THEE, GOD, WE PRAISE.

Te Deum Laudamus.

1.

Thee, God, we praise, acknowledging

Thou art the Lord, and thou our King:

To thee all earth doth lowly bow,

The Father everlasting thou!

2.

To thee all angels loudly cry,

The heavens and all the powers on high,

While seraphs bright, and cherubim,

Upsend their sweet continual hymn!

3.

In homes of light their song is poured,

Oh, holy, holy, holy Lord!

Earth and high heaven are full of thee,

Thy glory and thy majesty!

4.

The glorious company above

Of the apostles hymn thy love,

While with the prophets’ goodly ring,

The martyrs’ noble army sing.

5.

And all throughout this world so wide,

The holy Church, the spotless bride,

Father and Lord confesseth thee,

All infinite in majesty!

6.

Also thy true and only Son,

The church with thee adoreth one;

And one with thee, sent down to her,

O Holy Ghost, the Comforter!

7.

Thou art the King of glory bright,

O Christ! the Lord—the God of might;

Thou art the true, the Holy One,

The Father’s Everlasting Son!

8.

When on thyself, poor man to save,

Thou tookest shame, the cross, the grave,

Thou, sent to suffer in our room,

Didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.

9.

When death’s sharp bitterness was o’er,

And thou hadst spoiled the conqueror,

Thou to the faithful and forgiven

Didst open wide the gates of heaven.

10.

Now in the Father’s glory high,

Thou sittest clothed with majesty,

At the right hand of God enthroned,

Till foes thy footstool shall be owned.

11.

Thence we believe that thou shalt come,

To be our Judge, that day of doom;

Oh, therefore, help thy servants, Lord,

Bought with thy blood, thy due reward.

12.

Make them with all thy saints to sit,

In glory everlasting writ;

Oh, save thy flock from Satan’s rage!

Lord, bless thy chosen heritage!

13.

O Lord, their King vouchsafe to be,

And daily lift them up to thee,

Whom, day by day, we magnify,

And worship till the world shall die!

14.

Keep us this day from sin abhorr’d,

Have mercy on us—mercy, Lord!

And let thy mercy on us be,

As we have trusted, Lord, in thee!

15.

O Lord, in thee—in thee alone,

My hope from holy faith hath grown,

And since I’ve trusted in thy name,

Oh, let me never suffer shame!