Let all that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; * let such as love Thy salvation say always: the Lord be magnified.
But I am needy and poor: * the Lord is careful for me.
Thou art my helper and my protector: * O my God, delay not.
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,* and let perpetual light shine on them.
Ant. May it please Thee, O Lord, to deliver me: Lord, have regard to help me.
PSALM XL
Ant. Heal my soul, O Lord.
Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and poor: * the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: * and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: * Thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
I said: O Lord, be Thou merciful
