All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Words by William Kethe, 1561.
Verse 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.
Verse 2. Know that the Lord is God indeed,
Without our aid He did us make:
We are His flock, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.
Verse 3. Oh, 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.
Verse 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.
Text copied from Sacred Songs and Solos: Twelve Hundred Hymns (1921). The words were published in 1561, which places them in the public domain in the United States, so your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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