[Verse 1]
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Glorious things of thee are spoken,
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Zion, city of our God;
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he whose word cannot be broken
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formed thee for his own abode:
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on the Rock of Ages founded,
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what can shake thy sure repose?
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With salvation's walls surrounded,
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Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
[Verse 2]
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See, the streams of living waters,
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springing from eternal love,
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well supply thy sons and daughters,
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and all fear of want remove;
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who can faint, while such a river
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ever flows their thirst t'assuage?-
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grace which, like the Lord, the giver,
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never fails from age to age.
[Verse 3]
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Round each habitation hov'ring,
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see the cloud and fire appear
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for a glory and a cov'ring,
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showing that the Lord is near:
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thus deriving from their banner
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light by night and shade by day,
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safe they feed upon the manna
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which he gives them when they pray.
[Verse 4]
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Savior, if of Zion's city
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I, through grace, a member am,
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let the world deride or pity,
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I will glory in thy name:
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fading is the worldling's pleasure,
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all his boasted pomp and show;
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solid joys and lasting treasure
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none but Zion's children know.