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Friday, April 10 |
| The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m. |
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The Call to Prayer |
| Behold now, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,* you that stand by night in the house of our LORD. |
| Psalm 134:1 |
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The Request for Presence |
| For God alone my soul in silence waits;* from him comes my salvation. |
| Psalm 62:1 |
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The Greeting |
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| Yours is the day, yours also the night;* you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth;* you made both summer and winter. |
| Psalm 74:15–16 |
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The Hymn |
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The Solid Rock |
| My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand, When darkness veils his lovely face I rest on his unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the vail. His oath, his covenant, his blood Support me in the rising flood; When all around my soul gives way. He then is all my hope and stay. When he shall come with trumpet sound O may I then in him be found, Dressed in his righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne. On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand. |
| Edward Mote |
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons |
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| . . . Surely, there is a reward for the righteous; surely, there is a God who rules in the earth. |
| Psalm 58:11b |
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The Vespers Psalm |
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The LORD’s Will Stands Forever |
| By the word of the LORD were the heavens made,* by the breath of his mouth all the heavenly hosts. He gathers up the waters of the ocean as in a water-skin* and stores up the depths of the sea. Let all the earth fear the LORD;* let all who dwell in the world stand in awe of him. For he spoke, and it came to pass;* he commanded, and it stood fast. The LORD brings the will of the nations to naught;* he thwarts the designs of the peoples. But the LORD’s will stands fast for ever,* and the designs of his heart from age to age. |
| Psalm 33:6–11 |
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The Refrain |
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| Surely, there is a reward for the righteous; surely, there is a God who rules in the earth. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O God, come to my assistance! O Lord, make haste to help me! |
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The Lord's Prayer |
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| 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. |
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week |
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| O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of my faith, that I may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. † |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| May Almighty God grant me a peaceful night and a perfect end. Amen. |
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