O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are!

With long desire my spirit faints

To meet the assemblies of thy saints.

2Blest are the souls who find a place

Within the temple of thy grace;

There they behold thy gentler rays,

And seek thy face and learn thy praise.

3Blest are the men whose hearts are set

To find the way to Zion's gate;

God is their Strength; and through the road