O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters,* bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for { ev-er. O all ye fowls of the air,* bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for } ev-er. O all ye Beasts and Cattle,* bless ye the { Lord: praise him, and magnify him for O ye Children of Men,* bless ye the praise him, and magnify him for { ev-er. ev-er. Lord: O let Israel bless the Lord: praise him, and { magnify him for } ev-er. O ye Priests of the Lord,* bless ye the Lord: } praise him, and magnify him for { ev-er. Oye Servants of the Lord,* bless ye the { Lord: praise him, and magnify him for { ev-er. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous,* bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for { ev-er. O ye holy and humble Men of heart,* bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for { { ev-er. O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael,* bless ye the { Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ev-er, Glory be to the Father,* and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning,* is now, ever shall be: world without end. { A-men. and Benedictus. (A.) ST. LUKE, i. 68. Tone 5. B. (1.) p. 9. BLESSED be the Lord God of { Ís-rael: for he hath visited and re- { deemed his peo-ple. And hath raised up a mighty salvation { fór us: in the house of his { ser-vant Da-vid. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which have been since the world be-gan; } That we should be saved from our { en-emies: and from the hands of all that hate us; } To perform the mercy promised to our fore- { fa-thers and to remember his ho-ly Cove-nant; : To perform the oath which he sware* to our forefatherÁ-braham: that he would give us ; { That we being delivered out of the hand of our {en-emies: might serve him with-out fear; In holiness and righteousness be- fore him: all the days of our life. And thou, Child,* shalt be called the Prophet of the High-est: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord,* to pre-pare his ways; To give knowledge of Salvation unto his { peo-ple for the remission { of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the day-spring from on high* hath { visit-ed us; To give light to them that sit in darkness,* and in the shadow of death: and to guide our feet into the way of Peace. Glory be to the Father,* and to the & Son : and to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning,* is now, and ever { shall be world without end. A-men. Benedictus. (B.) ST. LUKE, i. 68. Tone 6. (1.) p. 11. BLESSED be the Lord God of Is-rael: for he hath visited and re- { deemed his peo-ple; And hath raised up a mighty Sal- { va-tion for us: in the house of his { ser-vant Da-vid; As he spake by the mouth of his { ho-ly prophets which have been { since the world be-gan; That we should be saved from our ene-mies: and from the hands of { all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our forefa-thers and to remember his { ho-ly Co-ve-nant; Tone 6. (1.) p. 11. To perform the oath which he sware* to our fore-fa-ther Abra-ham: that he would give us; That we being delivered* out of the { hand of our ene-mies: might serve him with-out fear; In holiness and righteous- {ness be-fore him : all the days of our life. And thou, Child,* shalt be called the Prophet { of the High-est: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord* to pre-pare his ways; } To give knowledge of Salvation { unto his people for the re- mis-sion of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the day-spring from on { high* hath visit-ed us; To give light to them that sit in darkness,* and in the { shadow of death: and to guide our feet { into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father,* and to the Son : and to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning,* is now, and { ev-er shall be world with- out end. A-men. Benedictus. (C.) ST. LUKE, i. 68. Tone 3. B. (1.) p. 4. BLESSED be the Lord God of Is-rael: for he hath visited and re- deemed his peo-ple; And hath raised up a mighty Sal- } va-tion for us: in the house of his { ser-vant Da-vid; As he spake by the mouth of his { ho-ly prophets: which have been { since the world be-gan; That we should be saved from our ene-mies: and from the hands of { all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our forefa-thers and to remember his { ho-ly Co-ve-nant; To perform the oath which he sware* to our fore-fa-ther Abra-ham: that he would give us; { That we being delivered* out of the hand of our ene-mies: might { serve him with-out fear; In holiness and righteous-ness be-fore him: all the days of our life. And thou, Child,* shalt be called the Prophet { of the High-est: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord* to pre-pare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation { unto his peo ple: for the re- mis-sion of their sins, { |