OFFICE OF THE DEAD
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Come, let us adore.
Come, let us adore the King, to Whom all things live.
FIRST NOCTURN
PSALM V
Ant. Direct, O Lord.
Give ear, O Lord, to my words,* understand my cry.
Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.
For to Thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear my voice.
In the morning I shall stand before Thee, and will see: * because Thou art not a God that willeth iniquity.
Neither shall the wicked dwell near Thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before Thy eyes.
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity: * Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.
The Lord abhorreth the bloody and deceitful man. * But as for me, in the multitude of Thy mercy,
I will come into Thy house; * I
