Confitemini Dom.

Verse 1

Give praises unto God the Lord, and call upon his Name, Among the people all declare his works to spread his fame:

Verse 2

Sing joyfully unto the Lord, yea, sing unto him praise; and talk of all his wondrous works, that he hath wrought always.

Verse 3

In honour of his holy Name rejoice with one accord, And let the heart also be glad of them, that seek the Lord.

Verse 4

Seek ye the Lord, and seek the strength of his eternal might, Yea, seek his face incessantly, and presence of his sight.

Verse 5

The wond'rous works which he hath done, keep still in mindful heart; Let not the judgments of his mouth out of your mind depart,

Verse 6

Ye that of faithful Abraham his servant are the seed, Ye his elect, the children that of Jacob do proceed.

Verse 7

For why? 'tis he alone that is the mighty Lord our God, And his most righteous judgments are in all the earth abroad.

Verse 8

His promise and his covenant, which he hath made to his, He hath remember'd evermore to thousands of degrees.

Verse 9

The covenant, which he hath made with Abraham long ago, And faithful oath, which he hath sworn to Isaac also:

Verse 10

And did appoint it for a law, that Jacob should obey, And for eternal covenant to Israel alway.

Verse 11

When this he said, Lo, I to you all Canaan land will give, The lot of your inheritance, wherein your seed shall live:

Verse 12

Although their number at that time did very small appear; Yea, very small, and in the land they then but strangers were:

Verse 13

While yet they went from land to land without a sure abode; And while from sundry kingdoms they did wander all abroad:

Verse 14

Yet wrong at no oppressor's hands he suffer'd them to take; But even great and mighty kings reproved for their sake.

Verse 15

And thus he said, Touch ye not them that mine anointed be, Nor do the prophets any harm that do pertain to me.

Verse 16

He call'd a dearth upon the land, of bread destroy'd the store; But yet against the time of need did send a man before;

Verse 17

Ev'n Joseph, who had once been sold to live a slave in wo; Whose feet they hurt in stocks, whose soul the iron pierc'd into:

Verse 18

Until the time came, when his cause was known apparently, The mighty word of God the Lord his innocence did try.

Verse 19

The king sent and deliver'd him from prison where he was, The ruler of the people then did freely let him pass;

Verse 20

And over all his house he made him lord, to bear the sway, And of his substance made him have the rule and all the stay:

Verse 21

That he might to his will instruct the princes of the land, And wisdom teach his senators rightly to understand.

Verse 22

Then into the Egyptian land came Israel also, And Jacob in the land of Ham did sojourn to and fro.

Verse 23

His people he exceedingly in numbers made to grow, And stronger than their enemies, who sought their overthrow:

Verse 24

Whose heart he turned, that with hate they did his people treat; And did his servants wrongfully abuse with base deceit.

Verse 25

His faithful servant Moses then, and Aaron whom he chose, He did command to go to them his message to disclose.

Verse 26

His wonderful and mighty signs among them they did show, And wonders in the land of Ham then did they work also:

Verse 27

Darkness he sent and made it dark instead of brighter day; And his commission and his word they did not disobey:

Verse 28

He turn'd their waters into blood, their fish also did slay; Their land brought frogs ev'n in the place, where their king Pharaoh lay;

Verse 29

He spake, and at his voice there came great swarms of noisome flies; And all the quarters of their land were fill'd with crawling lice.

Verse 30

He gave them cold and stony hail instead of milder rain; And fiery flames within their land he sent unto their pain:

Verse 31

He smote their vines, and all their trees, whereon the figs did grow; And all the trees within their coasts also did overthrow,

Verse 32

He spake, then caterpillars did and grasshoppers abound, Eating the grass in all their land and fruit of all their ground:

Verse 33

The first-begotten in their land, with death did likewise smite, Yea, the beginning and first-fruit of all their strength and might.

Verse 34

With gold and silver caused his from Egypt's land to pass, And in the number of their tribes no feeble one there was.

Verse 35

Egypt was glad and joyful then when they did thence depart; For terror and the fear of them was fall'n upon their heart:

Verse 36

To shroud them from the parching heat a cloud he did display; And fire he sent to give them light, when night had hid the day.

Verse 37

They asked, and he called quails to rain at their request, And fully with the bread of heav'n their hunger he represt:

Verse 38

He opened the stony rock, and waters gushed out; Also the dry and parched ground like rivers ran about.

Verse 39

For of his holy cov'nant he was mindful evermore, Which to his servant Abraham he plighted long before.

Verse 40

He brought his people forth with mirth, and his elect with joy, Out of the cruel land where they had liv'd in great annoy.

Verse 41

And of the heathen men he gave to them the fruitful lands; The labours of the people did they take into their hands:

Verse 42

That they his holy statutes might observe for evermore, And faithfully obey his laws; Praise ye the Lord therefore.