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Ad Matutinum

The following Invitatory is said on the day of the Commemoration of all the faithful departed, and whenever three Nocturns are said, as above; however, at other times it is omitted and begins with the Antiphon of the Nocturn Psalms, and only one Nocturn is said with its Lauds, in this order: Second and fifth weekdays, the first Nocturn. On the third and sixth, according to the Nocturn. On the fourth weekday and Saturday, the third Nocturn. Invitatory: Come, let us adore the King, to whom all living things belong. And it is repeated: Come, let us adore the King, to whom all living things belong. Psalm 94: Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord; let us shout with joy to our saving God. Let us come before his face with confession, and let us sing to him in psalms. Come, let us worship the King, to whom all living things belong. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods; for the Lord will not reject his people, because in his hand are all the ends of the earth, and he sees the heights of the mountains. Come, let us worship. For the sea is his, and he made it; and his hands founded the dry land: come, let us worship, and let us bow down before God; let us weep before the Lord who made us; for he is the Lord our God; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Come, let us worship the King, to whom all living things belong. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers tested me; they proved me and saw my works. Come, let us worship. For forty years I was close to this generation, and I said, 'Always they go astray in their hearts; they have not known my ways.' I swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter my rest.'^✦ Come, let us worship the King, to whom all living things belong. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Come, let us worship. Come, let us worship the King, to whom all living things belong. In the first nocturne. For the second and fifth feria. Antiphon: Direct us. Psalm 5: Lord, hear my words; understand my cry. Listen to the voice of my prayer, my King and my God. For I will pray to you, Lord; in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will stand before you and see you, for you are not a God who delights in wickedness. The wicked shall not dwell with you; the unjust shall not remain in your sight. You hate all who do iniquity; you will destroy all who speak lies. The Lord abhors the man of blood and deceit; but I, in the abundance of your mercy, will come to you. I will enter your house; I will worship toward your holy temple in reverence for you. Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are vain. Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues; judge them, O God. Let them fall away from their thoughts; according to the multitude of their iniquities, cast them out, for they have provoked you, Lord. Let all who hope in you rejoice; they will be glad forever, and you will dwell among them. And all who love your name will glory in you, for you will bless the righteous. Lord, with the shield of your good will, you have crowned us. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: Direct me, Lord my God, in your presence along my path. Ant: Turn to me, Lord. Psalm 6: O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul is greatly troubled; but you, O Lord, how long? Turn, O Lord, and deliver my soul; save me for your mercy's sake. For there is no remembrance of you in death; in the grave, who will give you thanks? I am weary with my groaning; all night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. My eye is wasted from grief; it grows old because of all my enemies. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord has accepted my prayer. Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; let them turn back and be ashamed quickly. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul, for there is no one in death who remembers you. Ant: Let it not be. Lord my God, I put my trust in you; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me. Let them not tear my soul like a lion, while there is no one to rescue or save me. Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, If I have repaid evil to those who were at peace with me, let me fall empty-handed before my enemies. Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Arise, Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies. And arise, Lord my God, by the command you have given; let the assembly of the peoples surround you. And for this reason, rise up high; the Lord judges the peoples. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to my innocence against me. Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; God tests the hearts and minds. My help comes from the Lord, who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, strong and patient; does He get angry every day? If you do not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. And in it He has prepared the instruments of death; He makes His arrows fiery. Behold, he conceives iniquity and is pregnant with trouble, and gives birth to falsehood. He opens a pit and digs it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. His pain will turn back on his own head, and his wickedness will come down on the top of his head. I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: May a lion not seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem it, nor anyone to save it. From the gate of hell. Deliver, Lord, their souls. In secret: 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 debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. First reading (Job 7): Spare me, Lord, for my days are nothing. What is man, that you make so much of him, or that you pay him any attention? You visit him in the morning and test him at once. How long will you not spare me, nor let me go, so I can swallow my spit? I have sinned. What should I do to you, O guardian of mankind? Why have you made me your target, and why have I become a burden to myself? Why do you not take away my sin? And why don't you take away my sin? Look, now I will sleep in the dust, and if you seek me in the morning, I will not be found. I believe that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I will rise from the earth; and in my flesh, I will see God, my Savior. I will see him for myself, and not another; my own eyes will behold him. And in my flesh I will see God, my Savior. Second reading (Job 10): My soul is weary of my life; I will let my speech come before me. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul: I will say to God, do not condemn me. Tell me, why do you judge me this way? Does it seem good to you if you accuse me and oppress me, the work of your hands, and support the plans of the wicked? Are your eyes fleshly? Or do you see as a man sees, and will you see me? Is your day like a man's day, and are your years like human years, that you seek my iniquity and search for my sin? And know this: I have done nothing wicked, since there is no one who can rescue from your hand. You who raised Lazarus from the foul tomb. Grant them, Lord, rest and a place of forgiveness. You who are to come to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire. Grant them, Lord, rest and a place of forgiveness. Third reading (Job 10): Your hands, Lord, made me and shaped me all around; and then suddenly you throw me down? Remember, I beg you, that you made me like clay, and you will turn me back to dust. Isn't it true that you churned me like milk and curdled me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You granted me life and mercy, and your visitation has preserved my spirit. Lord, when you come to judge the earth, where will I hide from the face of your wrath? For I have sinned greatly in my life. I tremble at my sins, and I blush before you: when you come to judge, do not condemn me. For I have sinned greatly in my life. