hast put away Thine
Anointed.

Thou hast made void the cove-
nant of Thy servant : * Thou hast
profaned his crown [by casting] it
to the ground.

Thou hast broken down all his
hedges : * Thou hast brought his
strongholds to ruin.

All that pass by the way spoil
him : * he is a reproach to his
neighbours.

Thou hast set up the right hand
of his adversaries : * Thou hast
made all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast turned the edge of his
sword, * and hast not upholden him
in battle.

Thou hast made his brightness to
cease, * and cast his throne down
to the ground.

The days of his youth hast Thou
shortened : * Thou hast covered
him with shame. 2

How long, Lord, wilt Thou hide
Thyself, for ever? * Shall Thy
wrath burn like fire?

Remember how short my time is:
* wherefore hast Thou made all the
sons of men in vain ?

What man is he that liveth, and
shall not see death? * Shall he
deliver his soul from the hand of
the grave ? 2

Lord, where are Thy former lov-
ing-kindnesses, * which Thou swarest
unto David in Thy truth ?

Remember, Lord, the reproach of
Thy servants, * (that I bear in my
bosom) even the reproach of many
people —

Wherewith Thine enemies have
reproached, O Lord — * wherewith
they have reproached the woes of
Thine Anointed.

Blessed be the Lord for ever-
more ! * Amen, Amen. 3

Psalm XCIII.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
Psalm to David, and assign it to the fourth
day of the week. ]

THE Lord God to Whom ven-
geance belongeth, * the God
to Whom vengeance belongeth hath
shown Himself.

Lift up Thyself, Thou judge of

1 SLH. Is the "faithful witness" the rainbow? See Gen. ix. (Thursday after Sexa-
gesima Sunday. ) 2 SLH.

3 Here ends the third of the five books into which the Psalter is divided.

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THE PSALTER.

the earth : * render a reward to the
proud.

Lord, how long shall the wicked,

* how long shall the wicked
triumph ?

How long shall they utter and
speak iniquity ? * all the workers of
wickedness boast themselves ?

They crush Thy people, O Lord !

* and afflict Thine heritage.

They slay the widow and the
stranger, * and murder the father-
less.

Yet they say : The Lord shall
not see, * neither shall the God of
Jacob understand.

Understand, ye brutish among the
people ! * and ye fools, some time
be wise !

He That planted the ear, shall He
not hear ? * or He That formed the
eye, can He not see ?

He That chastiseth the heathen,
shall not He correct? * He That
teacheth man knowledge?

The Lord knoweth the thoughts
of men, * that they are vanity.

Blessed is the man whom Thou
chastenest, O Lord, * and teachest
out of Thy law.

That Thou mayest give him rest
from the days of adversity, * until
the pit be digged for the wicked.

For the Lord will not cast off
His people, * neither will He for-
sake His inheritance.

Until righteousness return unto
judgment, * and all the upright in
heart follow it. ,

Who will rise up for me against
the evil-doers? * or who will stand
up with me against the workers of
iniquity ?

Unless the Lord had been mine
help, * my soul had almost dwelt
in the grave.

When I said : My foot slippeth
— * Thy mercy, O Lord, held me
up.

In the multitude of the sorrows
within mine heart, * Thy comforts
delight my soul.

1 Hath the throne of iniquity
fellowship with Thee? — * which
frameth mischief by a law?

They that gather themselves
together against the soul of the
righteous, * and condemn the in-
nocent blood — ?

But the Lord is my refuge, *
and my God is the stay of my
trust.

And He shall bring upon them
their own iniquity, and shall cut
them off in their own wickedness :
* the Lord our God shall cut
them off.

Antiphon. 2 Blessed be the Lord
for evermore.

Sixth Antiphon. Sing.

Psalm XCV.

[In i Par. (Chron.) xvi. it is stated that
David gave this Psalm to Asaph and his
brethren upon the day that the ark was
brought to Jerusalem. The text is there
given somewhat differently, and the whole
forms the second part of one Psalm, of
which the first part consists of the first
fifteen verses of Ps. civ. The Vulgate and
the LXX. note that it was sung at the
rebuilding of the Temple after the Cap-
tivity.]

f~\ SING unto the Lord a new
^S song : * sing unto the Lord,
all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, and bless

1 This verse is translated according to the sense of the Hebrew, the LXX., Aquila,
Symmachus, Theodotion, and St Jerome, but the Latin has the second, instead of the
third, person singular in the last clause. ■ Ps. lxxxviii. 53.

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149

His Name : * show forth His sal-
vation from day to day.

Declare His glory among the
heathen, * His wonders among all
people.

For the Lord is great, and greatly
to be praised : * He is to be feared
above all gods.

For all the gods of the heathen
are devils : * but the Lord made
the heavens.

Praise and beauty are before
Him : * holiness and majesty are
in His sanctuary.

Give unto the Lord, O ye kin-
dreds of the people, give unto the
Lord glory and honour : * give
unto the Lord the glory due unto
His name.

Bring sacrifices, and come into
His courts : * O worship the Lord
in His holy temple !

Let all the earth fear before
Him. * Say among the heathen,
The Lord reigneth !

He hath established the world
also, that it shall not be moved :
* He shall judge the people right-
eously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let
the earth be glad, let the sea roar,
and the fulness thereof: * let the
fields be joyful and all that is
therein.

Then shall all the trees of the
wood rejoice before the Lord, for
He cometh, * for He cometh to
judge the earth.

He shall judge the world with
righteousness : * and the people
with His truth. 1

Psalm XCVI.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. have the
superscription "[A Psalm] of David when
his country was re - established " — per-
haps meaning after the usurpation of Ab-
solom.]

T^HE Lord reigneth ; let the
* earth rejoice : * let the mul-
titude of isles be glad thereof.

Clouds and darkness are round
about Him : * righteousness and
judgment are the foundation of
His throne.

A fire shall go before Him, * and
burn up His enemies round about.

His lightnings enlightened the
world : * the earth saw and trem-
bled.

The hills melted like wax at
the presence of the Lord, * at
the presence of the Lord of the
whole earth.

The heavens declared His right-
eousness, * and all the people
saw His glory.

Confounded be all they that
worship graven images, * and that
boast themselves of idols.

Worship Him, all ye His An-
gels ! * Zion heard, and was glad.

And the daughters of Judah
rejoiced, * because of Thy judg-
ments, O Lord !

For thou, Lord, art high above
all the earth : * Thou art exalted
far above all gods.

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil :
* the Lord preserveth the souls of
His saints ; He delivereth them out
of the hand of the wicked.

Light is sprung up for the

1 In 1 Par. (Chron.) xvi. the Psalm continues: — "O give thanks unto the Lord, for
He is good : for His mercy endureth for ever. And say ye : Save us, O God of our
salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give
thanks to Thy holy Name, and glory in Thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said : 'Amen' and praised the Lord"
— possibly in Ps. cxxxv.

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THE PSALTER.

righteous, * and gladness for the
upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, ye right-
eous, * and give thanks to the
memorial of His holiness !

Antiphon. x Sing unto the Lord,
and bless His name.

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. Send forth the Lamb,
Lord, the ruler of the land.

Answer. From the " Rock " of
the wilderness unto the mount of
the daughter of Zion.

During the rest of the year.
Verse. 2 Let my prayer come
before Thee, O Lord.

Answer. Incline Thine ear unto
my cry.

/;; Lent.

Verse. He shall cover thee with
His wings.

Answer. And under His feath-
ers shalt thou trust.

In Passion time.

Verse. O Lord, save me from
the lion's mouth.

Answer. And mine affliction
from the horns of the unicorns.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The Lord is risen in-
deed, Alleluia.

Answer. And hath appeared un-
to Simon, Alleluia.

The rest is the same as the Second
Nocturn on the preceding Sunday, only
the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon-
sories, are those of the day.

1 Ps. xcv. 2. 2 Vs. lxx

4 Ps. lxvii. 3. 5 Ecclus

Simple Feasts. It is to be remembered
that when a Simple Feast is kept on
Friday, the Invitatory and Hymn are
of the Feast, being taken from the Com-
mon of Saints of the class, unless speci-
ally given.

Then the Psalms and Antiphons of
the Week-day, as given above. Then is
said a Verse and Answer as follows :

In the Simple Office for one or many
Martyrs in Paschal time.

Verse. The everlasting light
shall shine upon Thy Saints, O
Lord. Alleluia.

Answer. Even unto everlasting.
Alleluia.

In the Simple Office for one Martyr,
{put of Paschal time).

Verse. 3 Thou hast set a crown,
O Lord, of precious stones.
Answer. Upon his head.

In the Simple Office for many Martyrs,
(out of Paschal time).

Verse. 4 Let the righteous re-
joice before God.

Anszver. Yea, let them exceed-
ingly rejoice.

In the Simple Office for a Bishop and
Confessor.

Verse. 5 The Lord chose him for
a priest unto Himself.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
Answer. To offer up unto Him
the sacrifice of praise.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

In the Simple Office for a Confessor
not a Bishop.

Verse. 6 The mouth of the right-
eous shall speak wisdom.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

Answer. And his tongue talk of
judgment.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

xvn. 3.
xlv. 16.

3 Ps. xx. 3.
6 Ps. xxxvi. 30.

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151

For one Holy Woman, of whatever
kind.

Verse. x God shall give her the
help of His countenance.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

Answer. God is in the midst of
her, she shall not be moved.

[In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]

The others, as well as what follows,
to the end of the Service, are taken from
the Second Noctum of the Office common
to Saints of the class, unless something
special be appointed. The Lessons are
arranged according to the rules in Chap-
ter xxvi. 4 of the general Rubrics.
The Hymn, " We praise Thee, O God,"
is said at the end, instead of a Third
Responsory. The Responsories are ar-
ranged according to the rules in Chapter
xx vi i . 4 of the General Rubrics. Thus : —

The Lords Prayer is said:

Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.

Answer. But deliver us from ln g
evil.

Then this Absolution :

MAY His loving kindness and
mercy help us, Who liveth
and reigneth with the Father, and
the Holy Ghost, world without end.
Answer. Amen.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
Scripture.

God the Father, the Almighty,
Show on us His grace and mercy.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
Homily.

