The Midday Office

Ascribe to the LORD the honor due his Name;* bring offerings and come into his courts.

Let your countenance shine upon your servant* and teach me your statutes.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart;* I will tell of all your marvelous works.

Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD,* nor anything like your works.

Woe to those who call what is bad, good, and what is good, bad, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who think themselves wise and believe themselves enlightened. Woe to those whose might lies in wine bibbing, their heroism in mixing strong drinks, who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the upright. Yes, as a flame devours the stubble, as the straw flares up and disappears, their root will be like decay and their shoot be carried off like dust, for having rejected the law of YAHWEH Sabaoth, for having despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD,* nor anything like your works.

Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me;* make your way straight before me. For there is no truth in their mouth;* there is destruction in their heart; Their throat is an open grave;* they flatter with their tongue. Declare them guilty, O God;* let them fall, because of their schemes. Because of their many transgressions cast them out,* for they have rebelled against you. But all who take refuge in you will be glad;* they will sing out their joy for ever. You will shelter them,* so that those who love your Name may exult in you. For you, O LORD, will bless the righteous;* you will defend them with your favor as with a shield.

Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD,* nor anything like your works.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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.

Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in your Son's Name: I beseech you mercifully to incline your ear to me who have made my prayers and supplications to you; and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to your will, I may effectually obtain, to the relief of my necessity, and to the setting forth of your glory; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.