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. For I have sinned greatly in my life. In the second nocturn. For the third and sixth feria. Antiphon: In a place of pastures. Psalmus 22: Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit: in loco pascuae ibi me collocavit. Super aquam refectionis educavit me: animam meam convertit. Deduxit me super semitas iustitiae: propter nomen suum. Nam et si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis: non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es. Virga tua, et baculus tuus: ipsa me consolata sunt. Parasti in conspectu meo mensam: adversus eos qui tribulant me. Impinguasti in oleo caput meum: et calix meus inebrians quam praeclarus est. Et misericordia tua subsequetur me: omnibus diebus vitae meae. And may I dwell in the house of the Lord for the length of my days. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: He placed me in a place of pasture. Ant: Sins. To you, Lord, I lift up my soul: my God, I trust in you; let me not be put to shame.^✦ Let not my enemies triumph over me; indeed, all who wait for you will not be put to shame.^✦ Let all who act wickedly be put to shame; may they be silenced.^✦ Show me your ways, Lord; teach me your paths.^✦ Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; I wait for you all day long.^✦ Remember your mercy, Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.^✦ Do not remember the sins of my youth and my transgressions; according to your mercy remember me, for your goodness' sake, O Lord.^✦ Remember me according to your mercy, Lord, for your goodness' sake.^✦ The Lord is good and upright; therefore, he will instruct sinners in the way. He will guide the humble in judgment and teach the meek his ways. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth for those who seek his covenant and his testimonies. For your name's sake, O Lord, forgive my sin, for it is great. Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will set him in the way he should choose. His soul shall dwell in good things, and his offspring shall inherit the land. The Lord is a stronghold for those who fear him, and his covenant will be made known to them. My eyes are always on the Lord, for he will free my feet from the snare. Look upon me and have mercy, for I am alone and poor. The troubles of my heart are multiplied; deliver me from my necessities. See my humility and my labor, and forgive all my sins. Look upon my enemies, for they are multiplied, and they hate me with unjust hatred. Guard my soul and deliver me; do not let me be ashamed, for I have hoped in you. The innocent and upright have joined themselves to me, for I have waited for you. Deliver, O God of Israel, from all his tribulations. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: Lord, don’t remember the sins of my youth and my ignorance. Ant: I believe I will see. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?^✦ The Lord is the protector of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?^✦ When the wicked come against me to eat my flesh, they stumble and fall.^✦ Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear.^✦ If war rises against me, in this I will be confident.^✦ One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: 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 inquire in His temple.^✦ For in the time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He will hide me; He will set me high upon a rock.^✦ For He hides me in His shelter in the day of trouble; He protects me under the cover of His tent. He lifted me high upon a rock; now my head is lifted up above my enemies. I have gone around and offered in His tent sacrifices of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my voice when I cry to You; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says to You, 'Your face, Lord, do I seek'; hide not Your face from me. Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger. Be my helper; do not forsake me or abandon me, O God of my salvation. For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in. Lord, set your law before me on your path, and guide me on the straight way because of my enemies. Do not hand me over to the souls of those who oppress me, for unjust witnesses have risen against me, and wickedness has lied to itself. I believe I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart, and wait for the Lord. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: I believe I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. The Lord will place them with the leaders. He will place them with the leaders of his people. In secret: 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 debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. Fourth reading (Job 13): Answer me, how many iniquities and sins do I have? Show me my crimes and offenses. Why do you hide your face from me and treat me like your enemy? You show your power against a leaf blown by the wind, and you pursue a dry twig. You write bitter things against me and want to consume me because of my youthful sins. You have set my feet in the stocks and observed all my paths, and you have scrutinized the steps of my feet. I am like a rotten thing, to be consumed, and like a garment that is eaten away by moths. Remember me, O God, for my life is like the wind: let not the sight of man look upon me. Out of the depths I cried to you, Lord: Lord, hear my voice. Let not the sight of man look upon me. Reading five (Job 14): A man born of a woman lives a short time and is filled with many miseries.^✦ He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not remain in the same state.^✦ Is it fitting for a leader to open your eyes to such matters and bring you into judgment with him? Who can make a clean thing out of something unclean? Aren't you the only one? The days of man are short; the number of his months is known to you. You have set limits for him that he cannot pass. So, step back a little from him, that he may rest until his desired day comes, like a hired hand's days. Alas, Lord, I've sinned greatly in my life. What can I do, miserable as I am, where can I flee, except to you, my God? Have mercy on me, Lord, when you come on the last day. My soul is deeply troubled; but you, Lord, help her. Have mercy on me when you come on the last day. Sixth reading (Job 14): Who will grant me this, that you protect me in the grave and hide me until your fury passes, and set a time for me when you will remember me? Do you think a dead man can live again? All the days I serve, I wait until my change comes. You will call me, and I will answer you. You will stretch out your hand to the work of your hands. You have counted my steps, but spare me from my sins. Lord, don't remember my sins when you come to judge the world by fire. Direct my way, Lord my God, in your sight: When you come to judge the world by fire. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. When you come to judge the world by fire. In the third nocturne. For the fourth feria and the Sabbath. Ant: May it please You. I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.^✦ He heard my pleas for help and pulled me up from the pit of despair, from the mud and mire.^✦ He set my feet on solid ground and steadied my steps.^✦ He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.^✦ Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.^✦ Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud or to those who turn aside to false gods.^✦ Lord my God, you have done many wonderful things, and your plans for us are too numerous to count.^✦ I proclaimed your saving acts, and I did not conceal your love and faithfulness from the great assembly.