May the Gospel's saving Lord
Bless the reading of His Word.
Answer. Amen.

First Blessing on a Simple Feast.

May His blessing be upon us,
Who doth live and reign for ever.
Answer. Amen.

Then the First Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the First Responsory of
the preceding Sunday. On a Simple
Feast, it is the First Responsory in the
Common Office for the class to which
the Saint belongs.

Then the Reader says :
Sir, be pleased to give the bless-

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.

May Christ to all His people give
For ever in His sight to live.
Answer. Amen.

Second Blessing, if the Lesson be from
an Homily. *

God's most mighty strength alway
Be His people's staff and stay.
Answer. Amen.

1 Ps. xlv. 5, (Alexandrian version).

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THE PSALTER.

Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.

He {or She or They) whose feast-
day we are keeping
Plead for us before the Lord.
Answer. Amen.

Then the Second Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the Second Responsory
of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal
time there is added to it :

Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.

And the Answer of the Responsory is
repeated again.

On a Simple Feast the Second Re-
sponsory in the Common Office for the
class to which the Saint belongs, with the
addition of " Glory be to the Father,"
&*c, and the repetition of the Answer.

Then the Reader says :

Sir, be pleased to give the bless-
ing.

Third Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.

May the Spirit's fire divine
In our inmost being shine.
Answer. Amen.

Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or
if the Lesson be from an Homily.

May He that is the Angels' King
To that high realm His people bring.
Answer. Amen.

Then is read the Third Lesson either
from Scripture, or of the Homily, or,
on Simple Feasts, the Second or only
Lesson of the Saint.

Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
day in Paschal time is said the Hymn,
" We praise Thee, O God." But on
week-days kept as such out of Paschal
time the Third Responsory of the pre-
ceding Sunday.

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THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.

All as on Sunday, except as other-
wise given here.

The Psalms are as follows :
Antiphon. Uphold mine heart.

Psalm L.

Have mercy upon me, &c., {p.
87).

Antiphon. Uphold mine heart
with Thy free spirit, O God.

Second Antiphon. In Thy faith-
fulness.

Psalm CXLII.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," and
the Vulgate and the LXX. add, " when
he was being persecuted by Absolom his
son."]

EAR my prayer, O Lord,
give ear to my supplication
in Thy faithfulness : * answer me,
in Thy righteousness.

And enter not into judgment
with Thy servant : * for in Thy
sight shall no man living be jus-
tified.

For the enemy hath persecuted
my soul : * he hath smitten my
life down to the ground :

He hath made me to dwell in
darkness, as those that have been

long dead. * Therefore is my
spirit overwhelmed within me : mine
heart within me is troubled.

I remember the days of old :
I meditate on all thy works : *
I muse on the works of Thine
hands.

I stretch forth mine hands unto
Thee : * my soul [thirsteth] after
Thee, as a thirsty land. 1

Hear me speedily, O Lord : *
my spirit faileth :

Hide not Thy face from me, *
lest I be like unto them that go
down into the pit.

Cause me to hear Thy loving-
kindness in the morning : * for
in Thee do I trust :

Cause me to know the way
wherein I should walk : * for I
lift up my soul unto Thee.

Deliver me, O Lord, from
mine enemies : I flee unto Thee
to hide me. * Teach me to do
Thy will : for Thou art my God.

Let Thy good Spirit lead me
into the land of uprightness. *
For Thy name's sake, O Lord,
Thou shalt quicken me in Thy
righteousness.

Thou shalt bring my soul out
of trouble : * and of Thy mercy
cut off mine enemies,

SLH.

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THE PSALTER.

And destroy all them that af-
flict my soul : * for I am Thy
servant.

Antiphon. In Thy faithfulness,
answer me, Lord.

Third Antiphon. Lord.

Psalms LXII., LXVI.

O God, Thou art my God, &c,
{P- 23)-

Antiphon. O Lord, cause Thy
face to shine upon us.

Fourth Antiphon. O Lord, I
have heard.

If this Antiphon be used the Can-
ticle begins with the words, " Thy
speech."

The Song of Habakkuk the
Prophet. (Hab. iii.)

[Intituled "A prayer of Habakkuk the
Prophet " with a direction, perhaps musi-
cal.]

OLORD, I have heard tell of
Thee : * and was afraid :

O Lord, revive Thy work * in
the midst of the years j

In the midst of the years shalt
Thou make it known : * in wrath,
Thou wilt remember mercy.

God shall come from " the
South," * and the Holy One
from Mount Paran. 1

His glory covered the heavens,

* and the earth was full of His
praise.

His brightness was as the light :

* He had horns 2 coming out of
His hand :

There was the hiding of His
power. * Before Him went death.

And the destroyer went forth
at His feet. * He stood and mea-
sured the earth :

He beheld, and drove asunder
the nations : * and the everlast-
ing mountains were crushed :

The everlasting hills did bow : *
because the Eternal passed by. 3

I saw the tents of Ethiopia in
affliction : * the curtains of the
land of Midian did tremble. 4

Wast Thou displeased against
the rivers, O Lord? * was Thine
anger against the rivers ? Thy
wrath against the sea?

That Thou didst ride upon
Thine horses, * and Thy chariots
were salvation ?

Thou didst seize and draw Thy
bow, * according to the oaths that
Thou utteredst unto the tribes. 6

Thou didst cleave the rivers of
the earth : the mountains saw Thee
and they trembled : * the overflow-
ing of the water passed by :

The deep uttered his voice : *
he lifted up his hands on high.

The sun and moon stood still

1 SLH. "The South" is, in the original, "Teman," the name of a country and nation
eastward of Idume ; a, but used for the south generally. Paran, or Pharan, is an uncultured
and mountainous region, lying between Arabia Petrcea, Palestine, and Idumea. The pas-
sage is an imitation of the words of Moses when blessing the tribes. Deut. xxxiii. 2. "The
Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; He stirred forth from Mount
Paran, and He came with ten thousands of Saints : from His right hand went a fiery law
for them."

2 Gesenius says " • Horns' is here used of flashes of lightning, just as the Arabian poets
compare the first beams of the rising sun to horns, and call the sun itself a gazelle."

3 The present Hebrew simply is '''The ways are everlasting to Him."

* Proper name of an Arabian nation whose territory lay from the eastern shore of the
/^Elanitic Gulf as far as the land of Moab. " SLH.

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155

in their habitation : * at the light
of Thine arrows they went forth, at
the shining of Thy glittering spear.

Thou didst tread down the
land in indignation : * Thou didst
thresh the heathen in anger.

Thou wentest forth for the sal-
vation of Thy people, * even for
salvation with Thine Anointed. 1

Thou didst smite the head of
the house of the wicked : 2 * Thou
didst lay bare the foundation unto
the neck. 3

Thou didst curse his sceptre,
even the head of his fighting men,

* when they came out as a whirl-
wind to scatter me :

Their rejoicing was as the re-
joicing of him * that devoureth
the poor secretly.

Thou didst make a way in the
sea for Thine horses, * through
the mire of great waters.

I heard, and my belly trembled :

* my lips quivered at the voice :
Let rottenness enter into my

bones, * and corruption swarm
under me :

That I may rest in the day of
trouble : * that I may go up unto
our people that are girded. 4

Although the fig-tree shall not
blossom, * neither shall fruit be
in the vines :

The labour of the olive shall
fail, * and the fields shall yield
no meat :

The flock shall be cut off from
the fold, * and there shall be no
herd in the stalls :

Yet will I rejoice in the Lord :

* I will joy in the God of my
salvation. 5

The Lord God is my strength :

* and He will make my feet like
hinds' feet :

And He will lead me forth, to
make me to walk upon mine high
places, * as a conqueror, to sing
praises unto Him. 6

Antiphon. O Lord, I have heard
Thy speech, and was afraid.
Fifth Atitiphon. Praise God.

Psalms CXLVIIL, CXLIX., CL.

Praise ye the Lord, from the
heavens, &c, (pp. 25, 26).

Antiphon. Praise God with the
timbrel and dance.

Chapter. (Rom. xiii. 12.)

The night is far spent, &c, (as on
Monday, p. 89).

Hymn. 7

GLORY of the eternal Heaven,
Blessed Hope to mortals given,
Of the Almighty Only Son,
And the Virgin's Holy One ;
Raise us, Lord, and we shall rise

In a sober mood,
And a zeal which glorifies
Thee from gratitude.

Now the day-star keenly glancing,
Tells us of the sun's advancing ;
While the unhealthy shades decline,
Rise within us, Light Divine !

1 Moses ? " Pharaoh ?

3 SLH. Some critics read " of the rock " instead of " unto the neck."

4 Accinctum. The Latin translator probably meant " girt," as the dead were girt, cf.
John xi. 44. s Jesu Meo. So the Hebrew.

6 This last clause seems to be only a musical direction, which has got confounded with
the text. Some translate it : " Given to the leader of the string band."

7 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered ; translation by the late Card. Newman.

i 5 6

THE PSALTER.

Rise, and, risen, go not hence,

Stay and make us bright,
Streaming through each cleansed
sense,

On the outward night.

Then the root of faith shall spread
In the heart new fashioned ;
Gladsome hope shall spring above,
And shall bear the fruit of love.
To the Father, and the Son,

And the Holy Ghost,
Here be glory, as is done,

By the Angelic host.

Amen.

Verse. Thou hast satisfied us
early with Thy mercy.

Answer. We rejoice and are
glad.

Antiphon for the Song of Zach-
arias. Through the tender mercy
of our God * the day-spring from on
high hath visited us.

Commemoration of the Cross before
the other Commemorations, and Long
Preces in Advent and Lent, and on
Fast- days, as on Monday.

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THE SABBATH.

All as on Sunday, except as other-
wise given here.

Invitatory. O come, let us wor-
ship * the Lord our God.

Hymn. 1

'ATHER of mercies infinite,
Ruling all things that be,
fho, shrouded in the depth and height,
Art One, and yet art Three ;

accept our chants, accept our tears,

A mingled stream we pour ;
Such stream the laden bosom cheers,
To taste Thy sweetness more.

Purge Thou with fire the o'ercharged
mind,

Its sores and wounds profound ;
And with the watcher's girdle bind

The limbs which sloth has bound.

