Friday of the 4th week of Advent

1And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins? 3And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in thy heart: because the Lord is with thee. 4But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: 5Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?

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8And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: a I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel: 9And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face: and I have made thee a great man, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth. 10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before, 11From the day that I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that the Lord will make thee a house. 12And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

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14I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.

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16And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.

2The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

3For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

4I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

5Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

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27He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

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29I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

67And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; and he prophesied, saying: 68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people: 69And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant: 70As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning: 71Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us: 72To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament, 73The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us, 74That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, 75In holiness and justice before him, all our days. 76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways: 77To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins: 78Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us: 79To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.