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1    The Lord doth reign, and cloth’d is he

          with majesty most bright;

     His works do shew him cloth’d to be,

          and girt about with might.

     The world is also stablished,

          that it cannot depart.

2    Thy throne is fix’d of old, and thou

          from everlasting art.

3    The floods, O Lord, have lifted up,

          they lifted up their voice;

     The floods have lifted up their waves,

          and made a mighty noise.

4    But yet the Lord, that is on high,

          is more of might by far

     Than noise of many waters is,

          or great sea-billows are.

5    Thy testimonies ev’ry one

          in faithfulness excel;

     And holiness for ever, Lord,

          thine house becometh well.

1    O Lord God, unto whom alone

          all vengeance doth belong;

     O mighty God, who vengeance own’st,

          shine forth, avenging wrong.

2    Lift up thyself, thou of the earth

          the sov’reign Judge that art;

     And unto those that are so proud

          a due reward impart.

3    How long, O mighty God, shall they

          who lewd and wicked be,

     How long shall they who wicked are

          thus triumph haughtily?

4    How long shall things most hard by them

          be uttered and told?

     And all that work iniquity

          to boast themselves be bold?

5    Thy folk they break in pieces, Lord,

          thine heritage oppress:

6    The widow they and stranger slay,

          and kill the fatherless.

7    Yet say they, God it shall not see,

          nor God of Jacob know.

8    Ye brutish people! understand;

          fools! when wise will ye grow?

9    The Lord did plant the ear of man,

          and hear then shall not he?

     He only form’d the eye, and then

          shall he not clearly see?

10   He that the nations doth correct,

          shall he not chastise you?

     He knowledge unto man doth teach,

          and shall himself not know?

11   Man’s thoughts to be but vanity

          the Lord doth well discern.

12   Bless’d is the man thou chast’nest, Lord,

          and mak’st thy law to learn:

13   That thou may’st give him rest from days

          of sad adversity,

     Until the pit be digg’d for those

          that work iniquity.

14   For sure the Lord will not cast off

          those that his people be,

     Neither his own inheritance

          quit and forsake will he:

15   But judgment unto righteousness

          shall yet return again;

     And all shall follow after it

          that are right-hearted men.

16   Who will rise up for me against

          those that do wickedly?

     Who will stand up for me ‘gainst those

          that work iniquity?

17   Unless the Lord had been my help

          when I was sore opprest,

     Almost my soul had in the house

          of silence been at rest.

18   When I had uttered this word,

          (my foot doth slip away,)

     Thy mercy held me up, O Lord,

          thy goodness did me stay.

19   Amidst the multitude of thoughts

          which in my heart do fight,

     My soul, lest it be overcharg’d,

          thy comforts do delight.

20   Shall of iniquity the throne

          have fellowship with thee,

     Which mischief, cunningly contriv’d,

          doth by a law decree?

21   Against the righteous souls they join,

          they guiltless blood condemn.

22   But of my refuge God’s the rock,

          and my defence from them.

23    On them their own iniquity

          the Lord shall bring and lay,

     And cut them off in their own sin;

          our Lord God shall them slay.

1    O come, let us sing to the Lord:

          come, let us ev’ry one

     A joyful noise make to the Rock

          of our salvation.

2    Let us before his presence come

          with praise and thankful voice;

     Let us sing psalms to him with grace,

          and make a joyful noise.

3    For God, a great God, and great King,

          above all gods he is.

4    Depths of the earth are in his hand,

          the strength of hills is his.

5    To him the spacious sea belongs,

          for he the same did make;

     The dry land also from his hands

          its form at first did take.

6    O come, and let us worship him,

          let us bow down withal,

     And on our knees before the Lord

          our Maker let us fall.

7    For he’s our God, the people we

          of his own pasture are,

     And of his hand the sheep; to-day,

          if ye his voice will hear,

8    Then harden not your hearts, as in

          the provocation,

     As in the desert, on the day

          of the tentation:

9    When me your fathers tempt’d and prov’d,

          and did my working see;

10   Ev’n for the space of forty years

          this race hath grieved me.