That they who with their chants by
night

Before Thy presence come,
All may be fill'd with strength and light

From their eternal home.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,

And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all worship shall be done

In every time and place.

Amen.

Only one Nocturn is said.
Antiphon. For the Lord.

In Paschal time only one Antiphon is
said for the whole Nocturn. Alleluia.

Psalm XCVII.

[Intituled " A Psalm." The Vulgate and
the LXX. ascribe it to David.]

f~~\ SING unto the Lord a new
^S song : * for He hath done
marvellous things.

His right hand, and His holy arm,

* have gotten Him the victory.
The Lord hath made known His

salvation : * His righteousness hath
He openly showed in the sight of
the heathen.

He hath remembered His mercy,

* and His truth towards the house
of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have
seen * the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all the earth, * make a
loud noise and rejoice, and sing
praise.

Sing unto the Lord with the
harp, with the harp and the voice
of a psalm. * With trumpets and
sound of cornet,

Make a joyful noise before the
Lord, the King. * Let the sea
roar, and the fulness thereof, the
world and they that dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands,
let the hills be joyful together be-

1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered ; translation by the late
Card. Newman.

153

THE PSALTER.

fore the Lord. * For He cometh
to judge the earth :

With righteousness shall He judge
the world, * and the people with
equity.

Psalm XCVIII.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
Psalm to David.]

'T^HE Lord reigneth, be the
*- people never so impatient : *
He sitteth upon the Cherubim, be
the earth never so unquiet.

The Lord is great in Zion : *
and He is high above all people.

Let them praise Thy great and
terrible Name, for it . is holy : *
and the King's majesty loveth judg-
ment.

Thou dost establish equity : *
Thou executest judgment and right-
eousness in Jacob.

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and
worship at His footstool : * for it
is holy.

Moses and Aaron among His
priests, * and Samuel among them
that call upon His name.

They called upon the Lord, and
He answered them. * He spake
unto them in the cloudy pillar :

They kept His testimonies, *
and the ordinance that He gave
them.

Thou answeredst them, O Lord
our God ! * O God, Thou forgav-
est them, though Thou tookest
vengeance of their inventions.

Exalt the Lord our God and
worship at His holy hill : * for the
Lord our God is Holy.

Antiphon. * For the Lord hath
done marvellous things.

When the following Psalm, "Make
a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands,"
is to be said at Lauds (as would be the
case, for instance, if Christmas Eve fell
on a Saturday) it is not said here, nor
its Antiphon. But instead is said Psalm
xci., " It is a good thing to give thanks
unto the LORD," from the Saturday
Lauds which are to be displaced, with
the Antiphon, " It is a good thing * to
give thanks unto the Lord," in which
case the Psalm begins with the words
" To give thanks unto the Lord."

Second Antiphon. Make a joyful
noise.

Jf this Antiphon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words, " Unto God, all
ye lands."

Psalm XCIX.

[Intituled "A Psalm of thanksgiving. "
The Targum has " A Psalm for the Sacrifice
ot thanksgiving. "]

A/f AKE a joyful noise unto God,
-^■*- all ye lands: * serve the
Lord with gladness.

Come before His presence, * with
singing.

Know ye that the Lord, He is
God: * it is He That hath made
us, and not we ourselves :

We are His people, and the
sheep of his pasture. * Enter into
His gates with thanksgiving, and
into His courts with praise : give
thanks unto Him,

Praise His Name. For the Lord
is good, His mercy is everlasting : *
and His truth endureth to all gen-
erations.

Psalm C.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David."]

WILL sing of mercy and judg-
A ment, * unto Thee, O Lord !
I will sing and behave myself

1 Ps. xcvii. I.

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159

wisely in a perfect way. * O when
wilt Thou come unto me ?

I walked within mine house, * in
the innocence of mine heart.

I set no wicked thing before mine
eyes : * I hate the work of them
that turn aside.

A froward heart cleaveth not
unto me : * the wicked person that
turned aside from me, I would not
know.

Whoso privily slandered his neigh-
bour, * him did I expose.

Him that had an high look and
a proud heart : * with him I will
not eat.

Mine eyes are upon the faithful
of the land, that they may dwell
with me : * he that walked in a
perfect way, he ministered unto
me.

He that doeth proud things shall
not dwell within mine house : * he
that speaketh wickedness was not
upright in my sight.

I will early destroy all the wicked
of the land : * that I may cut off
all wicked doers from the city of the
Lord.

Antiphon. x Make a joyful noise
unto God, all ye lands.
Third Antiphon. O God.

Psalm CI.

[Intituled "A Prayer of the afflicted,
when he is overwhelmed, and poureth
out his complaint before the Lord."]

T TEAR my prayer, O Lord, *
-*- ■*- and let my cry come unto
Thee.

Hide not Thy face from me : *
in the day when I am in trouble
incline Thine ear unto me.

1 Ps.

In the day when I call upon
Thee, * answer me speedily.

For my days are wasted away like
smoke : * and my bones are con-
sumed as a firebrand.

I am smitten like grass, and mine
heart is withered : * for I have
forgotten to eat my bread.

By reason of the voice of my
groaning * my bones cleave to my
flesh.

I am like a pelican of the wil-
derness : * I am like an owl in his
hole.

I watch, * and am as a sparrow
alone upon the house-top.

Mine enemies reproached me
all the day : * and they that
praised me are sworn together
against me.

For I have eaten ashes like bread,
* and mingled my drink with weep-
ing :

Because of thine indignation and
wrath : * for Thou hast lifted me up
and cast me down.

My days are like a shadow that
declineth : * and I am withered like
grass.

But Thou, O Lord, endurest for
ever, * and Thy remembrance unto
all generations.

Thou shalt arise and have mercy
upon Zion : * for the time to
favour her, yea, the set time, is
come.

For Thy servants take pleasure
in her stones : * and have pity on
her dust.

So the heathen shall fear Thy
name, O Lord, * and all the kings
of the earth Thy glory.

When the Lord shall build up
Zion, * He shall appear in His
glory.

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THE PSALTER.

He hath had regard unto the
prayer of the destitute, * and hath
not despised their supplication.

Let this be written for the gen-
eration to come : * and the people
which shall be created shall praise
the Lord.

For He hath looked down from
the height of His sanctuary : *
from heaven did the Lord behold
the earth :

To hear the groaning of the
prisoners, * to loose the children
of the slain.

To declare the name of the
Lord in Zion, * and His praise in
Jerusalem.

When the people are gathered
together, * and the kings, to serve
the Lord.

1 He answered him in the way
of his strength : * Show me the
shortness of my days.

Call me not away in the midst of
my days : * Thy years are unto all
generations.

Thou, Lord, in the beginning,
hast laid the foundation of the
earth : * and the heavens are the
works of Thine hands.

They shall perish, but Thou re-
mainest : * and they all shall wax
old as doth a garment :

And as a vesture shalt Thou
change them, and they shall be
changed : * but Thou art the
Same, and Thy years shall not
fail.

The children of Thy servants shall
continue : * and their seed shall be
established for ever.

Psalm CII.
[Intituled "of David."]

BLESS the Lord, O my soul : *
and all that is within me, bless
His holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, * and
forget not all His benefits.

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities :
* Who healeth all thy diseases.

Who redeemeth thy life from
destruction : * Who crowneth thee
with loving - kindness and tender
mercies.

Who satisfieth thy desire with
good things : * thy youth is re-
newed like the eagle's.

The Lord executeth mercy, * and
judgment for all that are oppressed.

He made known His ways unto
Moses, * His will unto the chil-
dren of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gra-
cious : * slow to anger, and plen-
teous in mercy.

He will not always chide : *
neither will He keep His anger for
ever.

He hath not dealt with us after
our sins : * nor rewarded us accord-
ing to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above
the earth, * so great is His mercy
toward them that fear Him.

As far as the east is from the
west, * so far hath He removed our
transgressions from us.

Like as a father pitieth his chil-
dren, so the Lord pitieth them that
fear Him. * For He knoweth our
frame ;

1 "He" may be taken for the "afflicted man" who has just given utterance to his
hopes of a brighter future. The Hebrew, (as now pointed,) reads : " He afflicted in the
way his (my) strength, he cut short my days." The Alexandrian translators, using an
unpointed text, took the opening word of the clause to mean " he answered " instead
of "he afflicted" as they might easily do, the letters being the same for either word.
The Hebrew text itself is not quite settled.

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161

He remembereth that we are
dust : * as for man, his days are as
grass, as a flower of the field so
shall he flourish.

For the wind passeth over it, and
it is gone, * and the place thereof
shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting * to everlasting
upon them that fear Him,

And His righteousness unto chil-
dren's children ; * to such as keep
His covenant,

And to those that remember His
commandments, * to do them.

The Lord hath prepared His
throne in heaven, * and His king-
dom shall rule over all.

Bless the Lord, all ye His
Angels, * that excel in strength,
that do His commandments, to
hearken unto the voice of His
word.

Bless ye the Lord, all ye His
hosts : * ye ministers of His that
do His pleasure.

Bless the Lord, all His works :
* in all places of His dominion ;
bless the Lord, O my soul !

Antiphon. 1 O God, let my cry
come unto Thee.

Fourth Antiphon. Bless the
Lord.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, " O my soul."

Psalm CIII.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
Psalm to David.]

"DLESS the Lord, O my soul : *
*-* O Lord my God, Thou art

very great !

Thou art clothed with honour and

1 Ps. ci. i.

VOL. IV.

majesty, * covering Thyself with
light as with a garment !

Who stretchest out the heavens
like a curtain, * Who coverest their
upper chambers with the waters !

Who makest the clouds Thy
chariot, * Who walkest upon the
wings of the wind !

Who makest Thine Angels spi-
rits : * and Thy ministers a flame
of fire ! 2

Who layest the foundations of the
earth ; * it shall not be removed for
ever !

Thou coveredst it with the deep
as with a garment, * the waters
stood above the mountains.

At Thy rebuke they fled : * at
the voice of Thy thunder they hasted
fearfully away.

The mountains go up, and the
valleys go down, * into the place
which Thou hast founded for them.

Thou hast set a bound, that
they may not pass over : * that
they turn not again to cover the
earth.

