Laudate pueri. Psal. cxiii.
YE children which do serve the Lord,
Praise ye his Name with one accord.
[verse 2] Yea, blessed be always his Name,
[verse 3] Who from the rising of the sun,
Till it return where it begun,
Is to be praised with great fame.
[verse 4] The Lord all people doth surmount;
As for his glory we may count,
Above the heavens high to be.
[verse 5] With God the Lord who may compare,
Whose dwellings in the heavens are?
Of such great power and force is he.
[verse 6] He doth abase himself, we know,
Things to behold both here below,
And also in heaven above.
[verse 7] The needy out of dust to draw,
And eke the poor which help none saw,
His onely mercy did him move.
[verse 8] And so him set in high degree
With princes of great dignitie,
That rule his people with great same.
[verse 9] The barren he doth make to bear,
And with great joy her fruit to rear:
Therefore praise ye his holy Name.