The Roman Missal: Hymns and Devotions (English) 2

1[Hymn. Te Deum Laudamus. Attributed to SS. Ambrose and Augustin.]

2We praise thee, God! we glorify thee, Lord! / Eternal Father! by all earth adored.

3To thee all angels, and the heavens to thee, / And powers celestial, sing in jubilee. / Bright cherubim and seraphim proclaim, / With ceaseless voice, the glory of thy name, / Thrice holy Lord! great God of hosts! aloud / They hymn thy praise with trembling homage bowed.

4Thy majesty doth heaven and earth inspire, / The apostles bless thee with their glorious choir: / Thee doth the numerous band of prophets praise. / The white-robed martyrs hymns of glory raise. / Through the vast world thy Church confesses thee, / Father of high and boundless majesty! / Thy venerable, true and only Son, / The Paraclete, most high, the holy one.

5O Christ, the king of glory, thee we own, / Eternal partner of thy Father's throne. / Thou, to redeem lost man from hell's dark doom, / Didst not abhor the lowly virgin's womb: / Thou, having conquered death's destructive sting, / Hast called us to the realms of heaven's great king. / Enthroned at God's right hand, thy glories shine / Effulgent in thy Father's light divine.

6Thou art to judge us at the last dread day, / Therefore to thee thy suppliant servants pray. / Thy blood redeemed us, let thy boundless love / Rank us in glory with thy saints above. / Bless thy inheritance, thy people save, / And rule them raised to glory from the grave.

7Daily we bless thee, and exalt thy fame, / And praise eternally thy wondrous name. / This day, O bounteous Lord, in mercy deign / To guard us pure from every sinful stain: / Have mercy, Lord; O let thy mercy flow, / To sooth our sighs, and crown our hopes below. / My hope, O Lord, securely rests in thee, / O God, confound me not, eternally!