Who sendeth springs into the
valleys : * the waters run among
the hills.

All the beasts of the field drink
thereof: * the wild asses seek them
in their thirst.

By them build the fowls of the
heaven their habitation ; * they sing
among the rocks.

He watereth the hills from His
upper chambers : * the earth is
satisfied with the fruit of Thy
works.

He causeth the grass to grow for
the cattle, * and herb for the service
of men :

That Thou mayest bring forth
food out of the earth, * and wine

is this passage translated, Heb. i. 7.

1 62

THE PSALTER.

that maketh glad the heart of
man ;

Oil to make his face to shine, *
and bread to strengthen man's
heart.

The trees of the field are filled
[with sap], the cedars of Lebanon
also, which He hath planted : *
there the birds make their nests.

The stork's nest is the highest
among them : * the high hills are a
refuge for the wild goats, and the
rocks for the conies.

He hath appointed the moon for
seasons : * the sun knoweth his
going down.

Thou makest darkness, and it is
night : * wherein all the beasts of
the forest do come forth.

The young lions roar after their
prey, * and seek their meat from
GoA

The sun ariseth, and they gather
themselves together : * and lay
them down in their dens.

Man goeth forth unto his work,

* and to his labour, until the even-
ing.

O Lord, how manifold are Thy
works ! * in wisdom hast Thou
made them all : the earth is full of
Thy riches.

So is this great and wide sea :

* wherein are things creeping in-
numerable.

Both small and great beasts : *
there go the ships ;

There is that. Leviathan whom
Thou hast made to play with him :

* these all wait upon Thee, that
Thou mayest give them their meat
in due season.

That thou givest them, they
gather : * when Thou openest Thine
hand, they are all filled with good.

Thou hidest Thy face, they are
troubled : * Thou takest away their
breath, they die, and return to their
dust.

Thou sendest forth Thy spirit,
and they are created : * and Thou
renewest the face of the earth.

Let the glory of the Lord endure
for ever ! * the Lord shall rejoice in
His works.

He looketh on the earth and
maketh it to tremble : * He touch-
eth the mountains and they smoke.

I will sing unto the Lord as long
as I live : * I will sing praise to my
God while I have my being.

My meditation of Him shall be
sweet : * I will be glad in the
Lord.

Let the sinners be consumed out
of the earth, and let the wicked be
no more : * bless thou the Lord, O
my soul ! x

Psalm CIV.

[The first fifteen verses of this Psalm
are found in a slightly different edition in
I Par. (Chron.) xvi. as the first part of a
Psalm given by David to Asaph and his
brethren, on the day that the ark was
brought to Jerusalem. The rest is our
present Psalm xcv., which see with the
notes, p. 148. The Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix "Alleluia."]

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord,
and call upon His name : *
make known His deeds among the
heathen.

Sing unto Him, and sing psalms
unto Him : * talk ye of all His
wondrous works.

Glory ye in His holy name : *
let the heart of them rejoice that
seek the Lord.

Seek the Lord, and be strong :
* seek His face evermore.

1 "Alleluia" is here appended in the Hebrew.

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Remember His marvellous works
that He hath done: * His won-
ders and the judgments of his
mouth.

O ye seed of Abraham, His ser-
vant, * ye children of Jacob His
chosen !

He is the Lord our God : * His
judgments are in all the earth.

He hath remembered His cove-
nant for ever, * the word which
He commanded to a thousand gen-
erations —

[The covenant] that He made
with Abraham : * and His oath
unto Isaac.

And He confirmed the same
unto Jacob for a law, * and to
Israel for an everlasting covenant.

Saying : Unto thee will I give
the land of Canaan, * the lot of
your inheritance.

When they were but a few men
in number, * very few, and strangers
in it.

And they went from one nation
to another, * and from one king-
dom to another people.

He suffered no man to do them
wrong : * yea, He reproved kings
for their sakes.

Touch not Mine anointed, * and
do My prophets no harm. 1

Moreover He called for a famine
upon the land : * and brake the
whole staff of bread.

He sent a man before them : *
Joseph was sold for a servant :

Whose feet they hurt with fetters,
the iron entered into his soul. *
Until his word came,

The word of the Lord tried
him : * the king sent and loosed
him j even the ruler of the people,
and let him go free.

He made him lord of his house,

* and ruler of all his substance.

To instruct his princes at his
pleasure, * and teach his elders
wisdom.

Israel also came into Egypt, *
and Jacob sojourned in the land
of Ham.

And He increased His people
greatly : * and made them stronger
than their enemies.

He turned their heart to hate
His people, * and to deal subtilly
with his servants.

He sent Moses His servant, *
and Aaron whom He had chosen.

He showed signs among them,

* and wonders in the land of
Ham.

He sent darkness and made it
dark : * He made not His words,
of none effect.

He turned their waters into
blood, * and slew their fish.

Their land brought forth frogs, *
in the chambers of their kings'.

He spake, and there came divers
sorts of flies, * and lice in all their
coasts.

He gave them hail for rain, *
flaming fire in their land.

He smote their vines also and
their fig-trees, * and brake the trees
of their coasts.

He spake, and the locust came,
and the caterpillar, * without
number,

And ate up all the herb in their
land, * and devoured all the fruit
of their ground.

He smote also all the first-born
in their land, * the chief of all
their travail.

He brought them forth also with
silver and gold : * and there was

1 Here ends the portion found in 1 Par. (Chron.) xvi. 22.

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THE PSALTER.

not one feeble person among their
tribes.

Egypt was glad when they de-
parted : * for the fear of them fell
upon them.

He spread a cloud for a cover-
ing, * and fire to give light in the
night.

They asked, and the quail came,
* and He satisfied them with the
bread of heaven.

He opened the rock and the
waters gushed out, * the rivers
ran through the dry places.

For He remembered His holy
promise, * that He made unto
Abraham His servant.

And He brought forth His people
with joy, * and His chosen with
gladness.

And gave them the lands of the
heathen, * and they inherited the
labour of the peoples.

That they might observe His
statutes, * and keep His laws.

[Here the Hebrew adds "Alleluia."]

Antiphon. 1 Bless the Lord, O
my soul !

Fifth Antiphon. Visit us.

Psalm CV.
[Superscribed "Alleluia."]

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good : * for His
mercy endureth for ever.

Who can utter the mighty acts
of the Lord ? * who can show
forth all His praise?

Blessed are they that keep judg-
ment, * and they that do righteous-
ness at all times.

Remember us, O Lord, with

1 Ps.

the favour that Thou showest unto
Thy people : * O visit us with
Thy salvation :

That I may see the good of Thy
chosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of Thy people, * that
Thou mayest be praised in Thine
inheritance.

We have sinned with our fathers :

* we have done wickedly, we have
committed iniquity.

Our fathers considered not Thy
wonders in Egypt : * they remem-
bered not the multitude of Thy
mercies,

But provoked Him when they
went up unto the sea, * even the
Red Sea.

Nevertheless He saved them for
His name's sake, * that He might
make His mighty power to be
known.

He rebuked the Red Sea also,
and it was dried up : * and He
led them through the depths as
through the wilderness.

And He saved them from the
hand of them that hated them, *
and redeemed them from the hand
of the enemy.

And the waters covered their
enemies : * there was not one of
them left.

And they believed His words :

* and sang His praise.

They soon forgot His works : *
and waited not for His counsel.

And lusted exceedingly in the
wilderness : * and tempted God
in the desert.

And He gave them their request,

* and sent fulness into their soul.
They provoked Moses also in the

camp, * and Aaron, the saint of the
Lord.

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a calf also in
worshipped the

The earth opened and swallowed
up Dathan, * and covered the com-
pany of Abiram. 1

And a fire was kindled in their
assembly, * the flame burned up
the wicked.

2 They made
Horeb, * and
graven image.

Thus they changed their Glory *
into the similitude of a calf that
eateth grass.

They forgat God their Saviour,
* Who had done great things in
Egypt, wondrous works in the land
of Ham, terrible things by the Red
Sea.

Therefore He said that He would
cut them off, * had not Moses His
chosen stood before Him in the
breach,

To turn away His wrath, lest
He should destroy them : * yea,
they despised the pleasant land ;

They believed not His words :
but murmured in their tents : *
they hearkened not unto the voice
of the Lord.

He also lifted up His hand
against them, * to overthrow them
in the wilderness.

To overthrow their seed also
among the nations, * and to scat-
ter them in the lands.

They joined themselves also unto
Baal-peor, 3 * and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.

And they provoked Him to
anger with their inventions : * and
the carcasses lay thick among
them.

Then stood up Phinehas and
made a propitiation : * and the
plague was stayed.

And that was counted unto him
for righteousness, * unto all genera-
tions for evermore.

They angered Him also at the
waters of "Provocation," 4 * so
that it went ill with Moses for
their sakes ; because they provoked
his spirit ;

So that he spake unadvisedly with
his lips. 5 * They did not destroy
the nations concerning whom the
Lord commanded them : 6

And they were mingled among
the heathen, and learned their
works, and served their idols : *
and it became a snare to them.

Yea, they sacrificed their sons
* and their daughters unto devils.

1 Numbers xvi. They tried to stir up a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, upon
levelling principles, "and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up," while
some of their partizans were consumed by a fire which issued from the sanctuary.

2 For the well-known history of the golden calf, see Exod. xxxii.

3 I.e., "the Lord of Mount Peor," an idol of the Moabites. The whole history of this
lapse of the Israelites, and how Phinehas stopped the plague by killing one pair of
the transgressors, is in Numbers xxv. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying:
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, hath turned My wrath
away from the children of Israel. . . . Behold, I give unto him My covenant of
peace ; and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting
Priesthood."

4 Meribah. See note on Ps. xciv., p. 3.

5 Numbers xx. 10. "And Moses . . . said unto them: Hear now, ye rebels, must
we fetch you water out of this rock?" v. 12. "And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron : Because ye believed Me not, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children
of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have
given them."

6 In Judges i. 21 to the end, is a long list of the districts of idolaters whom they left in
Canaan and among whom they lived.

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THE PSALTER.

And shed innocent blood, * even
the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto
the idols of Chanaan :

And the land was polluted with
blood. They were defiled also
with their own works, * and went
a whoring with their own inven-
tions.

