A Canticle of thanks for changing the old Synagogue into the Church of Christ: Which hath more light of true faith, 12. and more patience in tribulations: 19. Which in the general resurrection shall be made manifest.A Canticle of thankes for changing the old Synagogue into the Church of Christ: Which hath more light of true faith, 12. and more patience in tribulations: 19. Which in the general resurrection shal be made manifest.✦
In THAT day shall this song be sung in the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a Saviour, therein shall be put a wall and bulwark.IN THAT day shal this song be sung in the land of Iuda. Sion the citie of our strength a Sauiour, therin shal be put a wal and bulworke.✦In die illa cantabitur canticum istud in terra Juda : Urbs fortitudinis nostræ Sion ; salvator ponetur in ea murus et antemurale.
2Open ye the gates, and let the just nation enter in, that keepeth truth.Open ye the gates, and let the iust nation enter in, that keepeth truth.✦Aperite portas, et ingrediatur gens justa, custodiens veritatem.
3The old error is gone: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because, we have hoped in thee.The old errour is gone: thou wilt keepe peace: peace, because, we haue hoped in thee.✦Vetus error abiit : servabis pacem ; pacem, quia in te speravimus.
4You have hoped in our Lord in worlds everlasting, in our Lord God strong for ever.You haue hoped in our Lord in worldes euerlasting, in our Lord God strong for euer.✦Sperastis in Domino in sæculis æternis ; in Domino Deo forti in perpetuum.
5Because he will bow down them that dwell on high, the high city he will abase. He will abase it even to the ground, he will pluck it down even to the dust.Because he wil bowe downe them that dwel on high, the high citie he wil abase. He wil abase it euen to the ground, he wil plucke it downe euen to the dust.✦Quia incurvabit habitantes in excelso ; civitatem sublimem humiliabit : humiliabit eam usque ad terram, detrahet eam usque ad pulverem.
6The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.The foote shal treade it downe, the feetes of the poore, the steppes of the needie.✦Conculcabit eam pes, pedes pauperis, gressus egenorum.
7The path of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.The path of the iust is right, the path of the iust is right to walke in.✦Semita justi recta est, rectus callis justi ad ambulandum.
8And in the path of thy judgements O Lord, we have patiently sustinuimus: awaited, waited for, not anticipated thee: thy name, and thy memoriale: the remembrance, the invoking of thy name, not a monument are in the desire of the soul.And in the path of thy iudgements ô Lord, we haue patiently expected thee: thy name, and thy memorial are in the desire of the soule.✦Et in semita judiciorum tuorum, Domine, sustinuimus te : nomen tuum et memoriale tuum in desiderio animæ.
9My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea and with my spirit in my heart I will watch to thee in the morning. When thou shalt do thy judgements in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.My soule hath desired thee in the night: yea and with my spirit in my hart I wil watch to thee in the morning. When thou shalt doe thy iudgments in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shal learne iustice.✦Anima mea desideravit te in nocte, sed et spiritu meo in præcordiis meis de mane vigilabo ad te. Cum feceris judicia tua in terra, justitiam discent habitatores orbis.
10Let us have mercy on the impious, and he will not learn justice: in the land of the holy he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of our Lord.Let vs haue mercie on the impious, and he wil not learne iustice: in the land of the holie he hath done wicked thinges, and he shal not see the glorie of our Lord.✦Misereamur impio, et non discet justitiam ; in terra sanctorum iniqua gessit, et non videbit gloriam Domini.
11Lord thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the zelantes: zealous, jealous, the jealously zealous enemies people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thine enemies.Lord thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the enuious people see, and be confounded: and let fyre deuoure thine enimies.✦Domine, exaltetur manus tua, et non videant ; videant, et confundantur zelantes populi ; et ignis hostes tuos devoret.
12Lord thou wilt give peace to us: for all our works thou hast wrought to us.Lord thou wilt geue peace to vs: for al our workes thou hast wrought to vs.✦Domine, dabis pacem nobis : omnia enim opera nostra operatus es nobis.
13O Lord our God, there have lords besides thee possessed us, only in thee let us remember thy name.O Lord our God, there haue lordes besides thee possessed vs, onlie in thee let vs remember thy name.✦Domine Deus noster, possederunt nos domini absque te ; tantum in te recordemur nominis tui.
14Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, & hast destroyed all their memory.Let not the dead liue, let not the giants rise againe: therfore hast thou visited and destroyed them, & hast destroyed al their memorie.✦Morientes non vivant, gigantes non resurgant : propterea visitasti et contrivisti eos, et perdidisti omnem memoriam eorum.
15Thou hast been favourable to the nation O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: wast thou glorified? thou hast made all the ends of the earth far off.Thou hast bene fauorable to the nation ô Lord, thou hast bene fauorable to the nation: wast thou glorified? thou hast made al the endes of the earth farre of.✦Indulsisti genti, Domine, indulsisti genti, numquid glorificatus es ? elongasti omnes terminos terræ.
16Lord in distress they have sought after thee, in tribulation of murmur thy doctrine was to them.Lord in distresse they haue sought after thee, in tribulation of murmur thy doctrine was to them.✦Domine, in angustia requisierunt te, in tribulatione murmuris doctrina tua eis.
17As she that conceiveth, when she draweth near to be delivered, being sorrowful crieth in her pains: so are we become at thy presence O Lord.As she that conceiueth, when she draweth neere to be deliuered, being sorowful crieth in her paines: so are we become at thy presence ô Lord.✦Sicut quæ concipit, cum appropinquaverit ad partum, dolens clamat in doloribus suis, sic facti sumus a facie tua, Domine.
18We have conceived, and as it were parturivimus: laboured in childbirth, not journeyed; travailed, in the pangs of labour, and brought forth the spirit: salvation we have not done in the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.We haue conceiued, and as it were traueled, and brought forth the spirit: saluation we haue not done in the earth, therfore the inhabitants of the earth haue not fallen.✦Concepimus, et quasi parturivimus, et peperimus spiritum. Salutes non fecimus in terra ; ideo non ceciderunt habitatores terræ.
19Thy dead shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and praise ye that dwell in the dust: because the dew of the light is thy dew; & the land of the giants thou shalt pluck down into ruin.Thy dead shal liue, my slaine shal rise againe: awake, and prayse ye that dwel in the dust: because the dew of the light is thy dew; & the land of the giants thou shalt plucke downe into ruine.✦Vivent mortui tui, interfecti mei resurgent. Expergiscimini, et laudate, qui habitatis in pulvere, quia ros lucis ros tuus, et terram gigantum detrahes in ruinam.
20Go my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, be hid a little for a moment, till the indignation pass.Goe my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doores vpon thee, be hid a litle for a moment, til the indignation passe.✦Vade, populus meus, intra in cubicula tua ; claude ostia tua super te, abscondere modicum ad momentum, donec pertranseat indignatio.
21For behold our Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall reveal her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.For behold our Lord wil come out of his place, to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shal reuele her bloud, and shal couer her slaine no more.✦Ecce enim Dominus egredietur de loco suo, ut visitet iniquitatem habitatoris terræ contra eum ; et revelabit terra sanguinem suum, et non operiet ultra interfectos suos.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.