When Israel came out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
Judah became God’s sanctuary
and Israel his dominion.

The sea beheld it and fled;
Jordan turned and went back.
The mountains skipped like rams,
and the little hills like young sheep.

What ailed you, O sea, that you fled?
O Jordan, that you turned back?
You mountains that you skipped like rams?
you little hills like young sheep?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Who turned the hard rock into a pool of water
and flint-stone into a flowing spring.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your Name give glory;
because of your love and because of your faithfulness.
Why should the heathen say,
“Where then is their God?”

Our God is in heaven;
whatever he wills to do he does.
Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.

They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
eyes have they, but they cannot see;
They have ears, but they cannot hear;
noses, but they cannot smell;

They have hands, but they cannot feel;
feet, but they cannot walk;
they make no sound with their throat.
Those who make them are like them,
and so are all who put their trust in them.

O Israel, trust in the Lord;
he is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;
he is their help and their shield.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
he is their help and their shield.

The Lord has been mindful of us, and he will bless us;
he will bless the house of Israel;
he will bless the house of Aaron;

He will bless those who fear the Lord,
both small and great together.
May the Lord increase you more and more,
you and your children after you.

May you be blessed by the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s,
but he entrusted the earth to its peoples.

The dead do not praise the Lord,
nor all those who go down into silence;
But we will bless the Lord,
from this time forth for evermore.

Alleluia!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.

The cords of death entangled me;
the grip of the grave took hold of me;
I came to grief and sorrow.
Then I called upon the Name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray you, save my life.”

Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The Lord watches over the innocent;
I was brought very low, and he helped me.

Turn again to your rest, O my soul,
for the Lord has treated you well.
For you have rescued my life from death,
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.

How shall I repay the Lord
for all the good things he has done for me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his servants.

O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
you have freed me from my bonds.
I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
In the courts of the Lord’s house,
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Alleluia!

For his loving-kindness toward us is great,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever.

Alleluia!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.

The plowmen plowed upon my back
and made their furrows long.
The Lord, the Righteous One,
has cut the cords of the wicked.

Let them be put to shame and thrown back,
all those who are enemies of Zion.
Let them be like grass upon the housetops,
which withers before it can be plucked;

Which does not fill the hand of the reaper,
nor the bosom of him who binds the sheaves;
So that those who go by say not so much as,
“The Lord prosper you.
We wish you well in the Name of the Lord.”

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.

The fruitful Spirit’s shadow comes
and fills you now with heaven’s light,
that you may carry Christ the Lord,
the Father’s own co-equal Son.

She is the sacred temple gate,
for ever sealed and barred to all;
yet for the heavenly Prince alone
the blessed threshold opens wide.

Foretold by prophets long ago
and born before the morning star,
the one whom Gabriel now proclaims
is Christ the Lord come down to earth.

Rejoice together, Angel hosts!
Let all the peoples sing for joy.
The Most High comes, a humble child,
to save and ransom what was lost.

To you, O Christ, most loving King,
and to the Father, glory be,
one with the Spirit Paraclete,
for endless ages evermore. Amen.

From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel,
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.