Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#371

371. O Lord of Hosts, How Lovely

1 O Lord of Hosts, how lovely
the place where thou dost dwell!
Thy tabernacles holy
in pleasantness excel.
My soul is longing, fainting,
Jehovah's courts to see;
my heart and flesh are crying,
O living God, for thee.

2 Blest who thy house inhabit,
they ever give thee praise;
blest all whom thou dost strengthen,
who love the sacred ways.
So they from strength unwearied
go forward unto strength,
till they appear in Zion
before the Lord at length.

3 O hear, Lord God of Jacob,
to me an answer yield;
the face of thine anointed,
behold, O God, our shield.
One day excels a thousand
if spent thy courts within;
I'll choose thy threshold, rather
than dwell in tents of sin.

4 Our sun and shield, Jehovah,
will grace and glory give;
no good will he deny them
that uprightly do live.
O God of hosts, Jehovah,
how blest is ev'ryone
who confidence reposes
on thee, O Lord, alone.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord of Hosts, how lovely
• Title: O Lord of Hosts, How Lovely
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Psalm 84
• Topic: The Church: The Lord's House; Church: Love for; Longing for Christ and God
• Source: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Psalter, 1931; alt. 1961

Tune Information

• Name: LLANGLOFFAN
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Key: g minor
• Source: Welsh hymn melody; David Evans's Hymnau a Thonau,1865