1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: 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, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.

3 F or the Lord 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 strength of the hills is 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 come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord 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 if ye will 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 in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation 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 this 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 U nto whom 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 --!'