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On: every psalm and song in the daily prayers uses today’s English. Off: all of them use the older “thee and thou”. Until you choose, the Songs of Zechariah, Mary and Simeon use today’s English, as most churches sing them. The Lord’s Prayer and the prayers for the dying show the form most people learned.
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A short line and response opening an office, most often “O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me” — the ancient versicle drawn from Psalm 70:1, in its liturgical form, sung at the start of every canonical hour for over a thousand years.
In Worship — The liturgy, the daily office, and the furniture of a service.