^✦ You didn't want sacrifice or offering; instead, you prepared ears for me. You didn't ask for burnt offerings or sin offerings; then I said, 'Here I am.' In the scroll of the book, it is written about me that I should do your will, my God; I wanted to do it, and your law is in the depths of my heart. I proclaimed your righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I will not restrain my lips, Lord, you know. I did not hide your righteousness in my heart; I spoke of your faithfulness and your salvation. I did not hide your mercy and your truth from the great assembly. But you, Lord, do not be far from me; your mercy and your truth have always supported me. For evils have surrounded me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see. My troubles are more than the hairs on my head; my heart has forsaken me. May it please you, Lord, to rescue me: Lord, look to help me. Let those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; let them turn back and be disgraced. Let them turn back and be ashamed, those who wish me harm. Let them bear their own confusion quickly, those who say to me, 'Well done, well done.' Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let them always say, 'The Lord be magnified,' who love your salvation. But I am a poor and needy man; the Lord takes thought for me. You are my helper and my protector; my God, do not delay. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: Lord, may it please you to rescue me; Lord, look to help me. Ant: Heal me, Lord. Blessed is the one who understands the plight of the poor: on a day of trouble, the Lord will deliver him.^✦ May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and do not hand him over to the will of his enemies.^✦ May the Lord bring him help on his sickbed: may you turn all his bed in his sickness.^✦ I said, 'Lord, have mercy on me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.'^✦ My enemies say evil against me: 'When will he die, and his name perish?'^✦ And if he came in to see me, he spoke empty words: his heart gathered iniquity for himself.^✦ He went out: and he spoke the same thing. All my enemies whispered against me: they plotted evil against me.^✦ They have set up a wicked word against me: will he who sleeps not add that he may rise again? Indeed, the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has magnified a plot against me. But you, Lord, have mercy on me: and raise me up, and I will repay them. In this I know that you have desired me: for my enemy will not rejoice over me. But you have upheld me because of my innocence: and you have confirmed me in your presence forever. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: let it be, let it be. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: Heal my soul, Lord, for I have sinned against you. Ant: My soul thirsts. As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for the living God: when shall I come and appear before the face of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, 'Where is your God?' These things I remember, and I pour out my soul within me: for I shall go to the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God. With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance and my God. To myself, my soul is troubled: therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from the little mountain. Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and your billows have gone over me. All your mighty waves and your surging tides have swept over me. The Lord commands his mercy in the daytime, and at night his song is with me. My prayer is to you, O God of my life; I will say to God, 'You are my refuge.' Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? As my bones suffer, my foes taunt me, saying, 'Where is your God?' They say to me all day long, 'Where is your God?' Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? I will hope in God, for I will still praise Him: He is the salvation of my face and my God. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Ant: My soul thirsts for God, the living fountain: when will I come and appear before the face of the Lord? Don't hand over the souls of those who confess to you to wild beasts. And don't forget the souls of your poor ones in the end. In secret: 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 debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. Seventh reading (Job 17): My spirit is weakened; my days are shortened, and only my grave remains. I have not sinned; yet my eye is troubled by bitterness. Deliver me, Lord, and place me next to You; and let any hand fight against me. My days have passed, my thoughts have scattered, tormenting my heart. The night has turned into day, and again after darkness, I hope for light. If I endure, hell is my home, and in darkness, I have set my bed. To decay, I said, 'You are my Father; my mother and my sister are worms.' Where is now my hope and my patience? You are, Lord, my God. Every day I sin, and the fear of death troubles me because there is no redemption in hell. Have mercy on me, God, and save me. God, save me in your name, and free me by your power. For there is no redemption in hell; have mercy on me, God, and save me. Eighth reading (Job 19): My skin, consumed by my flesh, clings to my bones; only my lips are left around my teeth. Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, for the hand of the Lord has touched me. Why do you pursue me like God, and satisfy yourselves with my flesh? Who will grant me that my words may be written down? Who will give me that they may be inscribed in a book with an iron stylus and lead plate, or carved in the rock forever? For I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the last day I will rise from the earth; and again I will be surrounded by my skin, and in my flesh I will see God my Savior: whom I will see myself, and my own eyes will behold, and not another. This hope is laid up in my heart. Lord, according to my actions, do not judge me: I have done nothing worthy in your sight; therefore, I plead for your majesty, that you, God, may erase my iniquity. Lord, wash me more and more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. That you, O God, may take away my iniquity. Ninth reading (Job 10): Why did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had never been born, so that no eye would see me. I would be as if I had never been, carried from the womb to the grave. Isn't the shortness of my days going to come to an end soon? Let me go, so I can weep a little over my pain before I go, and never return to the dark land, covered by the shadow of death, the land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death lies, and there is no order, but eternal horror dwells. Deliver me, Lord, from the paths of hell, you who have broken the gates of bronze and visited the underworld, and given them light so they could see you, who were in the torments of darkness. Crying out and saying, "You have come, our Redeemer." Those who were in the pains of darkness. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Those who were in the pains of darkness. And it is always said in the Ferial office. The following responsory is said alone on the day of the dead, and when the three nocturns are said, as mentioned above. Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death on that tremendous day, when the heavens and the earth will be shaken, when You come to judge the world by fire. I am filled with fear and trembling, for I fear when the judgment comes and the wrath that is to come. When the heavens are shaken and the earth. That day will be a day of wrath, calamity, and misery, a great and very bitter day. When you come to judge the world by fire. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death on that dreadful day when the heavens and the earth will be shaken: when You come to judge the world by fire.

