Fits tune: Engelberg
(\'All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine\')
Psalm 84
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1. O LORD of hosts, how amiable be
Your dwellings, tabernacles, which we see
My soul longs, yes, and e\'en faints for your courts
For us you have us sought
2. My heart and flesh they do now true cry out
For you the living God without a doubt
The sparrow too there she a house has found
Praises to you redound
3. The swallow also has found her a nest
Where she may lay her young, e\'en place the best
Even your altars, yours, O LORD of hosts
In you creation boasts
4. Blesséd are they that in your house do dwell
They will be praising you, your goodness tell
Blesséd are they whose strength is all in you
You will help them, renew
5. And blessed too are they who have their hearts set
To know your ways, they shall not fear or fret
Passing through Baca\'s* valley, sorrows dell
They turn it to a well
6. The rain too fills the pools, waters the land
Provided sure from God and His strong hand
Such who trust in Him go from strength to strength
Prospering through life\'s length
7. Each one of them before God does appear
In Zion, His city, they love Him dear
O LORD of hosts, my prayer hear, you our shield
To you our praise we yield
8. Look upon us, see your anointed ones
Your children, people, us your daughters, sons
For one day in your courts it better is
Than any other bliss
9. Yes, better than thousand days spent elsewhere
For we in sweet communion with you share
I rather doorkeeper in your house be
Than dwell with wicked, see
10. For you LORD God to us are sun and shield
You will give us grace, glory, free, unstealed**
No good thing to the upright you withhold
We be blessed in your fold
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* Baca - a valley of sorrow or weeping
(unsure of origin of the word).
** unstealed is not actually a word,
but I use poetic licence.