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Exaltabo te, Deus.
THEE 1 will I laud, my God and King, | |
| And blesse thy name for aye; | |
| For euer will I prayse thy name, | |
| And blesse thee day by day. | |
| Great is the Lord, most worthy prayse, | 5 |
| His greatnes none can reach; | |
| From race to race they shall thy works | |
| Praise, and thy power preach. | |
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| I of thy glorious maiesty | |
| The beauty will record, | 10 |
| And meditate vpon thy workes | |
| Most wonderfull, O Lord. | |
| And they shall of thy power, and of | |
| Thy fearefull actes declare; | |
| And I to publish all abroad | 15 |
| Thy greatnes will not spare. | |
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| And they into the mention shall | |
| Breake of thy goodnes great: | |
| And I alone thy righteousnes | |
| In singing shall repeat. | 20 |
| The Lord our God is gratious, | |
| And mercifull also; | |
| Of great aboundant mercy, and | |
| To anger he is slow: | |
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| Yea, good to all; and all his workes | 25 |
| His mercy doth exceede: | |
| Loe, all his workes doe prayse thee, Lord, | |
| And do thy honour spread. | |
| Thy saintes doe blesse thee, and they do | |
| Thy kingdome’s glory show, | 30 |
| And blase thy power, to cause the sonnes | |
| Of men his power to know; | |
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| And of his mighty kingdome eke | |
| To spread the glorious prayse: | |
| Thy kingdome, Lord, a kingdome is | 35 |
| That doth endure alwaies; | |
| And thy dominion through each age | |
| Endures without decay: | |
| The Lord vpholdeth them that fall; | |
| Their slyding he doth stay. | 40 |
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| The eyes of all do wait on thee, | |
| Thou doest them all relieue, | |
| And thou to ech sufficing foode | |
| In season due doest giue. | |
| Thou openest thy plenteous hand, | 45 |
| And bounteously doest fill | |
| All things, whatsoeuer doth liue, | |
| With gifts of thy good will. | |
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| The Lord is iust in all his waies, | |
| His workes are holy all; | 50 |
| Neare all he is that call on him, | |
| In trueth that on him call. | |
| He the desires which they require | |
| That feare him will fulfill; | |
| And he will heare them when they cry, | 55 |
| And saue them all he will. | |
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| The Lord preserues all those, to him | |
| That beare a louing heart; | |
| But he them all that wicked are | |
| Will vtterly subuert. | 60 |
| My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake | |
| The prayses of the Lorde: | |
| All flesh to prayse his holy name | |
| For euer shall accord. | |
