O Lord of Hosts, how love-ly
The place where Thou dost dwell!
Thy tab-er-na-cles ho-ly
In pleas-ant-ness ex-cel.
My soul is long-ing, faint-ing,
Je-ho-vah's courts to see;
My heart and flesh are cry-ing,
O liv-ing God, for Thee.
Blest who thy house in-hab-it,
They ev-er give Thee praise;
Blest all whom Thou dost strength-en,
Who love the sa-cred ways.
So they from strength un-wea-ried
Go for-ward un-to strength,
Till they ap-pear in Zi-on
Be-fore the Lord at length.
O hear, Lord God of Ja-cob,
To me an an-swer yield;
The face of thine a-noint-ed,
Be-hold, O God, our shield.
One day ex-cels a thou-sand
If spent thy courts with-in;
I'll choose thy thresh-old, rath-er
Than dwell in tents of sin.
Our sun and shield, Je-ho-vah,
Will grace and glo-ry give;
No good will He de-ny them
That up-right-ly do live.
O God of hosts, Je-ho-vah,
How blest is ev-ery-one
Who con-fi-dence re-pos-es
On Thee, O Lord, a-lone.