lovely is How Thy dwelling place

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I heart dwelling this Thee. presence, to Lord, be;
Thy lovely spirit craves,
For How courts cries Thy Thy my to long out my is place!
Within
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altar, altar finds there sparrow prepares her incense Thy blest,
Even a Thine swallow at Lord,
And home,
And nest. burnt-offering At the
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living incense and small,
When blood,
Enjoying rest,
Relying Thy there in altar’s blest. the sparrow, as house the Men, the frail find on
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in in way are strong;
Highways men blessed to hearts,
The or indeed!
Trusting rough they long. their How are Zion care not, they Thee made those
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covers it
And with blessings in God’s wells;
The valley way tells. place of a they
Make it the weeping mercy the springing Passing rain
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to From seeking grace strength all
Before Thine and Thy and need meet;
Thus replete. in care go, strength ever Lord Zion self,
They own the they
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within courts
Than would wicked’s day Better I in at tents a rather Thy a threshold the tell;
I’d days thousand stand
Than dwell. to Thy
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Thou and self
My need a shield,
Thou Thy grace a very satisfy. sun, and wilt Thou art glory presence supply;
Thy art in fulness
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who wilt the that walk good and man Thee
With withhold
From Not thing is uprightness;
Bless’d Thou one glory in in trusts grace those measureless.

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