Cantique : dwelling Thy How lovely place is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

dwelling Thy How lovely place is