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Dicitur sequens Invitatorium in die Commemorationis omnium defunctorum, et quoties dicuntur tres Nocturni, ut supra, aliis vero temporibus omittitur, et inchoatur ab Antiphona Psalmorum Nocturni, et dicitur tantum unum Nocturnum cum suis Laudibus, hoc ordine: Secunda et quinta feria, primum Nocturnum. Tertia et sexta, secundum Nocturnum. Quarta feria et Sabbatho, tertium Nocturnum.

Invitatorium: Regem, cui omnia vivunt, Venite adoremus.

Et repetitur: Regem, cui omnia vivunt, Venite adoremus.

Psalmus 94: Venite exultemus Domino, iubilemus Deo salutari nostro: praeoccupemus faciem eius in confessione: et in psalmis iubilemus ei. Regem, cui omnia vivunt, Venite adoremus. Quoniam Deus magnus Dominus, et rex magnus super omnes deos: quoniam non repellet Dominus plebem suam: quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terrae: et altitudines montium ipse conspicit. Venite adoremus. Quoniam ipsius est mare, et ipse fecit illud: et aridam fundaverunt manus eius: venite adoremus, et procidamus ante Deum: ploremus coram Domino, qui fecit nos: quia ipse est Dominus Deus noster:nos autem populus eius, et oves pascuae eius. Regem, cui omnia vivunt, Venite adoremus. Hodie si vocem eius audieritis, nolite obdurare corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatione secundum diem tentationis in deserto: ubi tentaverunt me patres vestri: probaverunt, et viderunt opera mea. Venite adoremus.

Quadraginta annis proximus fui generationi huic: et dixi, semper hi errant corde: ipsi vero non cognoverunt vias meas: quibus iuravi in ira mea, si introibunt in requiem meam. Regem, cui omnia vivunt, Venite Adoremus.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Venite adoremus. Regem, cui omnia vivunt, Venite adoremus.

In primo nocturno. Pro feria secunda, et quinta.

Ant: Dirige.

Psalmus 5: Verba mea auribus percipe Domine: intellege clamorem meum. Intende voci orationis meae: rex meus, et Deus meus. Quoniam ad te orabo Domine: mane exaudies vocem meam. Mane astabo tibi, et videbo: quoniam non Deus volens iniquitatem tu es. Neque habitabit iuxta te malignus: neque permanebunt iniusti ante oculos tuos. Odisti omnes, qui operantur iniquitatem: perdes omnes, qui loquuntur mendacium. Virum sanguinum et dolosum abominabitur Dominus: ego autem in multitudine misericordiae tuae. Introibo in domum tuam: adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum in timore tuo.

Domine deduc me in iustitia tua propter inimicos meos: dirige in conspectu tuo viam meam. Quoniam non est in ore eorum veritas: cor eorum vanum est. Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum: linguis suis dolose agebant, iudica illos Deus. Decidant a cogitationibus suis, secundum multitudinem impietatum eorum expelle eos: quoniam irritaverunt te Domine. Et laetentur omnes, qui sperant in te: in aeternum exultabunt, et habitabis in eis. Et gloriabuntur in te omnes, qui diligunt nomen tuum: quoniam tu benedices iusto. Domine ut scuto bonae voluntatis tuae: coronasti nos.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Dirige Domine Deus meus in conspectu tuo viam meam.

Ant: Convertere Domine.

