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Psalm 84

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 501 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: Lord of the worlds above Lyrics: Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thy earthly temples are! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God. The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And wand'ring swallows long To find their wonted rest: My spirit faints With equal zeal To rise and dwell Among thy saints. O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear! O happy men that pay Their constant service there! They praise thee still And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill. They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heav'n appears: O glorious seat, When God our King Shall thither bring Our willing feet! To spend one sacred day Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy Than thousand days beside: Where God resorts, I love it more To keep the door Than shine in courts. God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence; With gifts his hands are filled, We draw our blessings thence: He shall bestow On Jacob's race Peculiar grace And glory too. The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee. Topics: Delight in God; Delight and safety in the church; Worship public; Public prayer and praise; Church God's presence there; Glory and grace promised; God present in his churches; Grace and glory; Worship delight in it

Psalm 84: How lovely is thy dwelling-place

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 53 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: How lovely is thy dwelling-place Lyrics: 1How lovely is thy dwelling-place, O Lord of hosts, to me! The tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant, Lord, they be! 2My thirsty soul longs veh’mently, yea faints, thy courts to see: My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for thee. 3Behold, the sparrow findeth out an house wherein to rest; The swallow also for herself hath purchased a nest; Ev’n thine own altars,* where she safe her young ones forth may bring, O thou almighty Lord of hosts, who art my God and King. 4Bless’d are they in thy house that dwell, they ever give thee praise. 5Bless’d is the man whose strength thou art, in whose heart are thy ways: 6Who passing thorough Baca’s vale, therein do dig up wells; Also the rain that falleth down the pools with water fills. 7So they from strength unwearied go still forward unto strength, Until in Sion they appear before the Lord at length. 8Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear; O Jacob’s God, give ear. 9See God our shield, look on the face of thine anointed dear. 10For in thy courts one day excels a thousand; rather in My God’s house will I keep a door, than dwell in tents of sin. 11For God the Lord’s a sun and shield: he’ll grace and glory give; And will withhold no good from them that uprightly do live. 12O thou that art the Lord of hosts, that man is truly blest, Who by assured confidence on thee alone doth rest.

Psalm 84 Part 1

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 351 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: How pleasant, how divinely fair Lyrics: How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! With long desire my spirit faints To meet th' assemblies of thy saints. My flesh would rest in thine abode, My panting heart cries out for God; My God! my King! why should I be So far from all my joys and thee? The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides her nest; But will my God to sparrows grant That pleasure which his children want? Blest are the saints who sit on high Around thy throne of majesty; Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love. Blest are the souls who find a place Within the temple of thy grace; There they behold thy gentler rays, And seek thy face, and learn thy praise. Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate; God is their strength, and through the road They lean upon their helper God. Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heav'n at length, Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. Topics: Delight in God; Delight and safety in the church; Worship public; Public prayer and praise; Church God's presence there; Glory and grace promised; God present in his churches; Grace and glory; Worship delight in it

Psalm 84 Part 2

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 358 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: Great God, attend, while Zion sings Lyrics: Great God, attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs: To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. God is our sun, he makes our day; God is our shield, he guards our way From all th' assaults of hell and sin, From foes without and foes within. All needful grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too! He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls. O God, our King, whose sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heav'n obey, And devils at thy presence flee, Blest is the man that trusts in thee. Topics: Delight in God; Delight and safety in the church; Worship public; Public prayer and praise; Church God's presence there; Glory and grace promised; God present in his churches; Grace and glory; Worship delight in it

Pleasant are thy courts above

Author: Henry F. Lyte Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 248 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 Lyrics: Pleasant are thy courts above, In the land of light and love; Pleasant are thy courts below, In this land of sin and woe. O my spirit longs and faints For the converse of thy saints, For the brightness of thy face, For thy fullness, God of grace! Happy birds that sing and fly Round thy altars, O Most High! Happier souls that find a rest In a heavenly Father's breast! Like the wandering dove, that found No repose on earth around, They can to their ark repair And enjoy it ever there. 425 Happy souls! their praises flow Ever in this vale of woe; Waters in the desert rise, Manna feeds them from the skies: On they go from strength to strength Till they reach thy throne at length, At thy feet adoring fall, Who hast led them safe through all. Lord, be mine this prize to win; Guide me through a world of sin; Keep me by thy saving grace; Give me at thy side a place. Sun and shield alike thou art; Guide and guard my erring heart. Grace and glory flow from thee; Shower, O shower them, Lord, on me! Amen. Topics: Holy Communion Introits; Church Building and Consecration; The Church Militant; Sunday Schools Sunday Morning; Sunday Schools General Use Used With Tune: MAIDSTONE