Therefore was the wrath of the
Lord kindled against His people,

* and He abhorred His own in-
heritance.

And He gave them into the hand
of the heathen : * and they that
hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies also oppressed
them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand. *
Many times did He deliver them,

But they provoked Him with
their counsel, * and they were
brought low for their iniquity.

But He regarded their affliction,

* and heard their cry.

And He remembered His cove-
nant, * and repented according to
the multitude of His mercies.

He made them also to be pitied

* of all those that carried them
captives.

Save us, O Lord our God, *
and gather us from among the
nations !

To give thanks unto Thy holy
Name, * and to triumph in Thy
praise.

Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel from everlasting to everlast-
ing : * and let all the people say :
Amen, Amen.

[The Hebrew adds "Alleluia," which
the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to
the next Psalm. Here ends the fourth
of the five books into which the Psalter
is divided.]

Psalm CVI.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good : * for His
mercy endureth for ever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord
say so, whom He hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy : *
and gathered them out of the
lands,

From the rising of the sun and
from the setting thereof, * from
the north and from the south.

They wandered in the wilderness
in a dry land : * they found no
pathway to a city to dwell in :

Hungry and thirsty, * their soul
fainted in them.

Then they cried unto the Lord
in their trouble ; * and He de-
livered them out of their distresses.

And He led them forth by the
right way, * that they might go
to a city to dwell in.

O that men would praise the
Lord for His goodness : * and for
His wonderful works to the children
of men !

For He satisfieth the longing
soul : * and filleth the hungry soul
with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness and in
the shadow of death, * being bound
in affliction and iron.

Because they rebelled against the
words of God, * and contemned the
counsel of the Most High.

Therefore their heart was brought
down with labour : * they fell down,
and there was none to help.

Then they cried unto the Lord
in their trouble : * and He de-
livered them out of their distresses.

And He brought them out of
darkness and the shadow of death :
* and brake their bands in sunder.

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O that men would praise the
Lord for His goodness : * and
for His wonderful works to the
children of men !

For He hath broken the gates
of brass, * and cut the bars of iron
in sunder.

He saved them from the way
of their transgression : * for they
were afflicted because of their in-
iquities.

Their soul abhorred all manner
of meat : * and they drew near even
unto the gates of death.

Then they cried unto the Lord
in their trouble : * and He de-
livered them out of their dis-
tresses.

He sent His word and healed
them, * and delivered them from
their straits.

O that men would praise the
Lord for His goodness : * and for
His wonderful works to the children
of men !

Yea, let them sacrifice the sacri-
fice of thanksgiving, * and declare
His works with rejoicing.

They that go down to the sea
in ships, * and do business in great
waters ;

These see the works of the Lord,

* and His wonders in the deep.

He commandeth, and the stormy
wind riseth, * and the waves thereof
are lifted up.

They mount up to the heaven,
and go down again to the depths :

* their soul is melted because of
trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger
like a drunken man, * and are at
their wits' end.

Then they cry unto the Lord
in their trouble, * and He delivereth
them out of their distresses.

And He maketh the storm a
calm, * and the waves thereof are
still.

And they are glad because [the
breakers] be quiet : * so He
bringeth them unto their desired
haven.

O that men would praise the
Lord for His goodness : * and for
His wonderful works to the children
of men !

Let them exalt Him also in the
congregation of the people, * and
praise Him in the assembly of the
elders.

He turneth the rivers into a
wilderness, * and the water-springs
into dry ground ;

A fruitful land into a salt desert,
* for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.

He turneth the wilderness into a
standing-water, * and dry ground
into water-springs.

And there He maketh the hungry
to abide, * and they prepare a city
to dwell in :

And sow the fields, and plant
vineyards, * and bring forth fruits
of increase.

He blesseth them also, and they
are multiplied greatly : * and He
suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Again they are minished, * and
brought low, through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.

He poureth contempt upon prin-
ces, * and He causeth them to
wander in the wilderness, and in
the land where there is no way.

Yet helpeth He the poor from
affliction, * and maketh him fami-
lies like a flock.

The righteous shall see it and
rejoice : * and all iniquity shall stop
her mouth.

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THE PSALTER.

Who is wise, and will observe
these things? * even he shall un-
derstand the loving-kindness of the
Lord.

Antiphon. x Visit us with Thy
salvation, O Lord.

Sixth Antiphon. I will greatly
praise.

Psalm CVII.

[Intituled "A Song. A Psalm of David."
It is a compilation of Ps. lvi. 8-12, and
Ps. lix. 6-14.]

A/TINE heart is ready, O God,
±y*~ mine heart is ready : * I
will sing and give praise, even with
my glory.

Awake up, my glory, awake,
psaltery and harp ! * I will awake
right early.

I will praise Thee, O Lord,
among the people : * and sing unto
Thee among the nations.

For Thy mercy is great above the
heavens : * and Thy truth unto the
clouds.

Be Thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens, and let Thy
glory be above all the earth : *
2 that Thy beloved may be de-
livered :

Save with Thy right hand and
hear me. * God hath spoken in
His holiness :

I will rejoice, and divide She-
chem, * and mete out the valley of
booths.

Gilead is mine ; and Manasseh
is mine : * Ephraim also is the
strength of mine head :

Judah is my King : * Moab is
the vessel [of the triumph] of mine
hope.

Over Edom will I cast out my
shoe : * over the " Strangers " have
I triumphed.

Who will bring me into the strong
city? * who will lead me into
Edom?

Wilt not Thou, O God, Who
hast cast us off? * and wilt not
Thou go forth with our armies,
O God?

Give us help from trouble : * for
vain is the help of man.

Through God we shall do val-
iantly : * and He it is That shall
tread down our enemies.

Psalm CVII I.

[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with a
superscription, probably musical, but now
uncertain.]

HOLD not Thy peace, O God
of my praise : * for the
mouth of the wicked, and the
mouth of the deceitful are opened
against me :

They have spoken against . me
with a lying tongue : they com-
passed me about also with words of
hatred : * and fought against me
without a cause.

In return for my love they were
mine adversaries : * but I gave
myself unto prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil
for good, * and hatred for my love.

Set Thou a wicked man over
him : * and let the devil stand at
his right hand.

When he is judged, let him go
forth condemned : * and let his
prayer become sin.

Let his days be few ; * and let
another take his office.

1 Ps. cv. 4.

2 Here begins the extract from Ps. lix. See that Psalm and notes on it, p. 1 12.

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Let his children be fatherless, *
and his wife a widow.

Let his children be continually
vagabonds, and beg : * and let
them be driven out of their dwell-
ings.

Let the extortioner catch all that
he hath : * and let the stranger spoil
his labour.

Let there be none to extend
mercy unto him : * and let there
be none to have pity on his little
ones.

Let his posterity be cut off: * in
one generation let their name be
blotted out.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be
remembered before the Lord : *
and let not the sin of his mother be
blotted out.

Let them be before the Lord
continually, and let their memory
be cut off from the earth. * Be-
cause that he remembered not to
show mercy,

But persecuted the poor and
needy man, * and the broken in
heart, that he might slay him.

As he loved cursing, so let it
come unto him : * as he delighted
not in blessing, so let it be far
from him :

As he clothed himself with curs-
ing, like as with a garment, * so
let it come into his bowels like
water, and like oil into his bones.

Let it be unto him as the gar-
ment which covereth him, * and
for a girdle wherewith he may be
girded continually.

Let this be the reward of mine
adversaries from the Lord : * and
of them that speak evil against my
soul.

And do Thou for me, O Lord,

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VOL. IV.

for Thy name's sake, O Lord, *
because Thy mercy is good.

Deliver Thou me, for I am
poor and needy : * and mine heart
is wounded within me.

I am gone like the shadow when
it declineth : * and tossed up and
down as the locust.

My knees are weak through
fasting : * and my flesh faileth
of fatness.

I became also a reproach unto
them : * they looked upon me,
and shaked their heads.

Help me, O Lord my God ! *
O save me according to Thy
mercy.

That they also may know that
this is Thine hand : * and Thou,
Lord, hast done it !

Let them curse, but bless Thou :
* when they arise against me let
them be ashamed : but let Thy
servant rejoice.

Let mine adversaries be clothed
with shame : * and let them be
covered with their own confusion
as with a mantle.

I will greatly praise the Lord
with my mouth : * yea, I will
praise Him among the multitude.

For He standeth at the right
hand of the poor, * to save my
soul from them that persecute me.

A ntiphon. x I will greatly praise
the Lord with my mouth.

Antiphon in Paschal time. Al-
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent.

Verse. The Lord cometh out of
His holy place.

cviu. 30.

F 2

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THE PSALTER.

Answer. He will come and save
His people.

During the rest of the year.

Verse. l Hear my prayer, O
Lord.

Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

In Lent.

Verse. .His truth shall be thy
shield.

Answer. Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night.

In Passion time.

Verse. Take not away my soul
with sinners, O God.

Answer. Nor my life with bloody
men.

In Paschal time.

Verse. The disciples were glad,
Alleluia.

Answer. When they saw the Lord,
Alleluia.

No Festal Office can occur, except
that of the Immaculate Conception of
the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Ps. ci. 2.

i7i

iatttrbaj) at Sauite.

THE SABBATH.

All as on Sunday, except as otherwise
given here.

The Psalms are as follows :
Antiphon. Do good.

Psalm L.

Have mercy upon me, &c, (/.
87).

Antiphon. Do good, O Lord, in
Thy good pleasure.

Second Antiphon. It is a good
thing.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, "To give
thanks."

Psalm XCI.

[Intituled "A Psalm. A Song for the
Sabbath Day."]

T T is a good thing to give thanks
-*- unto the Lord, * and to sing
praises unto Thy name, O Most
High!

To show forth Thy loving-kind-
ness in the morning, * and Thy
faithfulness in the night ;

Upon an instrument of ten
strings : * upon the harp with a
solemn sound.

For Thou, Lord, hast made me

glad through Thy work : * and I
will triumph in the works of Thine
hands.

O Lord, how great are Thy
works ! * Thy thoughts are very
deep.

A brutish man knoweth not : *
neither doth a fool understand this.