Psalmus 6: Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me: neque in ira tua corripias me. Miserere mei Domine, quoniam infirmus sum: sana me Domine, quoniam conturbata sunt ossa mea. Et anima mea turbata est valde: sed tu Domine usquequo. Convertere Domine, et eripe animam meam: salvum me fac propter misericordiam tuam. Quoniam non est in morte, qui memor sit tui: in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi? Laboravi in gemitu meo, lavabo per singulas noctes lectum meum: lacrymis meis stratum meum rigabo. Turbatus est a furore oculus meus: inveteravi inter omnes inimicos meos. Discedite a me omnes, qui operamini iniquitatem: quoniam exaudivit Dominus vocem fletus mei.

Exaudivit Dominus deprecationem meam: Dominus orationem meam suscepit. Erubescant, et conturbentur vehementer omnes inimici mei: convertantur, et erubescant valde velociter.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Convertere Domine, et eripe animam meam: quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui.

Ant: Nequando.

Psalmus 7: Domine Deus meus in te speravi: salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera me. Nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam: dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat. Domine Deus meus si feci istud: si est iniquitas in manibus meis. Si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala: decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis. Persequatur inimicus animam meam, et comprehendat, et conculcet in terra vitam meam: et gloriam meam in pulverem deducat. Exsurge Domine in ira tua: et exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum. Et exsurge Domine Deus meus in praecepto, quod mandasti: et synagoga populorum circumdabit te. Et propter hanc in altum regredere: Dominus iudicat populos.

Iudica me Domine secundum iustitiam meam: et secundum innocentiam meam super me. Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et diriges iustum: scrutans corda et renes Deus. Iustum adiutorium meum a Domino: qui salvos facit rectos corde. Deus iudex iustus, fortis, et patiens: numquid irascitur per singulos dies? Nisi conversi fueritis, gladium suum vibravit: arcum suum tetendit, et paravit illum. Et in eo paravit vasa mortis: sagittas suas ardentibus effecit. Ecce parturit iniustitiam, concepit dolorem: et peperit iniquitatem. Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum: et incidit in foveam, quam fecit.

Convertetur dolor eius in caput eius: et in verticem ipsius iniquitas eius descendet. Confitebor Domino secundum iustitiam eius: et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam, dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat.

A porta inferi.

Erue Domine animas eorum.

Secreto: Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum: adveniat regnum tuum: fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra: panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.

Sed liber nos a malo, Amen.

Lectio prima (Iob 7): Parce mihi Domine: nihil enim sunt dies mei. Quid est homo, quia magnificas eum: aut quid apponis erga eum cor tuum? Visitas eum diluculo, et subito probas illum. Usquequo non parcis mihi, nec dimittis me, ut glutiam salivam meam? Peccavi. Quid faciam tibi, o custos hominum? Quare posuisti me contrarium tibi, et factus sum mihimetipsi gravis? Cur non tollis peccatum meum?

Et quare non aufers iniquitatem meam? Ecce nunc in pulvere dormiam, et si mane me quaesieris, non subsistam.

Credo quod redemptor meus vivit: et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum: Et in carne mea videbo Deum salvatorem meum.

Quem visurus sum ego ipse, et non alius, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt. Et in carne mea videbo Deum salvatorem meum.

Lectio secunda (Iob 10): Taedet animam meam vitae meae, dimittam adversum me eloquium meum. Loquar in amaritudine animae meae: Dicam Deo, noli me condemnare. Indica mihi, cur me ita iudices. Numquid bonum tibi videtur, si calumnieris, et opprimas me, opus manuum tuarum, et consilium impiorum adiuves? Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt: aut, sicut videt homo, et tu videbis? Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui, et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora, ut quaeras iniquitatem meam, et peccatum meum scruteris? Et scias, quia nihil impium fecerim, cum sit nemo, qui de manu tua possit eruere.

Qui Lazarum resuscitasti a monumento foetidum. Tu eis Domine dona requiem, et locum indulgentiae.

Qui venturus es iudicare vivos et mortuos, et saeculum per ignem. Tu eis Domine dona requiem, et locum indulgentiae.

Lectio tertia (Iob 10): Manus tuae Domine fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu: et sic repente praecipitas me? Memento, quaeso, quod sicut lutum feceris me, et in pulverem reduces me. Nonne sicut lac mulsisti me, et sicut caseum me coagulasti? Pelle, et carnibus vestisti me: ossibus, et nervis compegisti me. Vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi, et visitatio tuo custodivit spiritum meum.

Domine quando veneris iudicare terram, ubi me abscondam a vultu irae tuae? Quia peccavi nimis in vita mea.

Commissa mea pavesco, et ante te erubesco: dum veneris iudicare, noli me condemnare. Quia peccavi nimis in vita mea.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Quia peccavi nimis in vita mea.

In secundo nocturno. Pro feria tertia, et sexta.

Ant: In loco pascuae.

Psalmus 22: Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit: in loco pascuae ibi me collocavit. Super aquam refectionis educavit me: animam meam convertit. Deduxit me super semitas iustitiae: propter nomen suum. Nam et si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis: non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es. Virga tua, et baculus tuus: ipsa me consolata sunt. Parasti in conspectu meo mensam: adversus eos qui tribulant me. Impinguasti in oleo caput meum: et calix meus inebrians quam praeclarus est. Et misericordia tua subsequetur me: omnibus diebus vitae meae.

