CSWG,Lauds for the Birth of Saint John the Baptist, 24 June

Psalm 63
Antiphon (cf John 1:19, 27, 30)
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John bore witness and cried: He who comes after me ranks before me,
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for he was before me.
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O God, you are my God,
eagerly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,
as in a barren and dry land where there is no water.
1 Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place,
4 that I might behold your power and your glory.
For your loving kindness is better than life itself,
my lips shall give you praise;
so will I bless you as long as I live,
and lift up my hands in your name.
My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,
when I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the night watches.
For you have been my helper,
and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand holds me fast.
May those who seek my life to destroy it
go down into the depths of the earth;
let them fall upon the edge of the sword,
and let them be food for jackals.
But the king will rejoice in God;
all those who swear by him will be glad;
for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
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