Te Deum (Short Form)
The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn, traditionally credited to Saints Ambrose and Augustine, sung for centuries at the close of great feasts, coronations, and moments of public thanksgiving. This is a short excerpt of its opening lines, suitable for personal prayer when the full hymn would be too long.
We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.