Et ut inhabitem in domo Domini: in longitudinem dierum.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: In loco pascuae ibi me collocavit.

Ant: Delicta.

Psalmus 24: Ad te Domine levavi animam meam: Deus meus in te confido, non erubescam. Neque irrideant me inimici mei: etenim universi qui sustinent te, non confundentur. Confundantur omnes iniqua agentes: supervacue. Vias tuas Domine demonstra mihi: et semitas tuas edoce me. Dirige me in veritate tua, et doce me: quia tu es Deus salvator meus, et te sustinui tota die. Reminiscere miserationum tuarum, Domine: et misericordiarum tuarum, quae a saeculo sunt. Delicta iuventutis meae: et ignorantias meas ne memineris. Secundum misericordiam tuam memento mei tu: propter bonitatem tuam Domine.

Dulcis, et rectus Dominus: propter hoc legem dabit delinquentibus in via. Diriget mansuetos in iudicio: docebit mites vias suas. Universae viae Domini misericordia et veritas: requirentibus testamentum eius, et testimonia eius. Propter nomen tuum Domine et propitiaberis peccato meo: multum est enim. Quis est homo, qui timet Dominum? legem statuet ei in via, quam elegit. Anima eius in bonis demorabitur: et semen eius hereditabit terram. Firmamentum est Dominus timentibus eum: et testamentum ipsius ut manifestetur illis.

Oculi mei semper ad Dominum: quoniam ipse evellet de laqueo pedes meos. Respice in me, et miserere mei: quia unicus et pauper sum ego. Tribulationes cordis mei multiplicatae sunt: de necessitatibus meis erue me. Vide humilitatem meam, et laborem meum: et dimitte universa delicta mea. Respice inimicos meos, quoniam multiplicati sunt: et odio iniquo oderunt me. Custodi animam meam, et erue me: non erubescam, quoniam speravi in te. Innocentes et recti adhaeserunt mihi: quia sustinui te. Libera Deus Israel: ex omnibus tribulationibus suis.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Delicta iuventutis meae et ignorantias meas ne memineris Domine.

Ant: Credo videre.

Psalmus 26: Dominus illuminatio mea, et salus mea: quem timebo? Dominus protector vitae meae: a quo trepidabo? Dum appropiant super me nocentes: ut edant carnes meas. Qui tribulant me inimici mei: ipsi infirmati sunt, et ceciderunt. Si consistant adversum me castra: non timebit cor meum. Si exurgat adversum me praelium: in hoc ego sperabo. Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram: ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitae meae. Ut videam voluntatem Domini: et visitem templum eius.

Quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo suo: in die malorum protexit me in abscondito tabernaculi sui. In petra exaltavit me: et nunc exaltavit caput meum super inimicos meos. Circuivi, et immolavi in tabernaculo eius hostiam vociferationis: cantabo, et psalmum dicam Domino. Exaudi Domine vocem meam, qua clamavi ad te: miserere mei, et exaudi me. Tibi dixit cor meum, exquisivit te facies mea: faciem tuam Domine requiram. Ne avertas faciem tuam a me: et ne declines in ira a servo tuo. Adiutor meus esto, ne derelinquas me: neque dispicias me Deus salutaris meus. Quoniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquerunt me: Dominus autem assumpsit me.

Legem pone mihi Domine in via tua: et dirige me in semitam rectam, propter inimicos meos. Ne tradideris me in animas tribulantium me: quoniam insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui, et mentita est iniquitas sibi. Credo videre bona Domini: in terra viventium. Expecta Dominum, viriliter age: et confortetur cor tuum, et sustine Dominum.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium.

Collocet eos Dominus cum principibus.

Cum principibus populi sui.

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.

Sed liber nos a malo, Amen.

Lectio quarta (Iob 13): Responde mihi, quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata: scelera mea atque delicta ostende mihi. Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum? Contra folium quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris. Scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiae meae. Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, et observasti omnes semitas meas, et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti. Qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.

Memento mei Deus, quia ventus est vita mea: Nec aspiciat me visus hominis.

De profundis clamavi ad te Domine: Domine exaudi vocem meam. Nec aspiciat me visus hominis.

Lectio quinta (Iob 14): Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis. Qui quasi flos egreditur, et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet. Et dignum ducis super huiuscemodi aperire oculos tuos: et adducere eum tecum in iudicium? Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine? Nonne tu qui solus es? Breves dies hominis sunt, numerus mensium eius apud te est. Constituisti terminos eius, qui praeteriri non poterunt. Recede ergo paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, et sicut mercenarii dies eius.

Hei mihi Domine, quia peccavi nimis in vita mea: quid faciam miser, ubi fugiam, nisi ad te, Deus meus? Miserere mei, dum veneris in novissimo die.

