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Holy Friday Matins 1st Antiphon
/5 THE <^>RU-^LERS OF THE PEO-PLE HAVE AS-<^>~SEM-<^BLED/2
A-GAINST THE <LORD> ^AND ^HIS <^CHRIST/

A LAW-LESS ^CHARGE IS ^HURLED ^A-<^~GAINST ^ME/

LORD O LORD FOR-<^SAKE ^ME ^NOT/1


<LET> ^US OF-FER OUR PURE <^>SEN-SES ^TO <^CHRIST/

AS HIS FRIENDS LET US SAC-RI-FICE OUR <LIVES> ^FOR ^HIS <^SAKE/

LET US NOT BE WEIGHED DOWN BY EARTH-LY <^>CARES ^~LIKE <^~JU-^DAS/1

^BUT LET US CRY IN THE HID-DEN <^>CHAM-BERS OF ^OUR <^HEART/4

OUR FATH-ER IN HEA-VEN DE-LIV-ER US FROM <^~E-^VIL/7 

Glory "to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy "Spirit |Now "and "ever/ 
and to the a->ges ^of <^~a-^ges> ^~~~<~~A-<^men/6

AS ^A <^>VIR-^GIN YOU GAVE BIRTH WITH-OUT KNOW-ING <^>~WED-<^LOCK/2

AND RE-MAINED A <_>~~VIR-<^GIN/ O UN-<^>~WED-^DED <^~MOTH-^ER/1

^O MAR-Y THE-O-<^>~TOK-<^OS/4

PRAY UN-TO CHRIST OUR GOD TO <^~SAVE ^US/#