O COME, let us síng unto the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and shew ourselves glád in him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God : and a great King ăbove all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands prepárěd the dry land. O come, let us worshăp, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is thě Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture*, ánd thě sheep of his hánd. To-day if ye will hear his voice*, hárděn not your hearts : as in the provocation*, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; TONE 1. When your fáthers tempted me : proved me, ånd sáw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said : It is a people that do err in their hearts*, for they have not known my ways. Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that they should not enter into my rést. Glory be to the Father*, ănd to the Son : and to thề Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning*, is now, and ever shall be : world withoŭt end. Amen. We praise thee, O God a : we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee : the Father évěr. lasting. To thee all Angels crý šloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubin, and Sérăphin : contínually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Májěsty : of thy Glóry. · See Rule VII., Preface. TONE 2. The glorious company of the Apostles : praiseb thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs : praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world : doth acknowledge thee; The Father : of an infinite Majesty ; Thine honourable, true : and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory : 0 Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man i 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 bě. liévers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the Glóry of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come : to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants : whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints : in glory evra, save them a lift the TONE 2. --- And we worship thy Name : ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord : to keep us this dáy without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy úpón us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. Benedicite, omnia Opera. TONE 8. O ALL ye works of the Lord *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye heavens*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye waters that be above the firmament*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye powers of the Lord *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye sun and moon*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. c See Rule VII., Preface. TONE 8. O ye stars of heaven *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye showers and dew*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye winds of God*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye fire and heat*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye winter and summer*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye dews and frosts*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye frost and cold*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye ice and snow*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye nights and days*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye light and darkness *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye lightnings and clouds *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. · O let the earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever. Oye mountains and hills *, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye green things upon the earth*, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. |