Anima mea turbata est valde: sed tu Domine succurre ei. Miserere mei dum veneris in novissimo die.

Lectio sexta (Iob 14): Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me, donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constitutas mihi tempus, in quo recorderis mei? Putas ne mortuus homo rursum vivet? Cunctis diebus, quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea. Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi. Operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram. Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti, sed parce peccatis meis.

Ne recorderis peccata mea Domine, Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem.

Dirige Domine Deus meus in conspectu tuo viam meam: Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem.

In tertio nocturno. Pro feria quarta et Sabbatho.

Ant: Complaceat.

Psalmus 39: Expectans expectavi Dominum: et intendit mihi. Et exaudivit preces meas: et eduxit me de lacu miseriae, et de luto faecis. Et statuit supra petram pedes meos: et direxit gressus meos. Et immisit in os meum canticum novum: carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt: et sperabunt in Domino. Beatus vir, cuius est nomen Domini spes eius, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas. Multa fecisti tu Domine Deus meus mirabilia tua: et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annunciavi, et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.

Sacrificium, et oblationem noluisti: aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti: tunc dixi, ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me, ut facerem voluntatem tuam: Deus meus volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei. Annunciavi iustitiam in ecclesia magna: ecce labia mea non prohibebo, Domine tu scisti. Iustitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo, veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi. Non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam: a concilio multo. Tu autem Domine ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me: misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me. Quoniam circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus: comprehenderunt me iniquitates meae, et non potui ut viderem.

Multiplicatae sunt super capillos capitis mei: et cor meum dereliquit me. Complaceat tibi Domine ut eruas me: Domine ad adiuvandum me respice. Confundantur, et revereantur simul, qui quaerunt animam meam: ut auferant eam. Convertantur retrorsum, et revereantur: qui volunt mihi mala. Ferant confestim confusionem suam: qui dicunt mihi, euge euge. Exultent, et laetentur super te omnes quaerentes te: et dicant semper, magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum. Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper: Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adiutor meus et protector meus tu es: Deus meus ne tardaveris.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Complaceat tibi Domine, ut eruas me: Domine ad adiuvandum me respice.

Ant: Sana Domine.

Psalmus 40: Beatus qui intellegit super egenum et pauperem: in die mala liberabit eum Dominus. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra: et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius. Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris eius: universum stratum eius versasti in infirmitate eius. Ego dixi Domine, miserere mei: sana animam meam, quoniam peccavi tibi. Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: quando morietur, et peribit nomen eius? Et si ingrediebatur, ut videret, vana loquebatur: cor eius congregavit iniquitatem sibi. Egrediebatur foras: et loquebatur in idipsum. Adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei: adversum me cogitabant mala mihi.

Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me: numquid qui dormit, non adiiciet ut resurgat? Etenim homo pacis meae, in quo speravi: qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me subplantationem. Tu autem Domine miserere mei: et resuscita me, et retribuam eis. In hoc cognovi, quoniam voluisti me: quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me. Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti: et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in aeternum. Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel a saeculo, et in saeculum: fiat, fiat.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Sana Domine animam meam, quia peccavi tibi.

Ant: Sitivit anima mea.

Psalmus 41: Quemadmodum desiderat cervus ad fontes aquarum: ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus. Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: quando veniam, et apparebo ante faciem Dei? Fuerunt mihi lacrymae meae panis die ac nocte: dum dicitur mihi quotidie, ubi est Deus tuus? Haec recordatus sum, et effudi in me animam meam: quoniam transibo in locum tabernaculi admirabilis, usque ad domum Dei. In voce exultationis, et confessionis: sonus epulantis. Quare tristis es anima mea: et quare conturbas me? Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi: salutare vultus mei et Deus meus. Ad meipsum anima mea conturbata est: propterea memor ero tui de terra Iordanis et Hermonii, a monte modico.

Abyssus abyssum invocat: in voce cataractarum tuarum. Omnia excelsa tua, et fluctus tui: super me transierunt. In die mandavit Dominus misericordiam suam: et nocte canticum eius. Apud me oratio Deo vitae meae: dicam Deo, susceptor meus es. Quare oblitus es mei, et quare contristatus incedo: dum affligit me inimicus? Dum confringuntur ossa mea: exprobraverunt mihi, qui tribulant me, inimici mei. Dum dicunt mihi per singulos dies, ubi est Deus tuus? quare tristis es anima mea, et quare conturbas me?

Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi: salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Ant: Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fontem vivum: quando veniam, et apparebo ante faciem Domini?

Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi.

Et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.

Sed liber nos a malo, Amen.

Lectio septima (Iob 17): Spiritus meus attenuabitur: dies mei breviabuntur, et solum mihi superest sepulcrum. Non peccavi: et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus. Libera me Domine, et pone me iuxta te: et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me. Dies mei transierunt, cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt, torquentes cor meum. Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem. Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stavi lectulum meum. Putredini dixi, Pater meus es: mater mea, et soror mea vermibus. Ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientia mea?

Tu es Domine deus meus.

