Jubilate Deo. Psal. lxvi.
YE men on earth in God rejoyce,
with praise set forth his Name:
Extol his might with heart and voice,
give glory to the same.
[verse 2] How wonderful, O Lord, say ye,
in all thy works thou art!
Thy foes for sear shall seek to thee
full sore against their heart.
[verse 3] All men that dwell the earth throughout,
shall praise the Name of God:
The laud thereof the world about
is shew'd and set abroad.
[verse 4] All folk come forth, behold and see
what things the Lord hath wrought!
Mark well the wondrous works that he
for man to pass hath brought.
[verse 5] He laid the sea like heaps on high,
therein a way they had
On scot to pass both fair and dry,
whereof their hearts were glad.
[verse 6] His might doth rule the world alway,
his eyes all things behold:
All such as would him disobey,
by him shall be controll'd.
[verse 7] Ye people, give unto our God
due laud and thanks always:
With joyful voice declare abroad,
and sing unto his praise:
[verse 8] Which doth endue our soul with life,
and it preserve withall:
He stays our feet, so that no strife
can make us slip or fall.
[verse 9] The Lord doth prove our deeds with fire,
if that they will abide:
As workmen do when they desire
to have their metals tri'd.
[verse 10] Although thou suffer us so long
in prison to be cast,
And there with chains and fetters strong
to lie in bondage fast.
The second part.
[verse 11] Although, I say, thou suffer men
on us to ride and reign:
Though we through fire and water run,
of very grief and pain:
[verse 12] Yet sure thou dost of thy good grace
dispose it to the best:
And bring us out into a place,
to live in wealth and rest.
[verse 13] Unto thy house resort will I
to offer and to pray,
And there I will my self apply
my vows to thee to pay:
[verse 14] The vows that with my mouth I pake
in all my grief and smart;
The vows, I say, which I did make
in dolour of my heart.
[verse 15] Burnt-offrings I will give to thee
of oxen sat and rams:
Yea, this my sacrifice shall be
of bullocks, goats, and lambs.
[verse 16] Come forth and hearken here full soon,
all ye that fear the Lord:
What he for my poor soul hath done
to you I will record.
[verse 17] Full oft I call to minde his grace,
this mouth to him doth cry:
And thou my tongue make speed apace
to praise him by and by.
[verse 18] But if I feel my heart within
in wicked works rejoyce:
Or if I have delight to sin,
God will not hear my voice.
[verse 19] But surely God my voice hath heard,
and what I do require:
My prayer he doth well regard,
and granteth my desire.
[verse 20] All praise to him that hath not put
nor cast me out of minde:
Nor yet his mercy from me shut,
which I do ever finde.