When the wicked spring up like
grass : * and when all the workers
of iniquity are seen,

It is that they may be destroyed
for ever : * but Thou, Lord, art
Most High for evermore.

For, lo, Thine enemies, O Lord,
for, lo, Thine enemies shall perish :
* and all the workers of iniquity
shall be scattered.

But mine horn shall be exalted
like the horn of an unicorn : * and
mine old age shall be crowned with
Thy mercy. 1

Mine eye also shall look upon
mine enemies : * and mine ear shall
hear of the wicked that rise up
against me.

The righteous shall flourish like
the palm tree : * he shall grow like
a cedar in Lebanon.

Those that are planted in the
house of the Lord, * in the courts
of the house of our God shall
flourish.

1 Hebrew : " I am anointed with fresh oil."

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THE PSALTEK.

They shall still bring forth fruit
in old age : * they shall flourish,
to declare : —

That the Lord our God is up-
right : * and that there is no un-
righteousness in Him.

Antiphon. It is a good thing to
give thanks unto the Lord.

Third Antiphon. Let all the
ends.

Psalms LXII., LXVI.

O God, Thou art my God, &c.,
(A 23)-

Antiphon. Let all the ends of
the earth fear the Lord.

Fourth Antiphon. Ascribe ye
greatness.

The Song of Moses. (Deut. xxxii.)

[Deut. xxxi. 28: "Gather unto me,"
(said Moses) "all the elders of your tribes,
and your officers, that I may speak these
words in their ears, and call heaven and
earth to record against them. For I know
that after my death ye will utterly corrupt
yourselves and turn aside from the way
which I have commanded you ; and evil
will befall you in the latter days ; because
ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to
provoke Him to anger through the work of
your hands. And Moses spake in the ears
of all the congregation of Israel the words
of this song, until they were ended : — "]

GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I
will speak ; * and hear, O
earth, the words of my mouth.

My teaching shall drop as the
rain, * my speech shall distil as the
dew ;

As the small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers
upon the grass : * because I will
proclaim the name of the Lord.

Ascribe ye greatness unto our
God. * The works of God are

perfect : and all His ways are judg-
ment :

A God of truth, and without
iniquity, just and right is He. *
They have sinned against Him,
and by their defilement they are
not His children :

They are a perverse and crooked
generation. * Do ye thus requite
the Lord, O foolish people and
unwise ?

Is not He thy Father? * That
hath bought thee, and made thee,
and created thee ?

Remember the days of old, *
consider generation after genera-
tion :

Ask thy father, and he will show
thee — * thine elders, and they will
tell thee.

When the Most High divided
the nations, * when He separated
the sons of Adam,

He set the bounds of the people

* according to the number of the
children of Israel.

For the Lord's portion is His
people : * Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance.

He found him in a desert land,

* in the waste and howling wilder-
ness :

He led him about and instructed
him, * and kept him as the apple
of His eye.

As the eagle that stirreth up her
young to fly, * and fluttereth over
them,

So spread He abroad His wings,
and took him, * and bore him on
His pinions ;

The Lord alone did lead him,

* and there was no strange god
with him.

He made him ride upon the
high places of the earth, * that

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he might eat the increase of the
fields :

And He made him to suck
honey out of the rock, * and oil
out of the flinty rock :

Butter of kine, and milk of
sheep, * with fat of lambs and
rams of the breed of Bashan :

And goats, with the fat of wheat,

* and to drink the pure blood of
the grape.

The " Beloved " 1 waxed fat, and
kicked : * he was waxen fat, he
was grown plump, he was covered
with fatness :

He forsook God That made him,

* and departed from the God of
his salvation.

They provoked Him to jealousy
with strange gods, * and with
abominations provoked they Him
to anger.

They sacrificed unto devils, and
to things that were no gods, * to
gods whom they knew not,

New gods that came newly up,

* whom their fathers feared not.
The God That begat thee hast

thou forsaken, * and hast forgotten
God That formed thee.

When the Lord saw it, He was
roused to anger, * because of the
provoking of His sons and of His
daughters.

And He said : I will hide My
face from them, * and see what
their end shall be :

For they are a very froward
generation, * children in whom is
no faith.

They have moved Me to jealousy
with that which is not God, * and
provoked Me to anger with their
vanities :

And I will move them to jealousy
with those who are not a people,

* and provoke them to anger with
a foolish nation.

A fire is kindled in Mine anger,

* and shall burn unto the lowest
hell,

And shall consume the earth with
her increase, * and set on fire the
foundations of the mountains.

I will heap mischiefs upon them,

* and will spend Mine arrows upon
them.

They shall be wasted with hun-
ger, * and the birds of the air
shall prey on them with a very
grievous devouring :

I will send the teeth of beasts
upon them, * with the poison of
serpents creeping in the dust.

The sword without and terror
within shall destroy * both the
young man and the virgin, the
suckling with the man of grey
hairs.

I said : Where are they ? * I
will make the remembrance of
them to cease among men :

But I forbore because of the
wrath of the enemy, * lest their
adversaries should triumph,

And lest they should say : Our
high hand, and not the Lord, *
hath done all this.

They are a nation void of coun-
sel, neither is there any under-
standing in them. * O that they
were wise, and that they understood
this, and would consider their latter
end !

How should one chase a thou-
sand, * and two put ten thousand
to flight !

Except their God had sold them,

1 Jeshurun — but that this pet-name of the Israelite people means "Beloved" is not
now reckoned certain.

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THE PSALTER.

* and the Lord had delivered them
up !

For their gods are not as our
God, * even our enemies them-
selves being judges.

Their vine is of the vine of
Sodom, * and of the fields of Go-
morrah :

Their grapes are grapes of gall,

* and their clusters are bitter :
Their wine is the poison of

dragons, * and the cruel venom of
asps.

Is not this laid up in store with
Me, * and sealed up among My
treasures ?

To Me belongeth vengeance,
and I will repay in due time, * to
make their foot to slide.

The day of their calamity is at
hand, * and the things that shall
come upon them make haste.

The Lord shall judge His people,

* and take pity on His servants,
When He seeth that their hand

is weakened, * and there is none
shut up and left, and that they
that remained are consumed.

And He shall say : Where are
their gods, * in whom they trusted ?

Of whose sacrifices they did eat
the fat, * and drank the wine of
their drink-offerings ?

Let them rise up, and help you,

* and be your protection in the
time of need.

See now that I, even I, am
He, * and there is no god with
Me:

I kill, and I make alive : I wound
and I heal : * neither is there any
that can deliver out of Mine hand.

I will lift up Mine hand to
heaven, and say : * I live for ever.

1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered ; translation by the late Card.
Newman.

If I whet My glittering sword,
* and Mine hand take hold on
judgment ;

I will render vengeance to Mine
enemies, * and will requite them
that hate Me.

I will make Mine arrows drunk
with blood, * and My sword shall
devour flesh ;

With the blood of the slain * and
of the captives, and of the despoiled
chief of the enemy.

Rejoice with His people, ye
nations : * for He will avenge the
blood of His servants,

And will render vengeance to
their adversaries, * and will be
merciful unto the land of His
people.

Antiphon. Ascribe ye greatness
unto our God.

Fifth Antiphon. Praise God.

Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.

Praise ye the Lord from the
heavens, &c, {pp. 25, 26).

Antiphon. Praise God upon the
loud cymbals.

Chapter. (Rom. xiii. 12.)

The night is far spent, &c, (as
on Monday, p. 89).

Hymn. 1

T , HE dawn is sprinkled o'er the sky,
■•■ The day steals softly on ;
Its darts are scattered far and nigh,
And all that fraudful is, shall fly

Before the brightening sun ;
Spectres of ill, that stalk at will,

And forms of guilt that fright,
And hideous sin, that ventures in

Under the cloak of night.

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And of our crimes the tale complete,

Which bows us in Thy sight,
Up to the latest, they shall Meet,
Out-told by our full numbers sweet,

And melted by the light.
To Father, Son, and Spirit, One,

Whom we adore and love,
Be given all praise, now and always,

Here as in Heaven above.

Amen.

Verse. Thou hast satisfied 1
early with Thy mercy.

Answer. We rejoice and are glad.

Antiphon for the Song of Zacha-
rias. Give light, O Lord, * unto
them that sit in darkness, and guide
our feet into the way of peace, O
Thou God of Israel !

Commemoration of the Cross before
the others, and Long Preces in Ad-
vent and Lent, and on Fast-days,
except the Eves of Christmas and
Pentecost.

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VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. 1

SunTJajL

The Lord's Day.

At the beginning of Vespers the
Lord's Prayer and the Angelic Salu-
tation are said inaudibly.

OUR Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as
we forgive them that trespass against
us. And lead us not into tempta-
tion ; but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

HAIL, Mary, full of grace; The
Lord is with thee : blessed
art thou among women, and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at the hour
of our death. Amen.

Then is said aloud:

Verse. *%* Make haste, O God,
to deliver me.

Answer. Make haste to help
me, O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. mies.

1 The proper hour for Vespers is sunset, reckoned to be about 6 p.m.
recitation, they ought not usually to be begun before noon.

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.

From Septuagesima Sunday to
Maundy Thursday instead of "Alle-
luia" is said:

Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
O Eternal King of heaven.

Then follow the Psalms. They are
said under Five Antiphons, except in
Paschal time when there is only one,
and when these are not specially given,
those given here are used.

Antiphon. The Lord said.

If this A?itiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words " Unto my
Lord."

Antiphon for Paschal time. Al-
leluia.

Psalm CIX.

[Intituled " A Psalm of David." The
first verse was quoted by our Lord. — Matth.
xxii. 44 ; Mark xii. 36 ; Luke xx. 42.]

THE Lord said unto my Lord :
* Sit Thou at My right hand,
Until I make Thine enemies *
Thy footstool.

The Lord shall send the rod of
Thy strength out of Zion : * rule
Thou in the midst of Thine ene-

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Thine shall be the dominion in
the day of Thy power, amid the
brightness of the saints : * from the
womb, before the day-star have I
begotten Thee.

The Lord hath sworn, and will
not repent : * Thou art a Priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedek.

The Lord at Thy right hand *
shall strike through kings in the
day of His wrath.

He shall judge among the hea-
then, He shall fill the places with
dead bodies : * He shall wound the
heads over many countries.

