Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#492

492. How Lovely Is Your Dwelling

Text Information

• First Line: How lovely is your dwelling, O God, my hope
• Title: How Lovely Is Your Dwelling
• Author: Jean Wiebe Janzen (1991)
• Meter: alt. to 76.76.776
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 84
• Topic: Eternal Life; God: Strength, Protection and Trust
• Copyright: © 1991 Jean Wiebe Janzen
• ONE LICENSE: G979917T

Tune Information

• Name: ES IST EIN' ROS'
• Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius (1609)
• Meter: alt. to 76.76.776
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Cologne, 1599

Text Information:

This text is a paraphrase of Psalm 84, a song of praise used at the great Hebrew autumn festival, the Feast of Tabernacles. Janzen wrote it for the 1992 Mennonite The Hymnal: A Worship Book