The Midday Office

The LORD is my strength and my shield;* my heart trusts him, and I have been helped; Therefore my heart dances for joy,* and in my song I will praise him.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations,* that we may give thanks to your holy Name and glory in your praise.

I long for your salvation, O LORD,* and your law is my delight. Let me live, and I will praise you,* and let your judgments help me.

I will lift up my hands to your commandments,* and I will meditate on your statutes.

"Because you have kept my commandment to persevere, I will keep you safe in the time of trial which is coming for the whole world, to put the people of the world to the test. I am coming soon: hold firmly to what you already have, and let no one take your victor's crown away from you. Anyone who proves victorious I will make into a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever; I will inscribe on it the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from my God in heaven, and my own new name as well. Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."

I will lift up my hands to your commandments,* and I will meditate on your statutes.

The LORD rewarded me because of my righteous dealing;* because my hands were clean he rewarded me; For I have kept the ways of the LORD* and have not offended against my God; For all his judgments are before my eyes,* and his decrees I have not put away from me; For I have been blameless with him* and have kept myself from iniquity; Therefore the LORD rewarded me according to my righteous dealing,* because of the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

I will lift up my hands to your commandments,* and I will meditate on your statutes.

Lead me not into temptation. Deliver me from evil. Yours are the kingdom and the glory.

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.

Almighty God, who has given your only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of his godly life: Give me grace that I may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavor myself to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer,* nor withheld his love from me.