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

The God of Spirits Sought
by Phillip Doddridge (1702–1751)

ather of spirits, from Thy hand,
Our soul immortal came;
And still Thine energy divine
Supports the’ethereal flame.

By Thee our spirits all are known;
And each remotest thought
Lies wide expanded to His eye,
By whom their pow’rs were wrought.

To Thee, when mortal comforts fail,
The flock deserted flies
And, on the eternal Shepherd’s care,
Our cheerful hope relies.

When o’er Thy faithful servant’s dust,
Thy dear assemblies mourn,
In speedy tokens of Thy grace,
O Israel’s God, return.

The pow’rs of nature all are Thine,
And Thine the aids of grace;
Thine arm has borne Thy churches up
Through every rising race.

Exert Thy sacred influence here,
And here Thy suppliants bless,
And change, to strains of cheerful praise,
Their accents of distress.

With faithful heart, with skilful hand,
May this Thy flock be fed;
And with a steady growing pace,
To Zion’s mountain led.

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

salme 87 (Geneva Bible)
A Psalme or song committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1 God layde his foundations among the holy mountaines.
2 The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babel among them that knowe me: beholde Palestina and Tyrus with Ethiopia, There is he borne.
5 And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
6 The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.
7 Aswell the singers as the players on instruments shall prayse thee: all my springs are in thee.

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