Peccantem me quotidie, et non me poenitentem, timor mortis conturbat me: Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio, miserere mei Deus, et salva me.

Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac, et in virtute tua libera me. Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio, miserere mei Deus, et salva me.

Lectio octava (Iob 19): Pelli meae, consumptis carnibus, adhaesit os meum: et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos. Miseremini mei, miseremini mei, saltem vos amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me. Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini? Quis mihi tribuat, ut scribantur sermones mei? Quis mihi det, ut exarentur in libro stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice? Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum: Et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum salvatorum meum: quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius. Reposita est haec spes mea in sinu meo.

Domine secundum actum meum noli me iudicare: nihil dignum in conspectu tuo egi: ideo deprecor maiestatem tuam, Ut tu Deus deleas iniquitatem meam.

Amplius lava me Domine ab iniustitia mea: et a delicto meo munda me. Ut tu Deus deleas iniquitatem meam.

Lectio nona (Iob 10): Quare de vulva eduxisti me? Qui utinam consumptus essem, ne oculus me videret. Fuissem quasi non essem, de utero translatus ad tumulum. Numquid non paucitas dierum meorum finietur brevi? Dimitte me ergo, ut plangam paululum dolorem meum, antequam vadam, et non revertar ad terram tenebrosam, et opertam mortis caligine, terram miseriae, et tenebrarum, ubi umbra mortis, et nullus ordo, sed sempiternus horror inhabitat.

Libera me Domine de viis inferni, qui portas aereas confregisti, et visitasti infernum, et dedisti eis lumen, ut viderent te, qui erant in poenis tenebrarum.

Clamantes, et dicentes, advenisti redemptor noster. Qui erant in poenis tenebrarum.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Qui erant in poenis tenebrarum.

Et dicitur semper in Feriali officio.

Sequens Responsorium dicitur solam in die defunctorum, et quando dicuntur tres nocturni, ut supra.

Libera me Domine de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda, Quando caeli movendi sunt, et terra: Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem.

Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo: dum discussio venerit atque ventura ira. Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra.

Dies illa dies irae, calamitatis, et miseriae, dies magna et amara valde. Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Libera me Domine de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda: Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra: Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem.

Scripture echoes

↩Ps.95.10-Ps.95.11 — Forty years I was angry with that generation, and said, 'They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.' Ps.95.11 — Therefore I swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter my rest.'
↩Ps.24.1 — A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and all that fills it; the world and all who dwell in it,
↩Ps.24.2 — for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
↩Ps.24.3 — Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD, and who shall stand in his holy place?
↩Ps.24.4 — The one with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to what is false, and has not sworn deceitfully.
↩Ps.24.5 — He will receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
↩Ps.24.6 — This is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O Jacob. Selah.
↩Ps.24.7 — Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may enter.
↩Ps.24.8 — Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.
↩Ps.26.1 — Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and in the LORD I have trusted; I shall not slip.
↩Ps.26.1 — Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and in the LORD I have trusted; I shall not slip.
↩Ps.26.2 — Examine me, O LORD, and test me; refine my kidneys and my heart.
↩Ps.26.3 — For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I have walked in your faithfulness.
↩Ps.26.3 — For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I have walked in your faithfulness.
↩Ps.26.4 — I have not sat with worthless men, and with hypocrites I will not enter in.
↩Ps.26.4 — I have not sat with worthless men, and with hypocrites I will not enter in.
↩Ps.26.5 — I hate the assembly of evildoers, and with the wicked I will not sit.
↩Job.14.1-Job.14.2 — Man, born of woman, is short of days and full of turmoil. Job.14.2 — Like a flower he comes forth and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not remain.
↩Job.14.2 — Like a flower he comes forth and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not remain.
↩Ps.39.1 — For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
↩Ps.39.2 — I said, 'I will guard my ways, that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth, while the wicked are before me.'
↩Ps.39.3 — I was mute in silence; I held back from good, and my pain was stirred up.
↩Ps.39.4 — My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue.
↩Ps.39.5 — Make known to me, LORD, my end, and the measure of my days—what it is—that I may know how fleeting I am.
↩Ps.39.6 — Surely you have made my days a mere handbreadth, and my lifetime is as nothing before you; surely every person, standing at their strongest, is only a breath. Selah.
↩Ps.39.7 — Surely a person walks about like a shadow; surely he bustles about for nothing. He heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather it.
↩Ps.39.8 — And now, what do I wait for, O Lord? My hope is in you.
↩Ps.40.1 — For the choirmaster. Of David. A Psalm.
↩Ps.40.2 — I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined to me and heard my cry.
↩Ps.40.3 — He lifted me out of the roaring pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps firm.
↩Ps.40.4 — And he has put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust in the LORD.
↩Ps.40.5 — Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, and has not turned to the arrogant or those who follow falsehood.
↩Ps.40.6 — Many are the wonders you have done, LORD my God—your plans for us. None can compare to you. I would declare and speak of them, but they are more than can be told.
↩Ps.40.8 — Then I said, 'Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.'

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