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Ant. Holy  and  terrible is His  name.

AVE me,  O  Lord,  for there is  now  no  saint: truths are  decayed  from among the  children  of men.

They have  spoken  vain things every  one  to  his neighbor: with  deceitful lips, and  with  a  double heart, have  they  spoken.

May the  Lord  destroy all deceitful  lips,  and  the tongue that  speaketh proud things.

Who have  said:  we  will magnify our  tongue:  our lips are  our  own;  who  is Lord  over  us?

By reason  of  the  misery of the  needy,  and  the groans of  the  poor,  now will I  arise,  saith  the  Lord.

I will  set  him  in  safety: I will  deal  confidently  in his  regard.

The words  of  the  Lord are pure  words:  as  silver tried by  the  fire,  purged