Come ye before him and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, 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.

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;