1 O h come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.
2 L et us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.
3 F or Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.
For a great God Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.
4 I n his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.
In whose hand the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills His.
5 T he sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.
6 O h come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
7 F or he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
For He our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,
8 H arden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
Harden not your heart as Meribah, As the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9 W hen your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.
Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.
10 F orty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, `A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:'
11 W herefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.
Where I sware in Mine anger, `If they come in unto My rest --!'