     I said, This people errs in heart,

          my ways they do not know:

11   To whom I sware in wrath, that to

          my rest they should not go.

1    O sing a new song to the Lord:

          sing all the earth to God.

2    To God sing, bless his name, shew still

          his saving health abroad.

3    Among the heathen nations

          his glory do declare;

     And unto all the people shew

          his works that wondrous are.

4    For great’s the Lord, and greatly he

          is to be magnify’d;

     Yea, worthy to be fear’d is he

          above all gods beside.

5    For all the gods are idols dumb,

          which blinded nations fear;

     But our God is the Lord, by whom

          the heav’ns created were.

6    Great honour is before his face,

          and majesty divine;

     Strength is within his holy place,

          and there doth beauty shine.

7    Do ye ascribe unto the Lord,

          of people ev’ry tribe,

     Glory do ye unto the Lord,

          and mighty pow’r ascribe.

8    Give ye the glory to the Lord

          that to his name is due;

     Come ye into his courts, and bring

          an offering with you.

9    In beauty of his holiness,

          O do the Lord adore;

     Likewise let all the earth throughout

          tremble his face before.

10   Among the heathen say, God reigns;

          the world shall stedfastly

     Be fix’d from moving; he shall judge

          the people righteously.

11   Let heav’ns be glad before the Lord,

          and let the earth rejoice;

     Let seas, and all that is therein,

          cry out, and make a noise.

12   Let fields rejoice, and ev’ry thing

          that springeth of the earth:

     Then woods and ev’ry tree shall sing

          with gladness and with mirth

13   Before the Lord; because he comes,

          to judge the earth comes he:

     He’ll judge the world with righteousness,

          the people faithfully.

1    God reigneth, let the earth be glad,

          and isles rejoice each one.

2    Dark clouds him compass; and in right

          with judgment dwells his throne.

3    Fire goes before him, and his foes

          it burns up round about:

4    His lightnings lighten did the world;

          earth saw, and shook throughout.

5    Hills at the presence of the Lord,

          like wax, did melt away;

     Ev’n at the presence of the Lord

          of all the earth, I say.

6    The heav’ns declare his righteousness,

          all men his glory see.

7    All who serve graven images,

          confounded let them be.

     Who do of idols boast themselves,

          let shame upon them fall:

     Ye that are called gods, see that

          ye do him worship all.

8    Sion did hear, and joyful was,

          glad Judah’s daughters were;

     They much rejoic’d, O Lord, because

          thy judgments did appear.

9    For thou, O Lord, art high above

          all things on earth that are;

     Above all other gods thou art

          exalted very far.

10    Hate ill, all ye that love the Lord:

          his saints’ souls keepeth he;

     And from the hands of wicked men

          he sets them safe and free.

11   For all those that be righteous

          sown is a joyful light,

     And gladness sown is for all those

          that are in heart upright.

12   Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice;

          express your thankfulness,

          When ye into your memory

          do call his holiness.

1    O sing a new song to the Lord,

          for wonders he hath done:

     His right hand and his holy arm

          him victory hath won.

2    The Lord God his salvation

          hath caused to be known;

     His justice in the heathen’s sight

          he openly hath shown.

3    He mindful of his grace and truth

          to Isr’el’s house hath been;

     And the salvation of our God

          all ends of th’ earth have seen.

4    Let all the earth unto the Lord

          send forth a joyful noise;

     Lift up your voice aloud to him,

          sing praises, and rejoice.

5    With harp, with harp, and voice of psalms,

          unto Jehovah sing:

6    With trumpets, cornets, gladly sound

          before the Lord the King.

7    Let seas and all their fulness roar;

          the world, and dwellers there;

8    Let floods clap hands, and let the hills

          together joy declare

9    Before the Lord; because he comes,

          to judge the earth comes he:

     He’ll judge the world with righteousness,

          his folk with equity.

1    Th’ eternal Lord doth reign as king,

          let all the people quake;

     He sits between the cherubims,

          let th’ earth be mov’d and shake.

2    The Lord in Sion great and high

          above all people is;

3    Thy great and dreadful name (for it

          is holy) let them bless.

