LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 6 8
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1719
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 122; Ps 72:8
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 270
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 497
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 57
| Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts - Psalms
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| 122
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 271
| STELBAP
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| 812
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MUSIC
 Hymns of Faith
| 57
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 268
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 497
| Eb
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 270
| F
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 271
| F
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 268
| F
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 497
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 115
| F
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. How pleased and blest was I
To hear the people cry,
"Come, let us seek our God to-day!"
Yes, with a cheerful zeal
We haste to Zion's hill,
And there our vows
and honours pay.
2. Zion, thrice happy place,
Adorned with wondrous grace,
And walls of strength
embrace thee round:
In thee our tribes appear,
To pray and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.
3. There David's greater Son
Has fixed His royal throne,
He sits for and judgement there:
He bids the saints be glad,
He makes the sinner sad,
And humble souls
rejoice with fear.
4. May peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait,
To bless the soul of every guest;
The man that seeks thy peace,
And wishes thine increase,
A thousand blessings
on him rest!
5. My tongue repeats her vows,
Peace to this sacred house!
For there my friends
and kindred dwell;
And, since my glorious God
Makes thee His blest abode,
My soul shall ever love thee well.
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