Loving Maker of the world who, by separating the soil of the earth and banishing the troublesome waters, set the land firm, so that it may produce seeds of different kinds, be beautiful and bright with flowers, abundant in fruit and yielding desirable food, cleanse with the freshness of Your grace the wounds of our sin-parched soul, that it may wash away in sorrow its evil deeds and wear down the power sin has to attract us.
Let our soul obey Your commands and keep far away from anything evil; let it be thankful that it is filled with good and may it never be struck down by death.
Grant this, most loving Father and You, the only Son, equal to the Father and, with the Spirit, the Paraclete, reigning through the ages. Amen.
-- Vesper "hymn" from The Hours of the Divine Office, ed. by Leonard J. Doyle, Liturgical Press, 1965.
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