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The Lord is great in Zion.
Psalm 99:2.
Great is the Lord our God,
And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.
2 These temples of his grace,
How beautiful they stand!
The honors of our native place,
And bulwarks of our land.
3 In Zion God is known,
A refuge in distress;
How bright has his salvation shone,
Through all her palaces!
4 When kings against her joined,
And saw the Lord was there,
In wild confusion of the mind,
They fled with hasty fear.
5 Oft have our fathers told,
Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where his own sheep have been.
6 In every new distress
We’ll to his house repair;
We’ll call to mind his wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.
Watts.