Confitebimur tibi. Psal. lxxv.
UNto thee, God, will we give thanks,
we will give thanks to thee:
Sith thy Name is so near, declare
thy wondrous works will we.
[verse 2] I will uprightly judge when get
convenient time I may:
The earth is weak, and all therein,
but I her pillars stay.
[verse 3] I did to the mad people say,
Deal not so furiously;
And unto the ungodly ones,
Set not your horns on high:
[verse 4] I said unto them, Set not up
your raised horns on high;
And see that you do with stiff neck
not speak presumptuously.
[verse 5] For neither from the eastern parts,
nor from the western side,
Nor from forsaken wilderness,
promotion doth proceed.
[verse 6] For why? the Lord our God he is
the righteous Judge alone:
He putteth down the one, and sets
another in the throne.
[verse 7] For why? a cup of mighty wine
is in the hand of God:
And all the mighty wine therein
himself doth pour abroad.
[verse 8] As for the lees and filthy dregs
that do remain of it,
The wicked of the earth shall drink
and suck them every whit.
[verse 9] But I will talk of God, I say,
of Jacobs God therefore:
And will not cease to celebrate
his praise for evermore.
[verse 10] In sunder break the horns of all
ungodly men will I:
But then the horns of righteous men
shall be exalted high.
Gloria patri.
To Father, Son, and holy Ghost
all glory be therefore:
As in beginning was, is now,
and shall be evermore.