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Daily Evening Prayer:
Rite One

The Officiant begins the service with one or more of the following sentences of Scripture, or of those on pages 37‑40;

or with the Service of Light on pages 109‑112, and continuing with the appointed Psalmody;

or with the versicle “O God, make speed to save us” on page 63.

Let my payer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.  Philippians 1:2

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.  Psalm 96:9

Thine is the day, O God, thine also the night; thou hast established the moon and the sun.  Thou hast fixed all the boundaries of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter. Psalm 74:15,16

I will bless the Lord who giveth me counsel; my heart teacheth me, night after night.  I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall. Psalm 16:7, 8

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