Morning Prayer (Matins) in Contemporary Language

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¶ Morning Prayer on Monday
Monday, 23 September 2019

O Lord, open our lips
Alland our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

One or more of the following is said or sung:
a prayer of thanksgiving (page 109),
a suitable hymn,
or A Song of God’s Compassion

1The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, ♦
slow to anger and of great kindness.

2He will not always accuse us, ♦
neither will he keep his anger for ever.

3He has not dealt with us according to our sins, ♦
nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.

4For as the heavens are high above the earth, ♦
so great is his mercy upon those who fear him.

5As far as the east is from the west, ♦
so far has he set our sins from us.

6As a father has compassion on his children, ♦
so is the Lord merciful towards those who fear him.

7For he knows of what we are made; ♦
he remembers that we are but dust.

8Our days are but as grass; ♦
we flourish as a flower of the field;

9For as soon as the wind goes over it, it is gone, ♦
and its place shall know it no more.

10But the merciful goodness of the Lord is from of old
and endures for ever on those who fear him, ♦
and his righteousness on children