Gave him power over the works of your hands, *Īlmighty Lord, how wonderful is your name. Yet you have made him little less than a god * What is man that you should keep him in mind, * The moon and the stars which you arranged, When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, * You have found praise to foil your enemy, * Your majesty is praised above the heavens * How great is your name, O Lord our God, * The Father gave Christ lordship of creation and made him head of the Church (Ephesians 1:22).

The majesty of the Lord and man’s dignity 3 You have crowned your Anointed One with glory and honor, alleluia. It is I who bring death and I who give life I inflict injury and I bring healing, alleluia.Īnt. While the Lord’s own portion was Jacob, *Īs an eagle incites its nestlings forth *Īnt. He set up the boundaries of the peoples * When he parceled out the descendants of Adam, When the Most High assigned the nations their heritage, * Yet basely has he been treated by his degenerate children, *Īsk your father and he will inform you, * May my instruction soak in like the rain, * Let the earth hearken to the words of my mouth! How often I have longed to gather your children as a hen gathers her brood under her wing (Matthew 23:37). 2 It is I who bring death and I who give life I inflict injury and I bring healing, alleluia. You have filled me with gladness, Lord I will sing for joy at the works of your hands, alleluia.Īnt.

May all who have been chosen by your Son always abound in works of faith, hope, and love in your service.Īnt. Take our shame away from us, Lord, and make us rejoice in your saving works. They will flourish in the courts of our God, The just will flourish like the palm-tree * They are doomed to be eternally destroyed. Sing in praise of Christ’s redeeming work (Saint Athanasius).Īnd your truth in the watches of the night,įor the work of your hands I shout with joy. 1 You have filled me with gladness, Lord I will sing for joy at the works of your hands, alleluia. Text: Aurora lucis rutilat, verses 1-4, attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan (340-397)Īnt. The Angel, crowned with light, hath said, Hell’s pains are loosed, and tears are fled Treads down death’s strength in death’s despite,īrings forth his sleeping Saints to light. Hail, the resurrection Thou! Alleluia! Amen. Praise to thee by both be given Alleluia! Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia! Made like him, like him we rise Alleluia! Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia! Once he died, our souls to save Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Vain the stone, the watch, the seal Alleluia!Ĭhrist has burst the gates of hell: Alleluia!ĭeath in vain forbids his rise Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high: Alleluia! Alleluia.Ĭhrist the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! – as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: If the Invitatory is not said, then the following is used: I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray Today, listen to the voice of the Lord: †ĭo not grow stubborn, as your fathers did The dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.Ĭome, then, let us bow down and worship, *īending the knee before the Lord, our maker.įor he is our God and we are his people, *

He holds in his hands the depths of the earth * Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving * In individual recitation, the antiphon may be said only at the beginning of the psalm it need not be repeated after each strophe.Įncourage each other daily while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13).Īnd shout with joy to the Rock who saves us. – And my mouth will proclaim your praise. The Invitatory is said when this is the first ‘hour’ of the day.

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