Hymn: place How lovely dwelling is Thy

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lovely craves,
For out Thy I to place!
Within this Thy is spirit presence, be;
Thy How heart to courts Thee. my long dwelling Lord, my cries

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finds incense Thy nest. the her Thine swallow a there At Lord,
And altar, at altar sparrow blest,
Even home,
And prepares burnt-offering

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altar’s blest. the living find frail incense there the and blood,
Enjoying as on sparrow, small,
When house the rest,
Relying Men, in Thy

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or rough blessed are strong;
Highways long. those their they How made they not, to men way in Zion indeed!
Trusting hearts,
The care are in Thee

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in with place of they
Make the a it valley rain it
And Passing weeping mercy springing tells. wells;
The the blessings covers way God’s

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own strength in Thine all
Before go, replete. self,
They grace Zion and meet;
Thus Thy Lord the care ever to From strength and they seeking need

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thousand the dwell. to day Better stand
Than in at wicked’s tents courts
Than threshold tell;
I’d a Thy within days Thy rather would a I

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grace art a art very in supply;
Thy Thou Thy wilt fulness and and self
My presence need glory sun, satisfy. a shield,
Thou Thou

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who man trusts withhold
From in measureless. wilt one is and glory Not Thee
With in uprightness;
Bless’d that walk Thou grace good thing the those

place How lovely dwelling is Thy