He shall drink of the brook in
the way : * therefore shall he lift
up his head.

Antiphon. The Lord said unto
my Lord : * Sit Thou at My right
hand.

Second Antiphon. All His com-
mandments.

covenant. * He will show His
people the power of His works,

That He may give them the
heritage of the heathen. * The
works of His hands are verity and
judgment :

All His commandments are sure ;
they stand fast for ever and ever, *
being done in truth and uprightness.

He sent redemption unto His
people : He hath commanded His
covenant for ever :

Holy and terrible is His Name.

* The fear of the Lord is the be-
ginning of wisdom :

A good understanding have all
they that do His commandments :

* His praise endureth for ever.

Antiphon. 1 All His command-
ments are sure ; they stand fast for
ever and ever.

Third Antiphon. In His com-
mandments.

Psalm CX.

[The Hebrew prefixes "Alleluia," and
begins, " I will praise the Lord." The
Psalm is A B C Darian.]

WILL praise Thee, O Lord,
■*- with my whole heart : * in the
assembly of the upright, and in the
congregation.

The works of the Lord are great,

* meet to serve for the doing of
His will.

His work is honourable and glo-
rious, * and His righteousness en-
dureth for ever.

He hath made a memorial of
His wonderful works : the Lord
is gracious and full of compassion.

* He hath given meat unto them
that fear Him :

He will ever be mindful of His

Psalm CXI.

[The Hebrew prefixes "Alleluia." The
Vulgate adds to the superscription "on the
return of Haggai and Zechariah [from the
Captivity]." See Thursday, fifth week in
November. The Psalm isABC Darian.]

BLESSED is the man that fear-
eth the Lord : * that de-
lighteth greatly in His command-
ments.

His seed shall be mighty upon
earth 3 * the generation of the up-
right shall be blessed.

Glory and riches shall be in his
house : * and his righteousness en-
dureth for ever.

Unto the upright there ariseth
light in the darkness : * he is
gracious, and full of compassion,
and righteous.

1 Ps. ex. 8.

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THE PSALTER.

Happy is the man that showeth
favour and lendeth ; he will guide
his words with discretion : * surely
he shall not be moved for ever :

The righteous shall be in ever-
lasting remembrance. * He shall
not be afraid of evil tidings :

His heart is ready, trusting in the
Lord. His heart is established, *
he shall not be afraid until he see
his desire upon his enemies.

He hath dispersed, he hath given
to the poor : his righteousness en-
dureth for ever : * his horn shall
be exalted with honour.

The wicked shall see it, and be
grieved ; he shall gnash his teeth,
and melt away : * the desire of
the wicked shall perish.

Antiphon. In His command-
ments he delighteth greatly.

Fourth Antiphon. Blessed be the
Name.

Psalm CXI I.
[The Hebrew prefixes "Alleluia."]

pRAISE the Lord, O ye His
J- servants, * praise the Name
of the Lord.

Blessed be the Name of the
Lord, * from this time forth, and
for evermore !

From the rising of the sun unto
the going down of the same, * the
Lord's Name is to be praised.

The Lord is high above all
nations, * and His glory above the
heavens.

Who is like unto the Lord our
God, Who dwelleth on high, *
and beholdeth what is lowly in
heaven, and in the earth ?

He raiseth up the poor out of

the dust, * and lifteth the needy
out of the dung-hill ;

That He may set him with
princes, * even with the princes
of His people.

He maketh the barren woman
to keep house, * and to be a joy-
ful mother of children.

[The Hebrew adds " Alleluia," which
the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to the
next Psalm.]

Antiphon. Blessed be the Name
of the Lord for evermore.

Fifth Antiphon. We that live.

Psalm CXI 1 1.

WHEN Israel went out of Egypt,
* the house of Jacob from
a people of strange language,

Judah was His sanctuary, * and
Israel His dominion.

The sea saw it and fled : * Jor-
dan was driven back.

The mountains skipped like rams,

* and the little hills like lambs.
What ailed thee, O thou sea,

that thou fleddest? * and thou
Jordan, that thou wast driven back ?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped
like rams? * and ye little hills,
like lambs?

The earth trembled at the pres-
ence of the Lord, * at the presence
of the God of Jacob :

Who turned the rock into a
standing water, * and the flint into
a fountain of waters. 1

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us :

* but unto Thy Name give glory,
For Thy mercy, and for Thy

truth's sake. * Wherefore should
the heathen say : Where is now
their God ?

1 In the Hebrew here ends Ps. cxiv. and the next words begin cxv.

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But our God is in the heavens :
* He hath done whatsoever He
hath pleased.

The idols of the heathen are
silver and gold, * the work of
men's hands.

They have mouths, but they
speak not : * eyes have they, but
they see not.

They have ears, but they hear
not : * noses have they, but they
smell not :

They have hands, but they handle
not : feet have they, but they walk
not : * neither speak they through
their throat.

May they that make them be
like unto them : * even every one
that trusteth in them.

The house of Israel trusteth
in the Lord : * He is their help
and their shield.

The house of Aaron trusteth in
the Lord : * He is their help and
their shield.

They that fear the Lord trust
in the Lord : * He is their help
and their shield.

The Lord hath been mindful of
us, * and blessed us :

He hath blessed the house of Is-
rael : * He hath blessed the house
of Aaron.

He hath blessed them that fear
the Lord, * both small and
great.

The Lord increase you more
and more, * you and your chil-
dren.

Ye are blessed of the Lord, *
Who made heaven and earth.

The heaven of heavens is the
Lord's : * but the earth hath He
given to the children of men.

The dead shall not praise Thee,
O Lord, * neither all they that go
down into the grave.

But we that live bless the Lord,
* from this time forth for evermore.

[The Hebrew adds "Alleluia."]

Antiphon. We that live bless the
Lord.

Antiphon for Paschal ti?ne. Alle-
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Here follows the Chapter. When a
special one is not given, the following is
used:

Chapter. (2 Cor. i. 3.)

BLESSED be God, even the
Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies, and
the God of all comfort, Who com-
forteth us in all our tribulation.
Answer. Thanks be to God.

This Answer is always made after
the Chapter.

Then follows the Hymn. When a
special one is not given, the following
is used:

Hymn. 1

"P ATHER of Lights, by Whom each
-^ day

Is kindled out of night,
Who, when the heavens were made,
didst lay
Their rudiments in light ;
Thou, Who didst bind and blend in one
The glistening morn and evening pale,
Hear Thou our plaint, when light is

gone,
And lawlessness and strife prevail.

Hear, lest the whelming weight of crime
Wreck us with life in view ;

Lest thoughts and schemes of sense
and time
Earn us a sinner's due.

1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered ; translation by the late Card.
Newman.

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THE PSALTER.

So may we knock at Heaven's door,
And strive the immortal prize to win,
Continually and evermore
Guarded without and pure within.

Grant this, O Father, Only Son,

And Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all worship shall be done

In every time and place.

Amen.

Then is said a Verse and Answer.
If a special one is not given, the follow-
ing is used :

Verse. \ Let my prayer, O Lord,
be set forth.

Answer. As incense before
Thee.

Then is said the following Canticle
frotn the Gospel. It has an Antiphon
which is always special, and which is
either begun or said through the first
time before it, according as the Office is
Double or not.

The Song of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. (Luke i. 46.)

MY soul * doth magnify the
Lord:

And my spirit hath rejoiced * in
God my Saviour.

For He hath regarded the low-
liness of His handmaiden : * for, be-
hold, from henceforth all generations
shall call me blessed.

For He That is Mighty hath done
to me great things : * and holy is His
name.

And His mercy is on them that
fear Him, * from generation to gen-
eration.

He hath showed strength with
His arm : * He hath scattered the
proud in the imagination of their
heart.

He hath put down the mighty

from their seat, * and exalted them
of low degree.

He hath filled the hungry with
good things, * and the rich He hath
sent empty away.

He hath holpen His servant Is-
rael, * in remembrance of His
mercy :

As He spake to our fathers, *
to Abraham, and to his seed for
ever.

The Hymn, " Glory be to the Father,
&c," is said, and then the Antiphon re-
peated.

Then is said:

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Then follows the Prayer for the day,
at the end of which is answered;

Answer. Amen.

Afterwards arc made any Commemo-
rations necessary, by the Antiphon for
the Song of the Blessed Virgin, the Verse
and Answer after the Hymn, and the
Prayer, {preceded by "Let us pray,")
from the superseded Office which is to
be commemorated. After which the fol-
lowing Common Commemorations are
made, if required, according to Chapter
xxxv. of the General Rubrics.

When more than two Prayers are to
be said, the last clause of each {beginning
"Through our Lord, &c," or "Who
livest, &c") is omitted in all except the
first and the last, nor is " Amen " an-
swered except after these two.

{Note that if these Commemorations,
with the exception of those of St Joseph,
and SS. Peter and Paul, be said upon
a week-day, kept as such, out of Paschal
time, they are preceded by the Commem-
oration of the Cross, given hereafter at
the end of the Lauds of Monday.)

1 Ps. cxl. 2.

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I. Commemoration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.

{This Commemoration is omitted if
the Office of the day be of the Blessed
Virgin, or if her Little Office is to be
said.)

Antiphon. O Holy Mary, be thou
an help to the helpless, a strength to
the fearful, a comfort to the sorrow-
ful ; pray for the people, plead for
the clergy, make intercession for all
women vowed to God ; may all that
keep thine holy remembrance, feel
the might of thine assistance.

Verse. Pray for us, O holy Mother
of God.

Answer. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

GRANT, we beseech Thee, O
Lord God, unto all Thy ser-
vants, that they may continually
enjoy soundness both of mind and
body, and by the glorious inter-
cession of the Blessed Mary, always
a Virgin, may be delivered from
present sadness, and enter into the
joy of Thine eternal gladness.

From the Octave of the Epiphany to
Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same,
but the rest is as follows ;

Verse. After thy delivery thou
still remainest a Virgin undefiled.

Answer. Mother of God, pray
for us.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who, by the fruitful vir-
ginity of the Blessed Mary,
hast given unto mankind the rewards
of everlasting life ; grant, we beseech
Thee, that we may continually feel

the might of her intercession, through
whom we have worthily received the
Author of our life, our Lord Jesus
Christ Thy Son.

