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Jehovah is great, and great be his praise; In the city of God He is King; Proclaim ye his triumphs in jubilant lays, On the mount of his holiness sing. The joy of the earth, from her beautiful height, Is Zion’s impregnable hill; The Lord in her temple still taketh delight, God reigns in her palaces still. Go walk about Zion, and measure the length, Her walls and her bulwarks mark well; Contemplate her palaces, glorious in strength, Her towers and her pinnacles tell. Then say to your children:—Our stronghold is tried; This God is our God to the end; His people for ever his counsel shall guide; His arm shall for ever defend.
Jehovah is great, and great be his praise; In the city of God He is King; Proclaim ye his triumphs in jubilant lays, On the mount of his holiness sing. The joy of the earth, from her beautiful height, Is Zion’s impregnable hill; The Lord in her temple still taketh delight, God reigns in her palaces still. Go walk about Zion, and measure the length, Her walls and her bulwarks mark well; Contemplate her palaces, glorious in strength, Her towers and her pinnacles tell. Then say to your children:—Our stronghold is tried; This God is our God to the end; His people for ever his counsel shall guide; His arm shall for ever defend.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- J. Montgomery (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 128 · printed citation: J. Montgomery · subject: CITY
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