Matins

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Nocturn I.

Antiphon

In Thy fear will I worship.

Psalm 5.

Ponder my words, &c.

Antiphon

With Thee, &c.  
 In Thy fear will I worship towards Thy Holy Temple.

Antiphon

The Lord hath heard my petition.

Psalm 6.

O Lord, rebuke me not, &c.  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

The Lord hath heard my petition, the Lord will receive  

my prayer.

Antiphon

We will rejoice.

Psalm 20.

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble, &c.  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

We will rejoice in Thy salvation, and triumph in the  

name of the Lord our God.

(f) Verse and
Response

In the valley of the shadow of death.  
 *They shall fear no evil*.

The Lord’s Prayer
(privately.)

Our Father, &c.

Lesson 1.
Job ix. 11-20.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see *him* not: he passeth on  

also, but I perceive him not.
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will
say unto him, What doest thou?
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do
stoop under him.
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my
words to reason with him?
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer,
but I would make supplication to my judge.
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not
believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my
wounds without cause.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me
with bitterness.
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment,
who shall set me a time to plead?
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if
I say I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Response 1.

    *I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand* *on the latter day upon the earth; and in my flesh shall* *I see God*.  
 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold,  

and not another.
And in my flesh shall I see God.

Lesson 2.
Job x. 1-7.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint  

upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me
wherefore thou contendest with me.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou
shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon
the counsel of the wicked? Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s
days?
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest
after my sin?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked: and there is none
that can deliver out of thine hand.

Response 2.

*I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily to see  

the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living*.
O tarry thou the Lord’s leisure: be strong and He shall
comfort thine heart, and put thou thy trust in the Lord.
I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of
the living.

Lesson 3.
Job x. 14-22.

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit  

me from mine iniquity.
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet
will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore
see thou mine affliction;
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and
again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest
thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me!
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the
womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had
seen me!
I should have been as though I had not been; I should
have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that
I may take comfort a little.
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of
darkness and the shadow of death;
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow
of death, without any order, and where the light is as
darkness.

Response 3.

    *The people that walked in darkness have seen a great* *light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of* *death, upon them hath the light shined*.  
 Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and  

Christ shall give thee light.
They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon
them hath the light shined. With thee is the well of life,
And in thy light shall we see light.
They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon
them hath the light shined.

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Nocturn II.

Antiphon

He shall feed me.

Psalm 23. (4)

The Lord is my shepherd, &c.  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

He shall feed me in a green pasture.

Antiphon

Mine eyes are ever looking.

Psalm 25. (5)

Unto Thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul.  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord, for he shall  

pluck my feet out of the net.

Antiphon

In the time of trouble.

Psalm 27. (6)

The Lord is my light, &c.  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

In the time of trouble He shall hide me in His tabernacle.

(j) Verse and
Response

Let the Saints be joyful with glory.  
     *Let them rejoice in their beds*.

The Lord’s Prayer
(privately.)

                    Our Father, &c.

Lesson 4.
Job xiii. 20-28.

Only do not two *things* unto me: then will I not hide my-  

self from thee.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread
make me afraid.
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and
answer thou me.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to
know my transgression and my sin.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine
enemy?
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou
pursue the dry stubble?
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest
me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest nar-
rowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels
of my feet.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that
is moth-eaten.

Response 4.

    *Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast* *plagued us, and for the years wherein we have* *suffered adversity*.  
 Show Thy servants Thy work, and their children Thy  

glory.
For the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

Lesson 5.
Job xvi. 7-22.

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made  

desolate all my company.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness
against me: and my leanness rising up in me, beareth wit-
ness to my face.
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth
upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes
upon me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth, they have
smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully, they have
gathered themselves together against me.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me
over into the hands of the wicked.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath
also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and
set me up for his mark.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my
reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall
upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth
upon me like a giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my
horn in the dust.
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eye-lids is the
shadow of death;
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is
pure.
O earth, cover thou not my blood, and let my cry have
no place.
Also, now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my
record is on high.
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears
unto God. Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man
pleadeth for his neighbour!
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way
whence I shall not return.

Response 5.

    *My God hath sent his Angel, and hath shut the lions'* *mouths that they have not hurt me*.  
 Forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me;  
 *He hath shut the lions' mouths that they have not hurt me*.

Lesson 6.
Job xiv. 1-10.

