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The God Who Hears Prayer

The psalmist declares that all flesh comes to the God who hears prayer, citing Psalm 65:2.

You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come. Psalm 65. 2.

Prayer at Every Hour

The believer commits to pray evening, morning, and noon, trusting that God will hear, as in Psalm 55:17.

In the evening, in the morning, and at noon,✦ I will tell and proclaim, and You will hear my voice. Psalm.1 55.2 17.✦

Morning Prayer

The morning prayer is offered to the Lord, who will hear the voice of the one who prays early, from Psalm 5:3.

Lord, I will pray to you in the morning; in the morning, you will hear my voice.✦ Ps. 53 34

Prayer as Incense

The prayer is lifted up like incense before God, as in Psalm 141:2.

Let my prayer be directed like incense in Your sight. Ps. 140.5 2.

Morning Meditation and Thanksgiving

The believer meditates on the Lord in the morning, thanks Him for protection through the night, and asks to serve Him faithfully throughout the day.

In the morning, Lord, I will meditate on You. because you have been my helper. I give You thanks, Lord, almighty, eternal God, who deigned to keep me through this night—not by my merits, but by Your holy mercy.6 Grant me, Lord, to spend this day in Your holy service in such a way that the devoted service of my servitude may please You.7

Dependence on Mercy

The heart is lifted to God with the trust of a servant, pleading for mercy according to the judgment of those who love His name, from Psalm 119:132.

I lift up my heart, with my hands, to the Lord in heaven. See, just as the eyes of servants look to the hands of their masters,8 And just as a maidservant’s eyes look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy on us.9 Look upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of those who love your name.✦ (cxix.10 132)11

Read the original Latin

Qui exaudis orationem, ad Te omnis caro veniet, Psal. lxv. 2.

Vespere, mane, et meridie,

narrabo et annunciabo, et Tu exaudies vocem meam. Psq/. lv. 17.

Ad Te, Domine, orabo mane: exaudies vocem meam mane. Psal. v. ὃ.

Dirigatur oratio mea, sicut incensum in conspectu Tuo. Psal. cxh. 2.

In matutinis, Domine, meditabor in Te,

quia fuisti adjutor meus.

Gratias Tibi ago, Domine, omnipotens, zeterne Deus, qui me in hac nocte, non meis meritis, sed (Tua sancta misericordia, custodire dignatus es. Concede mihi, Domine, diem istum in Tuo sancto servitio ita peragere, ut Tibi placeat obsequium servitutis meze.

Levo cor cum manibus ad Dominum in coelis. Ecce, sicut oculi servorum ad manus dominorum,

et sicut oculi ancille ad manus dominze, Ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum, donec misereatur nostri.

Respice in me, et miserere mei,

secundum judicium diligentium nomen Tuum. ( exix. 132.]

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Ps.55.18;Ps.55.17 — Evening and morning and noon I will complain and moan, and he has heard my voice. Ps.55.17 — I cry out to God, and the LORD saves me.
  2. ↩Ps.55.17 — I cry out to God, and the LORD saves me.
  3. ↩Ps.5.3 — Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
  4. ↩Ps.119.132 — Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your custom toward those who love your name.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Source 'Psq/.' is treated as a Psalm citation label (Ps./Psal.), not running prose.
  2. 2 ↩Source 'lv.' read as Roman numeral LV = Psalm 55 (Hebrew/English numbering).
  3. 3 ↩Rendered Latin citation fragment 'v.' as Psalm number 5 (Roman numeral V), consistent with neighboring citation style (e.g. 'lv.' = 55).
  4. 4 ↩Source reading 'ὃ.' appears corrupt (Greek omicron with rough breathing). Most plausible intended sense is verse 3 of Psalm 5, matching the prayer text; could also be 4 depending on psalm numbering.
  5. 5 ↩Source reads 'cxh.'; most plausible intended citation is Vulgate Psalm 140 (Roman cxl), matching the incense verse in s1. 'h' is treated as a likely misreading of 'l'.
  6. 6 ↩Normalized reading takes zeterne as aeterne (eternal) and treats the stray opening parenthesis before Tua as punctuation noise.
  7. 7 ↩Normalized reading takes meze as meae (of my).
  8. 8 ↩Latin leaves the verb of looking implied (ad manus); English supplies 'look' for sense. The clause is incomplete in this section and continues in PrecesPriv.1.134.10.
  9. 9 ↩Source forms ancille and dominze are taken as intended ancillae and dominae (maidservant / mistress), continuing the servant–master image from the previous verse.
  10. 10 ↩Source reads '( exix.' which is not coherent Latin; treated as a corrupt citation marker for Psalm 119 (Roman cxix), pairing with s3 '132.]'.
  11. 11 ↩Appears to be a verse-number close-bracket from a printed citation (with s2), not running prayer prose.

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