PSALTERIVM

PSALMVS XCIX — IVBILATE DEO

Sing Joyfully to God

Iubilate Deo omnis terra is a processional psalm of joyful entrance into God's presence, calling all the earth to worship. The brief verses form a complete theology: God made us, we are His, His mercy is eternal. In the 1962 Breviary it appears at Lauds. The exhortation to 'serve the Lord with gladness' defines the proper disposition for worship.

LATINE
Iubilate Deo, omnis terra: servite Domino in laetitia.
Introite in conspectu eius, in exsultatione.
Scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus: ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos.
Populus eius, et oves pascuae eius.
Introite portas eius in confessione, atria eius in hymnis: confitemini illi.
Laudate nomen eius: quoniam suavis est Dominus, in aeternum misericordia eius, et usque in generationem et generationem veritas eius.
ENGLISH
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves.
We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him.
Praise ye his name: for the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.
NOTA
FONS
Douay-Rheims (1609) / Vulgata
USUS
Lauds, Thanksgiving, Processional
CONTEXT
Psalm 100 in Hebrew numbering. 'Jubilate Deo' became the title of many musical settings. Traditional processional psalm.