4    The king’s strength also judgment loves;

          thou settlest equity:

     Just judgment thou dost execute

          in Jacob righteously.

5    The Lord our God exalt on high,

          and rev’rently do ye

     Before his footstool worship him:

          the Holy One is he.

6    Moses and Aaron ‘mong his priests,

          Samuel, with them that call

     Upon his name: these call’d on God,

          and he them answer’d all.

7    Within the pillar of the cloud

          he unto them did speak:

     The testimonies he them taught,

          and laws, they did not break.

8    Thou answer’dst them, O Lord our God;

          thou wast a God that gave

     Pardon to them, though on their deeds

          thou wouldest vengeance have.

9    Do ye exalt the Lord our God,

          and at his holy hill

     Do ye him worship: for the Lord

          our God is holy still.

First Version (L.M.)

1    All people that on earth do dwell,         
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
2    Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell,
          Come ye before him and rejoice.

3    Know that the Lord is God indeed;
          Without our aid he did us make:
     We are his flock, he doth us feed,
          And for his sheep he doth us take.

4    O enter then his gates with praise,
          Approach with joy his courts unto:
     Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
          For it is seemly so to do.

5    For why? the Lord our God is good,
          His mercy is for ever sure;
     His truth at all times firmly stood,
          And shall from age to age endure.

Second Version (C.M.)

1    O all ye lands, unto the Lord
          make ye a joyful noise.
2    Serve God with gladness, him before
          come with a singing voice.

3    Know ye the Lord that he is God;
          not we, but he us made:
     We are his people, and the sheep
          within his pasture fed.

4    Enter his gates and courts with praise,
          to thank him go ye thither:
     To him express your thankfulness,
          and bless his name together.

5    Because the Lord our God is good,
          his mercy faileth never;
     And to all generations
          his truth endureth ever.

1    I waited for the Lord my God,
          and patiently did bear;
     At length to me he did incline
          my voice and cry to hear.

2    He took me from a fearful pit,
          and from the miry clay,
     And on a rock he set my feet,
          establishing my way.

3    He put a new song in my mouth,
          our God to magnify:
     Many shall see it, and shall fear,
          and on the Lord rely.

4    O blessed is the man whose trust
          upon the Lord relies;
     Respecting not the proud, nor such
          as turn aside to lies.

5    O Lord my God, full many are
          the wonders thou hast done;
     Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far
          above all thoughts are gone:

     In order none can reckon them

          to thee: if them declare,

     And speak of them I would, they more

          than can be number’d are.

6    No sacrifice nor offering

          didst thou at all desire;

     Mine ears thou bor’d: sin-off ‘ring thou

          and burnt didst not require:

7    Then to the Lord these were my words,

          I come, behold and see;

     Within the volume of the book

          it written is of me:

8    To do thy will I take delight,

          O thou my God that art;

     Yea, that most holy law of thine

          I have within my heart.

9    Within the congregation great

          I righteousness did preach:

     Lo, thou dost know, O Lord, that I

          refrained not my speech.

10   I never did within my heart

          conceal thy righteousness;

     I thy salvation have declar’d,

          and shown thy faithfulness:

     Thy kindness, which most loving is,

          concealed have not I,

     Nor from the congregation great

          have hid thy verity.

11   Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me

          O do thou not restrain;

     Thy loving-kindness, and thy truth,

          let them me still maintain.

12   For ills past reck’ning compass me,

          and mine iniquities

     Such hold upon me taken have,

          I cannot lift mine eyes:

     They more than hairs are on mine head,

          thence is my heart dismay’d.

13   Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;

          Lord, hasten to mine aid.

14   Sham’d and confounded be they all

          that seek my soul to kill;

     Yea, let them backward driven be,

          and sham’d, that wish me ill.

15   For a reward of this their shame

          confounded let them be.

     That in this manner scoffing say,

          Aha, aha! to me.

16   In thee let all be glad, and joy,

          who seeking thee abide;

     Who thy salvation love, say still,

          The Lord be magnify’d.

17   I’m poor and needy, yet the Lord

          of me a care doth take:

     Thou art my help and saviour,

          my God, no tarrying make.