May God be merciful to us and bless us,
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
Let your ways be known upon earth,
your saving health among all nations.

Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide all the nations upon earth.

Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

The earth has brought forth her increase;
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.
May God give us his blessing,
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

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 Lord is King; he has put on splendid apparel;
the Lord has put on his apparel
and girded himself with strength.

He has made the whole world so sure
that it cannot be moved;
Ever since the world began, your throne has been established;
you are from everlasting.

The waters have lifted up, O Lord,
the waters have lifted up their voice;
the waters have lifted up their pounding waves.

Mightier than the sound of many waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea,
mightier is the Lord who dwells on high.

Your testimonies are very sure,
and holiness adorns your house, O Lord,
for ever and for evermore.

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.

Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands;
serve the Lord with gladness
and come before his presence with a song.

Know this: The Lord himself is God;
he himself has made us, and we are his;
we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and call upon his Name.

For the Lord is good;
his mercy is everlasting;
and his faithfulness endures from age to age.

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.

O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,
as in a barren and dry land where there is no water.
Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place,
that I might behold your power and your glory.

For your loving-kindness is better than life itself;
my lips shall give you praise.
So will I bless you as long as I live
and lift up my hands in your Name.
My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,

When I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the night watches.
For you have been my helper,
and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand holds me fast.

May those who seek my life to destroy it
go down into the depths of the earth;
let them fall upon the edge of the sword,
and let them be food for jackals.

But the king will rejoice in God;
all those who swear by him will be glad;
for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

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.

Blessed are you, Lord, the God of our fathers;
worthy of praise, highly exalted for ever.
Blessed is your holy and glorious name;
highly to be praised, highly exalted for ever.

Blessed are you, glorious in your holy temple;
most worthy to be glorified in hymns for ever.
Blessed are you, for, enthroned on the cherubim,
you behold the depths,
worthy of praise, highly exalted for ever.

Blessed are you on your royal throne;
most worthy to be hymned, highly exalted for ever.
Blessed are you in the vault of heaven;
worthy to be glorified in hymns for ever.

Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, you heavens,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, you his angels,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, all waters above the heavens,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, all powers of the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, sun and moon,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, stars of the sky,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, every shower of rain and fall of dew,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, all winds,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, fire and heat,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, winter and summer,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, drops of dew and flakes of snow,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, nights and days,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, shining light and enfolding dark,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, frost and cold,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, ice and sleet,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, storm clouds and thunderbolts,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, all the earth,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, mountains and hills,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, all that grows upon the earth,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, springs of water,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, seas and streams,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, whales and all that move in the waters,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, all birds of the air,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, beasts of the wild and all you flocks and herds,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, men and women everywhere,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, Israel,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, you his priests,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, you his servants,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, spirits and souls of the righteous,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Bless the Lord, holy and humble of heart,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Bless the Lord, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
He has rescued us from the grave,
he has saved us from the power of death,
he has delivered us from the furnace of burning flame,
from the very heart of the fire.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious,
for his mercy endures for ever.
All who worship the Lord, bless the God of gods,
sing his praise and give him thanks,
for his mercy endures for ever.

Let us bless the Lord, Father and Son, with the Holy Spirit,
let us praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Blessed are you in the vault of heaven,
worthy to be glorified in hymns and highly exalted for ever.

Alleluia!

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights.
Praise him all you angels of his;
praise him, all his host.

Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, heaven of heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.

Let them praise the Name of the Lord;
for he commanded, and they were created.
He made them stand fast for ever and ever;
he gave them a law which shall not pass away.

Praise the Lord from the earth,
you sea-monsters and all deeps;
Fire and hail, snow and fog,
tempestuous wind, doing his will;

Mountains and all hills,
fruit-trees and all cedars;
Wild beasts and all cattle,
creeping things and wingèd birds;

Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the world;
Young men and maidens,
old and young together.

Let them praise the Name of the Lord,
for his Name only is exalted,
his splendor is over earth and heaven.

He has raised up strength for his people
and praise for all his loyal servants,
the children of Israel, a people who are near him.

Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing his praise in the congregation of the faithful.
Let Israel rejoice in his Maker;
let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Let them praise his Name in the dance;
let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people
and adorns the poor with victory.
Let the faithful rejoice in triumph;
let them be joyful on their beds.
Let the praises of God be in their throat
and a two-edged sword in their hand;

To wreak vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples;
To bind their kings in chains
and their nobles with links of iron;
To inflict on them the judgment decreed;
this is glory for all his faithful people.

Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Praise God in his holy temple;
praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts;
praise him for his excellent greatness.

Praise him with the blast of the ram’s-horn;
praise him with lyre and harp.
Praise him with timbrel and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe.

Praise him with resounding cymbals;
praise him with loud-clanging cymbals.
Let everything that has breath
praise the Lord.

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.

From lands beneath the rising sun
through all the compass of the earth,
now let us sing to Christ the Lord,
the Virgin Mary’s newborn son.

The hallowed Author of the world,
a servant’s body has assumed,
that liberating flesh by flesh
he should not lose what he has made.

Pure grace from heaven enters then
the Mother’s womb, both sealed and closed;
the cloister of this maiden bride
bears secrets she could not have known.

The home of this pure hearth became
with sudden power the shrine of God;
a virgin still, she knew not man
and by a word conceived her Son.

She brought to birth her holy child,
whose advent Gabriel proclaimed,
whom John, enclosed, perceived with joy
and leaped within his mother’s womb.

He lay on straw with no complaint,
not shrinking from a manger bed.
An infant’s share of milk he drank,
while in his care he fed the birds.

The hosts on high exult with joy
and Angels sing to God with praise;
the shepherds wondrously behold
the Shepherd, Maker of all things.

To you, Lord Jesus, glory be,
the Virgin Mother’s newborn Son,
with God the Father, ever blest,
and loving Spirit, ever one. Amen.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old,
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
to give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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.