Psalm 84

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84:1-4 First Line: My soul, how lovely is the place Lyrics: My soul, how lovely is the place To which thy God resorts! 'Tis heav'n to see his smiling face, Though in his earthly courts. There the great Monarch of the skies His saving power displays, And light breaks in upon our eyes With kind and quick'ning rays. With his rich gifts the heav'nly Dove Descends and fills the place, While Christ reveals his wondrous love, And sheds abroad his grace. There, mighty God, thy words declare The secrets of thy will; And still we seek thy mercy there, And sing thy praises still. My heart and flesh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode; When shall I tread thy courts, and see My Savior and my God? The sparrow builds herself a nest, And suffers no remove; O make me, like the sparrows, blest, To dwell but where I love. To sit one day beneath thine eye, And hear thy gracious voice, Exceeds a whole eternity Employed in carnal joys. Lord, at thy threshold I would wait While Jesus is within, Rather than fill a throne of state, Or live in tents of sin. Could I command the spacious land, And the more boundless sea, For one blest hour at thy right hand I'd give them both away. Topics: Delight in God; Delight and safety in the church; Worship public; Public prayer and praise; Church God's presence there; Glory and grace promised; God present in his churches; Grace and glory; Worship delight in it

Yearning for God

Appears in 58 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: How lovely are Thy dwellings fair Used With Tune: [How lovely are Thy dwellings fair]

Psalm 84: How Lovely, Lord, How Lovely

Author: Arlo D. Duba, b. 1929 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: How lovely, Lord, how lovely is your abiding place Lyrics: 1 How lovely, Lord, how lovely is your abiding place; my soul is longing, fainting, to feast upon your grace. The sparrow finds a shelter, a place to build her nest, and so your temple calls us within its walls to rest. 2 In your blest courts to worship, O God, a single day is better than a thousand if I from you should stray. I’d rather keep the entrance and claim you as my Lord than revel in the riches the ways of sin afford. 3 A sun and shield forever are you, O Lord Most High; you shower us with blessings; no good will you deny. The saints, your grace receiving, from strength to strength shall go, and from their life shall rivers of blessing overflow. Topics: Faith Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE

How amiable are thy tabernacles

Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 Lyrics: 1 How amiable are Thy tabernacles: O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: they will be still praising Thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee: in whose heart are the ways of them. 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well: and rain also filleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength: every one of them in Sion appeareth before God. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear O God of Jacob. 9 Behold O God our shield; and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 10 For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand: I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory, no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts: blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be: world without end Amen. Topics: Psalms and Canticles Used With Tune: [How amiable are thy tabernacles]

Welcome, sweet day of rest

Author: Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 765 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84:10 Lyrics: 1 Welcome, sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes. 2 The King himself comes near, And feasts his saints to-day; Here we may sit and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3 One day amidst the place Which Jesus dwells within, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. 4 My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss. Topics: The Christian Church The Sabbath; Day of Rest

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84:3-7 Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts, to me; my soul is longing, fainting, the courts of God to see. The beauty of your dwelling will bring me joy anew. My heart and flesh are crying, O living God, for you. 2 Beneath your care the sparrow finds place for peaceful rest; to keep her young in safety the swallow finds a nest. So, Lord, my King Almighty, your love will shelter me; beneath your wings of mercy my dwelling place will be. 3 Blest they who love and serve you, whose joy and strength you are. Forever they will praise you, your ways are in their heart. Though tried, their tears like showers shall fill the springs of peace; and all the way to Zion their strength shall still increase. Topics: Temptation & Trial; Trust in God; Opening of Worship; Church; Ministry & Service; Opening of Worship; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Refuge; Temptation & Trial; Trust in God Used With Tune: ST. EDITH Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

