Canticle of Praise to God (Venite Exultemus)

Verse 1

O come, let us sing
unto the Lord;
let us heartily rejoice
in the strength
of our salvation.

Verse 2

Let us come before
his presence with
thanksgiving;
and show ourselves
glad in him with psalms.

Verse 3

For the Lord is
a great God,
and a great King
above all gods.

Verse 4

In his hand are
all the corners of the earth;
and the strength
of the hills is his also.

Verse 5

The sea is his,
and he made it;
and his hands
prepared the dry land.

Verse 6

O come let us
worship and fall down,
and kneel before
the Lord our Maker.

Verse 7

For he is the
Lord our God;
and we are the people
of his pasture
and the sheep of his hand.

Verse 8

O worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness;
let the whole earth
stand in awe of him.

Verse 9

For he cometh,
for he cometh
to judge the earth;
and with righteousness
to judge the world,
and the peoples
with his truth.

Verse 10

Glory be to the Father
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.