The office opens with the this sentence and versicle:
The Lord Almighty grant us a peaceful night and a perfect end. Amen.
Our help is in the Name of the Lord;
The maker of heaven and earth.
Then is recited the Penitential Rite.
Then is said this versicle and the gloria tibi:
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Then shall be said one or more of the following Psalms: Psalm 4, Psalm 31, Psalms 91, or Psalms 134.
At the end of the Psalms shall be said:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Then shall be read one or more passages of Scripture, followed by the response: Thanks be to God.
Then shall be recited the Prayers for Compline
Then shall be recited the Nunc dimittis and final versicle and sentence.