II. Com?nemoration of St Joseph,
Patron of the Universal Church.

{Omitted in the Votive Office of St
Joseph.)

Antiphon. 1 Behold a faithful and
wise servant whom his Lord hath
made ruler over His household.

Verse. 2 Glory and riches shall
be in his house.

Answer. And his righteousness
endureth for ever.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who, in Thine unspeak-
able foreknowledge, didst
choose Thy blessed servant Joseph
to be the husband of Thine Own
most holy Mother ; mercifully
grant that now that he is in heaven
with Thee, we who on earth do
reverence him for our defender,
may worthily be holpen by the
succour of his prayers to Thee
on our behalf.

III. Commemoration of the Holy
Apostles, Peter and Paul.

{Omitted in the Votive Office of the
Apostles.)

Antiphon. Peter the Apostle,
and Paul the Teacher of the Gen-
tiles, have taught us Thy law, O
Lord.

Verse. 3 Thou shalt make them
princes over all the earth.

Answer. They shall be mindful
of Thy Name, O Lord.

1 Matth. xxiv. 45.

Ps. cxi, 3.

3 Ps. xliv. 17, 18.

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Let us pray. the deep of the sea, when he suf-

GOD, Whose Right Hand fered shipwreck; graciously hear

caught the Blessed Peter us > and grant, for the sake of them

when he walked upon the water, both > that we also ma y attain unt0

and began to sink, and thrice de- everlasting glory.

livered his fellow- Apostle Paul from Note \

1 In England, by a special rule in this case, is made

Commemoration of St George, Patron of England.

Antiphon. The Saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises.

Verse. O Lord, Thou hast compassed him.
Ansiver. With Thy favour as with a shield.

Let us pray.

OGOD, Who dost gladden us through the worthy deeds and prayers
of Thy blessed Martyr George ; mercifully grant that all they
which seek Thy favour through him, may effectually obtain the gift of
Thy grace.

(And thus it is said within the Octave.)

In the Diocese of Hexham St George is not commemorated, but instead the following
commemoration is made of St Cuthbert :

Antiphon. Holy Cuthbert, our Protector, grace and glory of our father-
land, look down upon us from Heaven, and pray God for us, that He grant
us everlasting joy.

Verse. At the prayers of Blessed Cuthbert and for his sake,

Answer. Be merciful unto Thy people, O Lord.

Let us pray.

f~\ GOD, Who, through the priceless gift of Thy grace, dost make
^-S Thine holy ones glorious, mercifully grant, that the prayers of Thy
Blessed Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert may help us worthily there to
attain, where are the spirits of just men made perfect.

In the Diocese of Northampton the following commemoration of St Thomas of
Canterbury is made before that of St George :

Antiphon. I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am
known of Mine, and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Verse. In your patience
Ansiver. Possess ye your souls.

Let us pray.

f~\ GOD, in defence of Whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas
^-^ fell by the swords of wicked men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all
that ask his help may obtain wholesome fruit of their petition.

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For Peace. Let us pray.

Antiphon. Give peace in our f~\ GOD, from Whom all holy

time, O Lord, because there is ^~s desires, all good counsels,

none other that fighteth for us, and all just works do proceed ;

but only Thou, O our God. give unto Thy servants that peace

Verse. Peace be within thy which the world cannot give, that

walls. both our hearts may be set to

Answer. And prosperity within obey Thy commandments, and also

thy palaces. that by Thee we being defended

In the Diocese of Plymouth the following commemoration of St Boniface of Maintz is
made before that of St George :

Antiphon. Many nations, many thousands of men, did Blessed Boniface
gain for Christ, and forasmuch as he made himself like unto an Apostle
he hath purchased unto himself a great reward in Heaven along with
the Apostles.

Verse. Be strong in the Lord, be strong.

Anszver. That ye may live for ever with God.

Let us pray.

GOD, Who wast pleased to make the zeal of Thy Blessed Martyr
and Bishop Boniface the mean whereby Thou didst cause many
peoples to know Thy Name, mercifully grant unto us who honour his
memory to be feelingly holpen by the succour of his protection.

{And so it is said within the Octave?)

In the Diocese of Portsmouth the following commemoration of St Edmund of Canter-
bury is made after that of St George :

Antiphon. He loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore
he died in exile.

Verse. Cast out upon a world of woes,

In exile here we roam.
Answer. O Blessed Edmund, by thy prayers,
Gain us the love of home.

Let us pray.

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THE PSALTER.

from the fear of our enemies, may
pass our time in rest and quiet-
ness. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end.
Answer. Amen.

From the Monday after Low Sunday
till Rogation Tuesday, instead of the
preceding Commemorations, is said the
following :

Paschal Commemoration of the
Cross.

{Omitted in the Votive Offices of
the Blessed Sacrament, and of the
Passion.)

Antiphon. Jesus, our trium-
phant Head,

On the Cross's transom dread

The Hands of power and mercy
spread

That brake the prison of the
dead. Alleluia.

Verse. Say among the heathen
— Alleluia.

Answer. That the Lord reign-
eth from the tree, 1 Alleluia.

Let us pray.

After the last Prayer is said:

Verse. Hear my prayer, O Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.

Verse. Bless we the Lord.
Answer. Thanks be to God.

Then is said in rather a low voice :

May the souls of the Faithful,
through the mercy of God, rest in
peace.

Answer. Amen.

Then, unless Compline follow, the
Lord's Prayer inaudibly :

OUR Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Note. When Office is said in Choir,
the service is ended with the Antiphon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only
said as given in this book, after Lauds,
{or the aggregation of which Lauds
forms a part) and Compline. When-
ever it is said, except after Compline, it
is preceded by;

Verse. »%* The Lord give us His
peace.

Answer. And life everlasting.
Amen.

I j the Office of the Dead follow im-
mediately, the above prayer for the
Faithful departed, and the " Our Fa-
ther, are omitted.

Feasts. The above Office, appointed
for Sunday, is also, speaking in a gen-
eral sense, used on all Feasts above the
rank of Simples.

1 Ps. xcv. 10, old version.

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fftontiarL

The Second Day of the Week.

All as on Sunday, except as otherwise
given here.

The Psalms are as follows ;

Antiphon. The Lord hath in-
clined.

In Paschal time only one Antiphon
is said, Alleluia.

Psalm CXIV.

[The Vulgate and the LXX. prefix "Al-
leluia."]

T AM well pleased, because the

* Lord hath heard * the voice
of my supplication :

Because He hath inclined His ear
unto me, * therefore will I call upon
Him all my days.

The sorrows of death compassed
me : * and the straits of hell found
me :

Sorrow and trouble did I find.

* Then called I upon the name of
the Lord :

Lord, deliver my soul. * Gra-
cious is the Lord, and righteous :
yea, our God is merciful.

The Lord preserveth the simple :

* I was brought low and He helped
me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul :

* for the Lord hath dealt bountifully
with thee.

For He hath delivered my soul
from death, * mine eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.

1 will walk before the Lord * in
the land of the living.

Antiphon. x The Lord hath in-
clined His ear unto me.

Second Antiphon. I believed.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, " Therefore have
I spoken."

Psalm CXV.

[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua-
tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix "Alleluia."]

T BELIEVED, therefore have I

* spoken : * but I was greatly
afflicted.

I said in my haste : * All men
are liars.

What shall I render unto the
Lord * for all His benefits toward
me?

I will take the cup of salvation,

* and call upon the name of the
Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord
in the presence of all His people.

* Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of His Saints.

Lord, truly I am Thy servant :

* I am Thy servant, and the son of
Thine handmaid :

Thou hast loosed my bonds. * I
will offer to Thee the sacrifice of
thanksgiving, and will call upon the
name of the Lord.

1 will pay my vows unto the Lord,
in the presence of all His people : *
in the courts of the Lord's house, in
the midst of thee, O Jerusalem !

[Here the Hebrew appends "Alle-
luia," which the Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix to the next Psalm.]

Antiphon. I believed, therefore
have I spoken.

Third Antiphon. O praise.

If this Antiphon be used the Psalm
begins with the words, "

The Lord.'

1 Ps. cxiv. 2.

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THE PSALTER.

Psalm CXVI.

O PRAISE the Lord, all ye
nations : * praise Him, all
ye people.

For His merciful kindness is great
toward us : * and the truth of the
Lord endureth for ever.

[Here the Hebrew appends " Alle-
luia," which the Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix to the next Psalm.]

Antiphon. O praise the Lord,
all ye nations.

Fourth Antiphon. I cried.

Psalm CXIX.

[This is the first of the "Songs of De-
grees," or "Gradual Psalms." See note
to Ps. cxxix., p. 91.]

TN my distress I cried unto the
-*■ Lord, * and He heard me.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from
lying lips, * and from a deceitful
tongue.

What shall be given unto thee, or
what shall be done unto thee, * thou
false tongue ?

Sharp arrows of the mighty, * with
hot burning coals.

Woe is me ! that my sojourn is
long : I dwell with the dwellers of
Kedar. 1 * My soul hath long dwelt
as an exile

With them that hate peace. I
was peaceable : * when I spoke
unto them, they fought against me
without a cause.

Antiphon. 2 1 tried, and He heard
me.

Fifth Antiphon. From whence
cometh.

1 Properly " Black-skin."
tribe sprung from him.

Psalm CXX.
[Also a Song of Degrees.]

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the
hills, * from whence cometh
mine help.

Mine help cometh from the Lord,
* Who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy feet to be
moved : * He That keepeth thee
will not slumber.

Behold, He That keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper : the
Lord is thy shade * upon thy right
hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by
day, * nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall keep thee from
all evil : * the Lord shall keep thy
soul.

The Lord shall keep thy coming
in and thy going out, * from this
time forth and for evermore.

Antiphon. 3 From whence cometh
mine help.

Antiphon in Paschal time. Alle-
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Hymn. 4

LORD of unbounded space,
Who, lest the sky and main
Should mix, and heaven should lose its
place,
Didst the rude waters chain ;

Parting the moist and rare,
That rills on earth might flow

To soothe the angry flame, whene'er
It ravens from below ;

Pour on us