 Latin text
In dedicatione templi decantabat populus laudem
et in ore eorum dulcis resonabat sonus.
Variant 1
Obtulerunt sacrificium super altare Domini,
Et ceciderunt in facies suas, et adoraverunt eum,
et in ore eorum dulcis resonabat sonus.
Variant 2
Alleluia. Haec est domus domini firmiter aedificata
De qua scriptum est: Domus mea, domus orationis vocabitur.
Alleluia.
Variant 3
Nam fundata est domus Domini supra verticem montium
et venient ad eam omnes gentes.
Alleluja.
Variant 4
In hymnis et confessionibus benedicebant Dominum
et in ore eorum dulcis resonabat sonus.
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 English translation
The people chanted praise at the dedication of the temple,
and their sweet sound resounded in their mouth.
Variant 1
They offered sacrifice on the altar of the Lord,
And they fell upon their faces, and worshipped him,
and their sweet sound resounded in their mouth.
Variant 2
Alleluia. This is the Lord's house, firmly built,
Of which it is written: My house shall be called a house of prayer.
Alleluia.
Variant 3
Now the foundation of the house of the Lord is above the mountain tops
and all nations shall come unto it.
Alleluia.
Variant 4
In their hymns and praises they blessed the Lord
and sweet melody resounded in their mouth.
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