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Wednesday · Night prayer

Night prayer: the soul is commended to God before sleep.

Psalmody

Psalm 33 (2–11)

Ant. The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.

I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth.

In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice.

O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.

Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.

The Angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.

O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Psalm 33 (12–23)

Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days?

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.

But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend.

Psalm 60

Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.

To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock.

Thou hast conducted me; for thou hast been my hope: a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.

Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.

He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?

So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may pay my vows from day to day.

Hymn

Before the ending of the day,Creator of the world, we prayThat with thy wonted favor thouWouldst be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes,From nightly fears and fantasies;Tread under foot our ghostly foe,That no pollution we may know.

O Father, that we ask be done,Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,Doth live and reign eternally.

Amen.

Short reading

(1 Pet 5:8-9)

Brothers: Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith.

Responsory

R.br. Into thy hands, O Lord, do I commend my spirit.

R. Into thy hands, O Lord, do I commend my spirit.

V. For thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, God of truth.

R. I commend my spirit.

R. Into thy hands, O Lord, do I commend my spirit.

Roman Breviary, 1962: the ferial and Sunday psalter and the fixed hymns and responsories (Divinum Officium). The propers of the season and of the saints, the readings and the prayers are not yet in the library.