O Come and let us now
rejoice, |
And sing unto the
Lord, |
And to our only
savior: |
Also with one accord.
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O let us come before
his face, |
With inward
reverence, |
Confessing all our
former sins, |
And that with
diligence.
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To thank him for his
benefits, |
Always distributing:
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Wherefore to him
right joyfully, |
In Psalms now let us
sing |
And that because that
God alone, |
Is Lord magnificent,
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And eke above other
Gods, |
A King omnipotent.
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His people doth not
he forsake, |
At any time or ride:
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And in his hands are
all the coasts |
Of all the world so
wide. |
And with his loving
countenance |
He looketh every
where: |
And doth behold the
tops of all |
The mountains far and
near.
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The sea and all that
is therein |
Are his, for he them
made: |
And eke his hand hath
fashioned, |
The earth which doth
not fade. |
O come therefore and
worship him, |
And down before him
fall, |
And let us kneel
before the Lord, |
The which hath made
us all. |
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He is our God, our
Lord, and King, |
And we his people
are: |
His flocks and sheep
of his pasture, |
On whom he taketh
care. |
This day if ye will
hear his voice, |
Yet harden not your
heart, |
As in their bitter
murmuring, |
When ye were in
desart.
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Which thing was of
their negligence |
Committed in the time
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Of trouble in the
wilderness: |
A great and grievous
crime. |
Whereas your fathers
tempted me, |
And tried me every
way: |
They proved me and
saw my works, |
What I could do or
say.
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These forty years I
have been grieved, |
With all this
generation? |
And evermore I said
they erred |
In their imagination.
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Wherewith their
hearts were sore cumbered |
Long time and many
days, |
Wherefore I know
assuredly, |
They have not known
my ways.
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To whom I in my anger
swore, |
That they should not
be blessed, |
Nor see my joy
celestial, |
Nor enter in my rest.
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