I reioyced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord. (Psalme 122:1 Geneva Bible)

Communion With God
by John Mason (1646–1694)

las, my God, that we should be
Such strangers to each other;
Oh, that as friends we might agree,
And walk and talk together.
Thou knowest my soul does dearly love
the place of Thine abode;
No music drops so sweet a sound,
As these two words—My God.

I long not for the fruit that grows
Within these gardens here;
I find no sweetness in their rose,
When Jesus in not near.
Thy gracious presence, O my Christ,
Can make a paradise;
Ah! What are all the goodly pearls
Unto these pearl of price?

May I taste that communion, Lord,
The people have with Thee?
Thy Spirit daily talks with them,
Oh, let Him talk with me.
Like Enoch, let me walk with God,
And thus walk out my day,
Attended by the heavenly guards
Upon my King’s highway.

When wilt Thou come to me, O Lord?
Oh, come, my Lord most dear;
Come near, come nearer, nearer still,
I’m well when Thou art near.
When wilt Thou come to me, O Lord?
I languish for Thy sight,
Ten thousand suns, if Thou art strange,
Are shades instead of light.

When wilt Thou come to me, O Lord?
For till Thou doest appear,
I count each moment for a day,
Each minute for a year.
Come, Lord, and never from me Go,
This world’s a darksome place;
I find no pleasure here below,
When Thou dost veil Thy face.

There’s no such thing as pleasure here,
My Jesus is my all;
As Thou dost shine or disappear,
My pleasures rise or fall.
Come, spread Thy savor o’er my frame;
No sweetness is so sweet,
Till I get up to sing Thy name,
Where all Thy singers meet.

—from Worthy Is the Lamb (Soli Deo Gloria, 2004).

salme 59 (Geneva Bible). To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him.

1 O my God, deliuer mee from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise vp against me.
2 Deliuer me from the wicked doers, and saue me from the bloody men.
3 For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.
4 They runne and prepare themselues without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and beholde.
5 Euen thou, O Lord God of hostes, O God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful vnto all that transgresse maliciously. Selah.
6 They goe to and from in the euening: they barke like dogs, and goe about the citie.
7 Behold, they brag in their talke, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
8 But thou, O Lord, shalt haue them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
9 He is strong: but I will waite vpon thee: for God is my defence.
10 My mercifull God will preuent me: God wil let me see my desire vpon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, least my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, O Lord our shield,
12 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.
13 Consume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them knowe that God ruleth in Iaakob, euen vnto the ends of the world. Selah.
14 And in the euening they shall go to and from, and barke like dogs, and go about the citie.
15 They shall runne here and there for meate: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tary all night.
16 But I wil sing of thy power, and will prayse thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast bene my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Vnto thee, O my Strength, wil I sing: for God is my defence, and my mercifull God.

Grace be with you, and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.