- I did in heart rejoice
- to hear the people’s voice,
- in offering so willingly,
- For let us up say they,
- and in the Lord’s house pray,
- thus spake the folk full lovingly:
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- 2 Our feet that wandered wide,
- shall in thy gates abide,
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- 3 O thou Jerusalem full fair,
- which art so seemly set, much like a City
- neat,
- the like whereof is not elsewhere.
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- 4 The tribes with one accord,
- the tribes of God the Lord,
- are thither bent their way to take:
- So God before did tell,
- That there his Israel,
- their prayers should together make.
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- 5 For there are thrones erect,
- and that for this respect:
- to set forth justice orderly:
- Which thrones right to maintain,
- To David’s house pertain,
- his folk to judge accordingly.
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- 6 To pray let us not cease,
- for Jerusalem’s peace,
- thy friends God prosper mightily,
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- 7 Peace be thy walls about,
- And prosper thee throughout,
- thy place eke continually.
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- 8 I wish thy prosperous state,
- for my poor brethren’s sake:
- that comfort have by means of thee,
- God’s house doth me allure,
- Thy wealth for to procure:
- so much always as lies in me.
