Morning Prayers – LAUDS

Invitatory Prayers here

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,

The world, and those who live in it;

For he has founded it on the seas,

And established it on the rivers.

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?

And who shall stand in his holy place?

Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,

Who do not lift up their souls to what is false,

And do not swear deceitfully.

They will receive blessing from the Lord,

And vindication from the God of their salvation.

Such is the company of those who seek him,

Who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Lift up your heads, oh gates! and be lifted up, oh ancient doors!

That the King of glory may come in.

Who is the King of glory?

The Lord, strong and mighty,

The Lord, mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, oh gates! and be lifted up, oh ancient doors!

That the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory?

He is the Lord of hosts,

He is the King of glory.

Blessed be God who lives for ever,

For his reign endures throughout all ages,

For he both punishes and pardons;

He sends people down to the depths of the underworld

And draws them up from utter destruction;

No one can escape his hand.

Declare his praise before the nations,

You who are the children of Israel!

For if he has scattered you among them,

There too he has shown you his greatness.

Extol him before all the living; he is our Lord and our God;

He is our Father, and he is God for ever and ever.

Though he punishes you for your iniquities,

He will take pity on you all;

Consider how well he has treated you;

Loudly give him thanks.

Bless the Lord of justice in all your doings

And extol the King of the ages.

I for my part sing his praise in the country of my exile;

I make his power and greatness known to a nation that has sinned.

Sinners, return to him;

Let your conduct be upright before him.

Perhaps he will be gracious to you and take pity on you.

I for my part extol God and my soul rejoices in the King of heaven.

Let his greatness be on every tongue,

His praises be sung in the Holy City, Jerusalem.

God has scourged you for what you have done

But will still take pity on the children of the upright.

Thank the Lord as he deserves,

Bless the King of the ages.

Rejoice in the Lord, oh you righteous.

Praise befits the upright.

Praise the Lord with the lyre;

Make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.

Sing to him a new song;

Play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

For the word of the Lord is upright,

And all his work is done in faithfulness.

He loves righteousness and justice;

The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

And all their host by the breath of his mouth.

He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;

He put the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

For he spoke, and it came to be;

He commanded, and it stood firm.

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,

The people whom he has chosen as his heritage.

The Lord looks down from heaven;

He sees all humankind.

From where he sits enthroned

He watches all the inhabitants of the earth.

He who fashions the hearts of them all,

And observes all their deeds.

A king is not saved by his great army;

A warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

The war horse is a vain hope for victory,

And by its great might it cannot save.

Truly the eye of the Lord is

On those who fear him,

On those who hope in his steadfast love,

To deliver their soul from death,

And to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for the Lord;

He is our help and shield.

Our heart is glad in him,

Because we trust in his holy name.

Let your steadfast love, oh Lord,

Be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Rom. 13, 11-13

It is high time now to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day.

End Prayers here

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