The Church of Christ beginning in Jerusalem, 3. is extended to all Nations, 5. glorious, 6. and permanent, 7. in holy joy.The Church of Chriſt beginning in Ieruſalem, 3. is extended to al Nations, 5. glorious, 6. and permanent, 7. in holie ioy.

To the children of Core, a Psalm of cantici: a song or hymn. The foundations thereof in the holy mountains:To the children of Core, a Pſalme of Canticle. THE fundations thereof in the holie a mountaynes:Filiis Core. Psalmus cantici. Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis ;

2our Lord loveth the gates of Sion, above all the tabernacles of Jacob.our Lord loueth the gates of Sion, aboue al the tabernacles of Iacob.diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Jacob.

3Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God.Glorious thinges are ſaide of thee, ô cittie of God.Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei !

4I will be mindful of Raab, and Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.b I wil be mindeful of c Raab, and Babylon knowing me. Behold d the foreners, and Tyre, & the people of the Æthiopians, theſe e were there.Memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, scientium me ; ecce alienigenæ, et Tyrus, et populus Æthiopum, hi fuerunt illic.

5Shall it not be said of Sion Man and man, is born in her; and the Highest himself founded her?Shal it not be ſaid of Sion f Man and man, is borne in her; and g the Higheſt himſelfe founded her?Numquid Sion dicet : Homo et homo natus est in ea, et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus ?

6Our Lord will declare in scripturis: written records or registers of peoples, and of princes: of those that have been in her.Our Lord wil declare h in ſcriptures of peoples, and i of princes: of thoſe that haue bene in her.Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum et principum, horum qui fuerunt in ea.

7The habitation in thee, is as it were of all rejoicing.The k habitation in thee, is as it were of al reioycing.Sicut lætantium omnium habitatio est in te.

The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.