Exultate iusti. Ps.33.T.S.

Ye righteous in the Lord rejoice,
it is a seemly sight:
That upright men with thankful voice,
should praise the Lord of might.

2 Praise ye the Lord with harp and song,
in Psalms and pleasant things:
With Lute and instrument among,
that soundeth with ten strings.

3 Sing to the Lord a song most new,
with courage give him praise:
For why? his word is ever true,
his works and all his ways.

4 To judgment, equity and right,
he hath a great good will,
And with his gifts he doth delight,
the earth throughout to fill.

5 For by the word of God alone,
the heavens all were wrought,
Their hosts and powers everyone,
his breath to pass hath brought.

6 The waters great gathered hath he
on heaps within the shore,
And hid them in the depth to be,
as in a house of store.

8 All men on earth, both on left and most,
fear God and keep his Law:
Ye that inhabit in each coast,
dread him, and stand in awe.

9 What he commanded wrought it was,
at once with present speed:
What he doth will is brought to pass
with full effect indeed.

10 The counsels of the nations rude
the Lord doth bring to naught:
He doth defeat the multitude,
of their devise and thought.

11 But his decrees continue still,
they never slack nor swage:
The motions of his mind and will
take place in every age.

12 And blest are they to whom the Lord,
as God and guide is known:
Whom he doth choose of mere accord
to take them as his own.

13 The Lord from heaven cast his sight
on men mortal by birth:

14 Considering from his seat of might
the dwellers on the earth.

15 The Lord I say, whose hand hath wrought
man’s heart, and doth it frame:
For he alone doth know the thought
and working of the same.

16 A King that trusteth in his host
shall not prevail at length:
The man that of his might doth boast
shall fail for all his strength.

17 The troops of horsemen eke shall fail
their sturdy steeds shall sterve:
The strength of horse shall not prevail
the rider to preserve:

18 But lo the eyes of God intend,
and watch, to abide the just:
With such as fear him to offend,
and on his goodness trust.

19 That he of death and great distress,
may set their soul from dread:
And if that dearth their land oppress,
in hunger them to feed.

20 Wherefore our souls do still depend
on God our strength and stay:
He is our shield, us to defend,
and drive all darts away.

21 Our soul in God hath joy and game,
rejoicing in his might:
For why? in his most holy name
we hope and much delight.

22 Therefore let thy goodness, O Lord,
still present with us be:
As we always with one accord,
do only trust in thee.