God is to be praised, who being high regardeth, and provideth for the needy in this world.God is to be praiſed, who being hiegh regardeth, and prouideth for the needie in this world.✦
Alleluia. PRAISE our Lord ye children: praise ye the name of our Lord.Alleluia. PRAYSE our Lord ye a children: praiſe ye the name of our Lord.Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum ; laudate nomen Domini.
2Be the name of our Lord blessed, from henceforth now and for ever.Be the name of our Lord bleſſed, from henceforth now and for euer.Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
3From the rising of the sun unto the going down, the name of our Lord is laudable.From the riſing of the ſunne vnto the going downe, the name of our Lord is laudable.A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini.
4Our Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.Our Lord is high aboue al nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus.
5Who is as the Lord our God, that dwelleth on high,Who is as the Lord our God, that dwelleth on high,Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,
6and beholdeth the low things in heaven and in earth?and beholdeth the low thinges b in heauen and in earth?et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra ?
7Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dung:Raiſing vp the needie from the earth, and lifting vp the poore out of the dung :Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem :
8To place him with princes, with the princes of his people.c To place him with princes, with the princes of his people.ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.
9Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in a house, a joyful mother of children.Who maketh the d barren woman to dwel in a houſe, a ioyful mother of children.Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.