- Ye children which do serve the Lord,
- praise ye his name with one accord,
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- 2 yea, blessed be always his name:
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- 3 Who from the rising of the Sun,
- ‘til it return where it begun,
- is to be praised with great fame.
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- 4 The Lord all people doth surmount:
- As for his glory we may count,
- above the heavens high to be,
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- 5 With God the Lord who may compare,
- whose dwelling in the heavens are?
- of such great power and force is he.
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- 6 He doth abase himself we know
- Things to behold doth hear below,
- and also in heaven above.
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- 7 The needy out of dust to draw,
- And eke the poor which help none saw,
- his only mercy did him move.
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- 8 And so him set in high degree
- With princes of great dignity,
- that rule his people with great fame.
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- 9 The barren he doth make to bear,
- And with great joy her fruit to rear:
- therefore praise ye his holy name.
