The Vespers Office

Let my mouth be full of your praise* and your glory all the day long. Do not cast me off in my old age;* forsake me not when my strength fails.

Let your loving-kindness, O LORD, be upon us,* as we have put our trust in you.

To you I lift up my eyes,* to you enthroned in the heavens. As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,* and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So my eyes look to the LORD my God,* until he shows me his mercy.

All praise to you, O Lord, Who by your mighty power Did manifest your glory forth In Cana's marriage hour. You speak, and it is done; Obedient to your word, The water reddening into wine Proclaims the present Lord. Oh, may this grace be ours: In you always to live And drink of those refreshing streams Which you alone can give. So, led from strength to strength, Grant us, O Lord, to see The marriage supper of the Lamb, The great epiphany.

In truth God has heard me;* he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

I will bless the LORD at all times;* his praise shall ever be in my mouth. I will glory in the LORD;* let the humble hear and rejoice. Proclaim with me the greatness of the LORD;* let us exalt his Name together. I sought the LORD, and he answered me* and delivered me out of all my terror. Look upon him and be radiant,* and let not your faces be ashamed. I called in my affliction and the LORD heard me* and saved me from all my troubles. The angel of the LORD encompasses those who fear him,* and he will deliver them. Taste and see that the LORD is good;* happy are they who trust in him!

In truth God has heard me;* he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto you. Thanks be to God.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into His Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ, triumphed over the powers of death and prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that I, who have this day given thanks for his resurrection, may praise you in the City of which he is the light, and where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.