Text: | Psalm 122 |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | DALSTON |
Composer: | A. Williams |
1 How pleased and blest was I,
To hear the people cry,
"Come, let us seek our God to-day!"
Yes, with a cheerful zeal,
We haste to Zion's hill,
And there our vows and honors pay.
2 Zion--thrice happy place--
Adorned with wondrous grace,
While walls of strength embrace thee round:
In thee our tribes appear,
To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.
3 May peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait,
To bless the soul of every guest:
The man who seeks thy peace,
And wishes thine increase,
A thousand blessings on him rest!
4 My tongue repeats her vows,
"Peace to this sacred house!"
For here my friends and kindred dwell;
And since my glorious God
Makes thee his blest abode,
My soul shall ever love thee well.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | How pleased and blest was I |
Title: | Psalm 122 |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1888 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Opening of Service |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DALSTON |
Composer: | A. Williams |
Meter: | S. P. M. |
Key: | A Major |