O Lord of hosts
to Thee I cry
Our fathers’ God
to Thee;
Let my petition reach Thine ear
My prayer accepted be.
O God our shield
look Thou on us
Reveal Thyself in grace
And let Thine own anointed one
Behold Thee face to face.
A single day within Thy courts
Where I Thy beauty see
Is better than a thousand days
My God
apart from Thee.
A lowly station in Thy house
Were dearer to my heart
Than in the tents of wickedness
To claim the chiefest part.
A sun and shield is God
the Lord
To lighten and defend;
The Lord to such as look to Him
Will grace and glory send.
To those that walk in righteousness
No good will He deny.
O Lord of hosts
how blest are they
Who on Thy grace rely!