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Ant. O my God, * your mercy shall go before me.

Psalm 58(2-11)

58:2 Rescue me from my enemies, my God, * and free me from those who rise up against me.
58:3 Rescue me from those who work iniquity, * and save me from men of blood.
58:4 For behold, they have seized my soul. * The strong have rushed upon me.
58:5 And it is neither my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. * I have run and gone directly, without iniquity.
58:6 Rise up to meet me, and see: * even you, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel.
58:6 Reach out to visit all nations. * Do not take pity on all those who work iniquity.
58:7 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, * and they will wander around the city.
58:8 Behold, they will speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: * “For who has heard us?”
58:9 And you, O Lord, will laugh at them. * You will lead all the Gentiles to nothing.
58:10 I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter. * My God, his mercy will precede me.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Psalm 58(12-18)

58:12 God will oversee my enemies for me. Do not slay them, * lest at times my people may forget them.
58:12 Scatter them by your virtue. * And depose them, O Lord, my protector,
58:13 by the offense of their mouth and by the speech of their lips. * And may they be caught in their arrogance.
58:13 And, for their cursing and lying, they will be made known at the consummation, * in the fury of the consummation, and so they will be no more.
58:14 And they will know that God will rule over Jacob, * even to the ends of the earth.
58:15 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, * and they will wander around the city.
58:16 They will be dispersed in order to gnaw, * and truly, when they will not have been satisfied, they will murmur.
58:17 But I will sing your strength, * and I will extol your mercy, in the morning.
58:17 For you have been my supporter * and my refuge in the day of my tribulation.
58:18 To you, my helper, I will sing psalms. For you are God, my supporter. * My God is my mercy.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Psalm 59

59:3 O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. * You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.
59:4 You have moved the earth, and you have disturbed it. * Heal its breaches, for it has been moved.
59:5 You have revealed to your people difficulties. * You have made us drink the wine of remorse.
59:6 You have given a warning sign to those who fear you, * so that they may flee from before the face of the bow,
59:7 so that your beloved may be delivered. * Save me with your right hand, and hear me.
59:8 God has spoken in his holy place: * I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles.
59:9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. * And Ephraim is the strength of my head.
59:9 Judah is my king. * Moab is the cooking pot of my hope.
59:10 Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. * To me, the foreigners have been made subject.
59:11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? * Who will lead me all the way to Idumea?
59:12 Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? * And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?
59:13 Grant us help from tribulation. * For salvation from man is empty.
59:14 In God, we will act virtuously. * And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. O my God, your mercy shall go before me.