
O How Amiable are Thy Dwellings [Out of Print]
- Composer:
- John Rutter
- Text Source:
- Ps 84: 1-5, 8-12
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Lyrics
O how amiable are thy dwellings: thou Lord of hosts! O how amiable are thy dwellings: thou Lord of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing, My soul hath a desire and
longing to enter into the courts of the lord, to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh, my heart and my flesh rejoice, rejoice in the living God. Yea, the
sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my
God, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be always praising thee, always praising thee. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in
whose heart are thy ways, in whose heart are thy ways. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob, hearken, O God of Jacob. Behold, O God our
defender: and look upon the face of thine Anointed. For one 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 ungodliness. For the Lord God is a light and defence, the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship, the Lord will give grace and
worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.