FRENCH -
1 Vous qui sur la terre habitez,
Chantez à haute voix, chantez!
Réjouissez-vous au Seigneur,
Egayez-vous à son honneur!
2 Car il est le Dieu souverain,
Celui qui nous fit de sa main,
Nous tous, le peuple qu’il chérit,
Et l'heureux troupeau qu’il nourrit.
3 Entrez dans son temple aujourd’hui
Et présentez-vous devant lui;
Célébrez son nom glorieux,
Qui remplit la terre et les cieux.
4 C’est un Dieu rempli de bonté,
D’une éternelle vérité;
Il nous comble de ses bienfaits
Et sa grâce dure à jamais.
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ENGLISH -
1 All people that on Earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.
2 The Lord ye know is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His folk, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.
3 O enter then His gates with praise;
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His name always,
For it is seemly so to do.
4 For why? The Lord our God is good;
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
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GERMAN -
1 Nun jauchzt dem Herren alle Welt!
Kommt her, zu seinem Dienst euch stellt,
Kommt mit Frohlocken, säumet nicht,
Kommt vor sein heilig Angesicht!
2 Erkennt, dass Gott ist unser Herr,
Der uns erschaffen ihm zur Ehr,
Und nicht wir selbst: durch Gottes Gnad
Ein jeder Mensch sein Leben hat.
3 Die ihr nun wollet bei ihm sein,
Kommt, geht zu seinen Toren ein
Mit Loben durch der Psalmen Klang,
Zu seinem Vorhof mit Gesang.
4 Er ist voll Güt und Freundlichkeit,
Voll Lieb und Treu zu jeder Zeit;
Sein Gnade währet dort und hier
Und seine Wahrheit für und für.
Source: Cantate Domino #7
Bèze, Théodore de, born at Vezelay, in Burgundy, 1519; died 1605. Bèze’s father was of noble birth. He occupied the post of bailiff at Vezelay. Bèza received a first-rate classical education under Melchior Wolmar. Before he was 20 he wrote some poetry in imitation of Catullus and Ovid, the licentiousness of which he mourned and condemned in alter years. A brilliant prospect of Church emoluments turned his attention from the distasteful study of law. The income of the Priory of Longjumeau made him rich, and he became a prominent member of the literary world at Paris. But his entrance into Orders was barred by a secret marriage with Claudine Denosse. Subsequently, when the offer of the abbey of Froidmont by his uncle made it necessary f… Go to person page >
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