- Thy praise alone (O Lord) doth reign,
- in Zion thine own hill.
- Their vows to thee they do maintain,
- their behests fulfill.
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- 2 For that thou dost their prayers hear,
- and dost thereto agree.
- The people all both far and near,
- with trust shall come to thee.
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- 3 Our wicked life so far exceeds,
- that we should fall therein:
- But Lord forgive our great misdeeds,
- and purge us from our sin.
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- 4 The man is blest whom thou dost choose,
- within thy courts to dwell:
- Thy house and temple he shall use,
- with pleasures that excel.
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- 5 Of thy great justice hear us God,
- our healt of thee doth rise:
- The hope of all the earth abroad,
- and the sea coasts likewise.
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- 6 With strength thou art beset about,
- and ‘compassed with thy power:
- Thou makest the mountains strong and stout
- to stand in every shower.
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- 7 The swelling seas thou doest assuage,
- and make their streams full still:
- Thou dost restrain the people’s rage,
- and rule them at thy will.
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- 8 The folk that dwell full far on earth,
- shall dread thy signs to see:
- Which morn and evening in great mirth,
- do pass with praise to thee.
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- 9 When that the earth is chopped and dry,
- and thirsteth more and more:
- Then with thy drops thou dost apply
- and much increase her store.
- The flood of God doth overflow,
- and so doth cause to spring:
- The seed and corn which men do sow,
- for he doth guide the thing.
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- 10 With wet thou dost her furrows fill,
- whereby her clods do fall:
- Thy drops on her thou doest distill,
- and bless her fruit withal.
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- 11 Thou deckst the earth of thy good grace,
- with fair and pleasant crop:
- Thy clouds distill their dew apace,
- great plenty they do drop.
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- 12 Whereby the desert shall begin,
- full great increase to bring:
- The little hills shall joy therein,
- much fruit in them shall spring.
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- 13 In places plain the flock shall feed,
- and cover all the earth:
- The vales with corn shall so exceed,
- that men shall sing for mirth.
