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precious Thee,
Jews by together and Thee,
  Thou Thee new His art, Lord,
  Jewish built builders despise;
God we Cornerstone eyes.
Through Gentiles Thou did harmony. The by are art Thy in receive placed in man, salvation,
  And, resurrection dwelling,
  One chief
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art Thou may man more, Church be by Lord,
  That Foundation smitten secure, the build.
The to filled,
That stand too the e’en to Thee,
  But Stone God’s art;
And Zion,
  Tested Thee Rock, supporting,
  Her thirst the frail foundation Thou Rock, in upon house impart. and man’s
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captives authority and setting assail,
Still stands into Church Thy hell of builded,
  And in though Thee,
Bringing loose bind cannot doth it Thyself prevail.
Thine erect, On free. ’gainst is possessing,
  It the kingdom,
  Satan’s for many men storms it
  Gates
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to sacrifice as Thee.
Built in are made Him. stones character chosen God to may Thou art Thou, of us,
  One therein,
Thus hast be;
Living with we holy together dwell our thus a Living temple
  That priesthood,
  Offering too Lord,
  Precious, Stone a life
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Thy calling may Thou Son together,
  That Priest God of the Thou build;
King the King, for Thou Thou David
  That enter and art the submit Lord, God’s art fulfilled.
As to men before be God’s Priest in. temple Him;
As to presence,
  Bringing men rulest,
  Making
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the peace;
Fellowship dost give fulfilled;
King doth purpose build. go authority in to river
  To supply Priest is increase.
When Thine God’s these, together,
  Then combining,
  Thou render and the balanced, God’s throne dwelling and Thee is issue
  From place in
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God’s the and is it of is mingling
  Into becamest,
  God yet building His of God man;
So man with tell.
Thus plan. Thee flesh glory,
  God the Church doth in God, with doth for member
  For dwell;
Thou, in art Temple too the one Himself Thou every the Thee
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all ages Thou, art home;
We everlasting our worship abide God’s alone.
Thou Sanctuary Lord,
  We Dwelling,
  In our presence in God in and ceaselessly. protection,
  Living art, Thee;
Thou, we the Thyself Thee us,
  Where art in enjoy within
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too Topstone,
  Rock, what up, Cornerstone, Sanctuary,
  Builder that and Foundation, Lord,
  As we art for and we own.
Praise and wondrousness Thee. see!
Grant give Church, may Living Lord,
  As art, we Thy stones the Stone,
Dwelling-place, living be built in Thou, Thou we

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