The King, by whom and in whom all things live and move and have their being: O come, let us adore him.
Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
The King, by whom and in whom all things live and move and have their being: O come, let us adore him.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The King, by whom and in whom all things live and move and have their being: O come, let us adore him.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
The King, by whom and in whom all things live and move and have their being: O come, let us adore him.
Make, O LORD, your way straight before me.
Psalm 5 Verba mea auribus
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD; *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Make, O LORD, your way straight before me.
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; For in death no one remembers you.
Psalm 6 Domine, ne in furore
1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; For in death no one remembers you.
Lest like a lion they tear me in pieces and snatch me away with none to deliver me.
Psalm 7 Domine, Deus meus
1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Lest like a lion they tear me in pieces and snatch me away with none to deliver me.
V. From the gate of hell.
R. Deliver their souls, O Lord
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.
(Job 7:16-21)
Let me alone, for my days are a breath. What are human beings, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them, visit them every morning, test them every moment? Will you not look away from me for a while, let me alone until I swallow my spittle? If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target? Why have I become a burden to you? Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.
V: For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth;
R: And after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God
V. Whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
R: And after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God.
(Job 10:1-7)
I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as humans see? Are your days like the days of mortals, or your years like human years, that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin, although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?
V: You who raised Lazarus, already corrupting, from the grave;
R: O Lord, grant them them rest and a place of pardon.
V. You that shall come to judge the living and the dead and the world by fire.
R: O Lord, grant them them rest and a place of pardon.
(Job 10:8-13)
Your hands fashioned and made me; and now you turn and destroy me. Remember that you fashioned me like clay; and will you turn me to dust again? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. Yet these things you hid in your heart
V: O Lord, when you come to judge the earth, where shall I hide from the presence of your wrath?
R: For I have sinned in my life.
V. I begin to fear my misdeeds and blush before you: when you come to judge, condemn me not.
R: For I have sinned in my life.
V: Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord; And let light perpetual shine upon them.
R: For I have sinned in my life.
[Lauds continues if only one nocturn is being said]
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
Psalm 23 Dominus regit me
1 The LORD is my shepherd; *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions
Psalm 25 Ad te, Domine, levavi
1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; my God, I put my trust in you; *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions
I should see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalm 27 Dominus illuminatio
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
I should see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
V. The righteous will be kept in everlasting remembrance.
R. They will not be afraid of any evil tidings.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.
(Job 13:22b-28)
Reply to me. How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. Why do you hide your face, and count me as your enemy? Will you frighten a windblown leaf and pursue dry chaff? For you write bitter things against me, and make me reap the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet in the stocks, and watch all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet. One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
V: Woe is me, O Lord, for I have sinned all the days of my life. Where shall I flee, but to you?
R: O my God, have mercy on me when you come at the last day.
V. My heart is greatly troubled; but, Lord, be my helper.
R: O my God, have mercy on me when you come at the last day.
(Job 14:1-6)
A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble, comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last. Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgment with you? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can. Since their days are determined, and the number of their months is known to you, and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass, look away from them, and desist, that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.
V: Remember not my sins, O Lord,
R: When you come to judge the world by fire.
V. Make your way straight before me, O Lord my God.
R: When you come to judge the world by fire.
(Job 14:13-16)
Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! If mortals die, will they live again? All the days of my service I would wait until my release should come. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands. For then you would not number my steps, you would not keep watch over my sin.
V: Judge me not, O Lord, according to my deeds; for I have done nothing worthy in your sight.
R: In your great compassion, O God, blot out my offenses.
V. Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin; against you only have I sinned.
R: In your great compassion, O God, blot out my offenses.
V: Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord; And let light perpetual shine upon them.
R: In your great compassion, O God, blot out my offenses.
[Lauds continues if only one nocturn is being said]
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalm 40 Expectans, expectavi
1 I waited patiently upon the LORD; *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.
Heal me, LORD, for I have sinned against you.
Psalm 41 Beatus qui intelligit
1 Happy are they who consider the poor and needy! *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Heal me, LORD, for I have sinned against you.
My soul is athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
Psalm 42 Quemadmodum
1 As the deer longs for the water-brooks, *Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
My soul is athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
V. Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
R. And let light perpetual shine upon them.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.
(Job 17:1-3, 11-15)
My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. Surely there are mockers around me, and my eye dwells on their provocation. Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there that will give surety for me? My days are past, my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart. They make night into day; "The light," they say, "is near to the darkness." If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness, if I say to the Pit, "You are my father," and to the worm, "My mother," or "My sister," where then is my hope? Who will see my hope? You, O Lord, are my God.
V: While I sin daily and have no repentance, the fear of death appals me.
R: Because in hell there is no redemption; have mercy on me, O God, and save me.
V. Save me, O God, for your name's sake; O Lord, deliver me in your strength.
R: Because in hell there is no redemption; have mercy on me, O God, and save me.
(Job 19:20-27)
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me! 22 Why do you, like God, pursue me, never satisfied with my flesh? 23 "O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! 24 O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock forever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; 26 and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, 27 whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
V: Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
R: And let light perpetual shine upon them.
V. You that raised Lazarus, already corrupting, from the grave, grant them rest, O Lord
R: And let light perpetual shine upon them.
(Job 10:18-22)
Why did you bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me, and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness, the land of gloom and chaos, where light is like darkness.
V: Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal in that day of trembling.
R: When heaven and earth shall be shaken, when you come to judge the world by fire.
V. Ah, that day, that day of anger, of calamity and misery: Ah, that great and exceedingly bitter day.
R: When heaven and earth shall be shaken.
V: What, then, will I a wretched sinner say, or what shall I do, who can take no good before so great a judge?
R. When you come to judge the world by fire.
V: Now, O Christ, we pray you, we beg you to have mercy; since you came to save the lost, do not damn those whom you have redeemed.
R. When you come to judge the world by fire.
V: Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord; And let light perpetual shine upon them.
R: When you come to judge the world by fire.
[Lauds normally follws after Matins; else:]
V: The Lord be with you.
R: And also with you.
Eternal Lord God, you hold all souls in life: Give to your whole Church in paradise and on earth your light and your peace; and grant that we, following the good examples of those who have served you here and are now at rest, may at the last enter with them into your unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
V:Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
R:
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
V: May they rest in peace.
R: Amen.