Sun of My Soul

Author: John Keble Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,436 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84:11 First Line: Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear Lyrics: 1 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, It is not night if Thou be near; Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes. 2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest Forever on my Savior’s breast. 3 Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die. 4 If some poor wand’ring child of Thine Has spurned today the voice divine, Now, Lord, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin. 5 Watch by the sick, enrich the poor With blessings from Thy boundless store; Be every mourner’s sleep tonight, Like infants’ slumbers, pure and right. 6 Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take, Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heav’n above. Topics: Jesus/Savior Used With Tune: HURSLEY Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Sun_of_My_Soul); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (378); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (588)

Soldiers of Christ, Arise

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 893 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84:7 First Line: Soldiers of Christ arise Lyrics: 1 Soldiers of Christ, arise and put your armor on, strong in the strength that God supplies through his eternal Son; strong in the Lord of hosts, and in his mighty power, who in the strength of Jesus trusts is more than conqueror. 2 Stand, then, in his great might, with all his strength endued, and take, to arm you for the fight, the weapons of our God; from strength to strength go on, wrestle and fight and pray; tread all the powers of darkness down and win the well-fought day. 3 Leave no unguarded place, no weakness of the soul; take every virtue, every grace, and fortify the whole; till, having all things done, and all your conflicts past, you overcome through Christ alone and stand complete at last. Topics: Conflict, Spirtual; Demons; Church Final Victory; Spiritual Conflict; Demons; Descants Used With Tune: DIADEMATA

O God of Hosts, the mighty Lord

Appears in 70 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 Lyrics: 1 O God of Hosts, the mighty Lord, how lovely is the Place Where Thou, enthron'd in Glory, shew'st the Brightness of thy Face! 2 My longing Soul faints with Desire, to view thy blest Abode; My panting Heart and Flesh cry out for Thee the living God. 3 The Birds, more happy far than I, around thy Temple throng; Securely there they build, and there securely hatch their Young. 4 O Lord of Hosts, my King and God, how highly blest are they, Who in thy Temple always dwell, and there thy Praise display! 5 Thrice happy they, whose Choice has Thee their sure Protection made; Who long to tread the sacred Ways that to thy Dwelling lead! 6 Who pass thro' parch'd and thirsty Vales, yet no Refreshment want: Their Pools are fill'd with Rain, which Thou at their Request dost grant. 7 Thus they proceed from Strength to Strength, and still approach more near; 'Till all on Sion's holy Mount before their God appear. 8 o Lord, the mighty God of Hosts, my just Requests regard! Thou God of Jacob, let my pray'r be still with Favour heard: 9 Behold, O God, for Thou alone can'st timely Aid dispense; On thy anointed Servant look, be Thou his strong Defence. 10 For in thy Courts one single Day 'tis better to attend, Than, Lord, in any Place besides a thousand Days to spend. Much rather in God's House will I the meanest office take, Than in the wealthy Tents of Sin my pompous Dwelling make. 11 For God, who is our Sun and Shield, will Grace and Glory give; And no good Thing will He with-hold from them that justly live. 12 Thou God, whom heav'nly Hosts obey How highly blest is he, Whose Hope and Trust, securely plac'd, is still repos'd on Thee!

The King of love my shepherd is

Author: H. W. Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84:4 Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine for ever. 2 Where streams of living water flow my ransomed soul he leadeth, and where the verdant pastures grow with food celestial feedeth. 3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, but yet in love he sought me, and on his shoulder gently laid, and home rejoicing brought me. 4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill with thee, dear Lord, beside me; thy rod and staff my comfort still, thy cross before to guide me. 5 Thou spread'st a table in my sight; thy unction grace bestoweth; and O what transport of delight from thy pure chalice floweth! 6 And so through all the length of days thy goodness faileth never: good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house for ever. Topics: Proper 11 Year B; Funerals, Commemoration, Remembrance and All Souls Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME

Lord God of hosts, how lovely

Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 Topics: The Church The Sanctuary Used With Tune: MORLAIX Text Sources: United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, U.S.A., 1871, alt.

Psalm 84

Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: How lovely is Your dwelling place Lyrics: How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts. Topics: Responsive Reading; Worship Used With Tune: [How lovely is your dwelling place]

Lord God of Hosts, in Mercy

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 First Line: Lord God of Hosts in mercy Topics: Anointing Of Believers; Choosing The Right; Forsaking the World; Worship; House of God ; Opening Of The Service Used With Tune: CRUX CHRISTI

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling

Author: Jean Janzen Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 84 Topics: Homeland; Journey; Loss Used With Tune: GILMAN