Cantique : place is lovely How dwelling Thy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

place is lovely How dwelling Thy