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17. Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
“Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.”
Psalm 87:3
Text: John Newton; Music: Franz Joseph Haydn
Key of E flat major
Glorious things of thee are spoken
Zion, city of our God
He, whose Word cannot be broken
Formed thee for His own abode
On the Rock of Ages founded
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded
Thou mayest smile at all thy foes
See, the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love
Well supply thy sons and daughters
And all fear of want remove
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace which, like the Lord, the Giver
Never fails from age to age
Round each habitation hov’ring
See the cloud and fire appear
For a glory and a cov’ring
Showing that the Lord is near!
Glorious things of thee are spoken
Zion city of our God
He, whose Word cannot be broken
Formed thee for His own abode
