From the Old Testament

From the Book of Divine Worship - The Burial of the Dead - Rite One - The Liturgy of the Word.

Isa. 25:6-9 (He will swallow up death in victory)
Isa. 61:1-3 (To comfort all that mourn)
Lam. 3:22-26, 31-33 (The Lord is good unto them that wait for him)
Wisdom 3:1-5, 9 (The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God)
Job 19:21-27a (I know that my Redeemer liveth)

After the Old Testament Lesson, a suitable canticle or one of the following Psalms may be sung or said:

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