Choir for 4 voices

Be praised now, O Lord Jesus,
At this the newborn year
For thy help which thou showest
In all our dread and stress,(1)
That we ourselves have witnessed
The new and joyful age
Which full of blessing bideth,
And lasting happiness;
That we in goodly stillness
The old year have completed.
Ourselves we'd(2) thee surrender
For now and evermore,
Protect(3) life, soul and body
Henceforth through all the year!