OFFICE OF THE DEAD
261
VESPERS
PSALM CXIV
Ant. I will please the Lord,
I have loved, * because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
Because He hath inclined His ear to me: * and in my days I will call upon Him.
The sorrows of death have compassed me: * and the perils of hell have found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: * and I called upon the name of the Lord.
O Lord, deliver my soul. * The Lord is merciful and just, and our God showeth mercy.
The Lord is the keeper of the little ones: * I was humbled, and He delivered me.
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: * for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
For He hath delivered my soul from death: * my eyes from tears; my feet from falling.
