1 And now we give thanks to God for this earth which bears us, and for the waters, O Wise Lord, those that are so desired from their sanctity. 2. We give thanks for their zealous wishes, and their capabilities, their inquiries as to duty, and their wise acts of pious reverence, and with these their blessedness, their full vigour and good portions, their good fame and ample wealth. 3. O ye waters, now we give thanks to God for you, you that are showered down, and you that stand in pools and vats, and you that bear forth our loaded vessels, you that serve us all in helpful ways, well forded and full-flowing, and effective for the bathings; we will seek You, O Lord, for them, and for both the worlds! 4. Therefore did God the Wise Lord give you names, O ye beneficent ones, when He who made the good bestowed you. And by these names we give thanks to Him for you, and with them would we bow before Him, and direct our prayers to Him with free confessions of our debt. O waters, ye who are productive, and ye maternal ones, ye with heat that suckles the frail and needy before birth, ye waters that have once been rulers of us all, we now give thanks to God for you as the best, and the most beautiful; these good objects of our offerings are yours, ye long of arm to reach our sickness, or misfortune, ye mothers of our life, by God's leave!