Man *that is* born of a woman *is* of few days, and full of  

trouble.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he
fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and
bringest me into judgment with thee.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not
one.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months
are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot
pass.
Turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish,
as an hireling, his day.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not
cease.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the
stock thereof die in the ground;
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring
forth boughs like a plant.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up
the ghost, and where is he?

Response

    *Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon* *withdraw itself, for the Lord shall be thine everlasting* *light*.  
 And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.  
     *For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light*.  
                 With thee is the well of life, &c.  
     *For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light*.

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Nocturn III.

Antiphon

He brought me out.

Psalm 40. (7)

I waited patiently, &c.—With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire  

and clay.

Antiphon

Heal my soul.

Psalm 41. (8)

Blessed is he, &c.—With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.

Antiphon

My soul is athirst.

Psalm 42. (9)

Like as the hart, &c.—With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God;  

when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

(n) Verse and
Response

O deliver not the soul of Thy turtledove unto the multi-  

tude of the enemies.
And forget not the congregation of the poor for ever.

The Lord’s Prayer
(privately.)

Our Father, &c.

Lesson 7.
Job xvii. 11-16.

My days are passed, my purposes are broken off, *even*  

the thoughts of my heart.
They change the night into day: the light is short be-
cause of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed
in the darkness.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the
worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall
see it?
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest
together is in the dust.

Response 7.

    *Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall  
         they arise*.  
     Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust, for thy dew is as  

the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Together with my dead body shall they come.

Lesson 8.
Job xix. 20-27.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am  

escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my
friends; for God hath touched me.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied
with my flesh? Oh that my words were now written, oh that they were
printed in a book!
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead, in the
rock for ever!
For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall
stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in
my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold,
and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Response 8.

    *If Thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done  
         amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? but there is mercy  
         with Thee*,  
 Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and cleanse  

me from my sin.
But there is mercy with Thee.

Lesson 9.
Jonah ii. 2-10.

I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he  

heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heard-
est my voice.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the
seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows
and thy waves passed over me.
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look
again toward thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the
depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapt about
my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains: the earth
with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought
up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
They that observe lying vanities, forsake their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanks-
giving; I will pay that that I have vowed: salvation is of
the Lord.
And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out
Jonah upon the dry land.

Response 9.

    *I am the Resurrection and the Life, he that believeth in  
         me, though he were dead, yet shall he live*.  
 And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.  
     *Though he were dead, yet shall he live*.
 With Thee is the well of life, &c.  
     *Though he were dead, yet shall he live*.

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Lauds

Antiphon

Cast me not away.

Psalm 51. (1)

Have mercy upon me, &c. With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not Thy  

Holy Spirit from me.

Antiphon

Have I not remembered Thee?

Psalm 63. (2)

O God, Thou art my God, &c. With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

Have I not remembered Thee in say bed, and thought  

upon Thee when I was waking?

Antiphon

I am like a green olive tree.

Psalm 52. (3)

O God, thou art my God, &c. With Thee, &c.  

I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; my
trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

Antiphon

The living, the living, he shall praise Thee.

Song of Ezekias (4)
Is. xxxviii. 10-20.

I said, in the cutting off of my days I shall go to the gates  

of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years, &c.
I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord in the
land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the
inhabitants of the world.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shep-
herd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will
cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt
thou make an end of me.
I reckoned till morning, that as a lion so will he break
all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an
end of me.
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn
as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I
am oppressed; undertake for me.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and
himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the
bitterness of my soul.
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things
is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make
me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast
in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:
for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate
thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy
truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this
day: the father to the children shall make known thy
truth.
The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing
my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our
life, in the house of the Lord. With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this  

day.

Antiphon

Let every thing that hath breath.

Ps. 148, 149, &
150. (5)

O praise the Lord of heaven.  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

(v) Verse and
Response

I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,  
     *Blessed are they that die in the Lord*.

(w) Antiphon

I am the Resurrection and the life.

Benedictus

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, &c  
 With Thee, &c.

Antiphon

I am the Resurrection and the life; he that believeth in  

Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever
liveth and believeth in Me, shall never die.

The Lord’s Prayer
(privately.)

            Our Father, &c.

Psalm 126.

When the Lord turned again, &c.  
 *The Service terminates with the Collects and Sentences used  

at Vespers*, p. 147, 148.

With Thee is the well, &c.  
 May their souls rest in peace. *Amen*.