How lovely is thy
dwelling-place |
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Tune: |
Harrington
(Retirement) |
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Metre: |
Common Metre |
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How
lovely is thy dwelling-place,
O
Lord of hosts, to me!
The
tabernacles of thy grace
How
pleasant, Lord, they be!
My
thirsty soul longs vehemently,
Yea
faints, thy courts to see:
My
very heart and flesh cry out,
O
living God, for thee.
Behold,
the sparrow findeth out
An
house wherein to rest;
The
swallow also for herself
Hath
puchasèd a nest;
Even
thine own altars where she safe
Her
young ones forth may bring,
O
thou almighty Lord of hosts,
Who
art my God and King.
Blest
are they in thy house that dwell,
They
ever give thee praise.
Blest
is the man whose strength thou art,
In
whose heart are thy ways.
To
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The
God whom we adore,
Be
glory, as it was, and is,
And
shall be evermore.
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