Cantate Domino

lyricist: John Hopkins (?–1570)
Composer: Christopher Tye, 1533

Sing ye with praise un­to the Lord

A new and plea­sant song;

For He hath wrought through­out the world

His won­ders great and strong.

With His right hand ful­ly wor­thi­ly

He doth His foes de­vour:

And get Him­self the vic­to­ry

With His own arm and pow­er.

The Lord doth make His peo­ple know

His sav­ing health and might;

The Lord doth make His jus­tice show

In all the hea­then’s sight.

His grace and truth to Is­ra­el

In mind He doth re­cord;

That all the earth hath seen right well

The good­ness of the Lord.

Be glad in Him with joy­ful voice

All peo­ple of the earth;

Give thanks to God

sing and re­joice

To Him with joy and mirth.

Upon the harp un­to Him sing

Give thanks to Him with psalms;

Rejoice be­fore the Lord our king

With trum­pets and with shalmes.

Yea

let the sea with all there­in

For joy both roar and swell;

The earth like­wise let it begin

With all that there­in dwell.

And let the floods re­joice their fills

And clap their hands apace;

The earth like­wise let it begin

Before the Lord His face.

For He shall come to judge and try

The world and ev­ery wight

And rule the peo­ple might­ily

With jus­tice and with right.

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