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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM 84, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE First Line: How lovely are thy dwellings fair Last Line: And in thee only rest. | |||
1 How lovely are thy dwellings fair! O Lord of Hosts, how dear The pleasant tabernacles are! Where thou dost dwell so near. 2 My soul doth long and almost die Thy courts O Lord to see; My heart and flesh aloud do cry, O living God, for thee. 3 There ev'n the sparrow freed from wrong Hath found a house of rest; The swallow there, to lay her young Hath built her brooding nest; Ev'n by thy altars Lord of Hosts They find their safe abode, And home they fly from round the coasts Toward thee, my King, my God. 4 Happy, who in thy house reside Where thee they ever praise; 5 Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide, And in their hearts thy ways. 6 They pass through Baca's thirsty vale, That dry and barren ground, As through a fruitful wat'ry dale Where springs and show'rs abound. 7 They journey on from strength to strength With joy and gladsome cheer Till all before our God at length In Sion do appear. 8 Lord God of Hosts hear now my prayer, O Jacob's God give ear; 9 Thou God our shield look on the face Of thy anointed dear. 10 For one day in thy courts to be Is better, and more blest Than in the joys of vanity, A thousand days at best. I in the temple of my God Had rather keep a door, Than dwell in tents, and rich abode With sin for evermore. 11 For God the Lord both sun and shield Gives grace and glory bright; No good from them shall be withheld Whose ways are just and right. 12 Lord God of Hosts that reign'st on high, That man is truly blest, Who only on thee doth rely, And in thee only rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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