A New Version of the Psalms
PSALM CXXII
Tate and Brady
O 'twas a joyful sound to hear
Our tribes devoutly say,
Up Israel, to the temple haste,
And keep your festal day.
2 At Salem's courts we must appear
With our assembled pow'rs,
3 In strong and beauteous order rang'd,
Like her united tow'rs.
4 'Tis thither, by divine command,
The tribes of God repair,
Before his ark to celebrate
His Name with praise and pray'r.
5 Tribunals stand erected there,
Where equity takes place;
There stand the courts and palaces
Of royal David's race.
6 O pray we then for Salem's peace,
For they shall prosp'rous be,
(Thou holy city of our God!)
Who bear true love to thee.
7 May peace within thy sacred walls
A constant guest be found,
With plenty and prosperity
Thy palaces be crown'd.
8 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends
No less than brethren dear,
I'll pray, May peace in Salem's towers
A constant guest appear.
9 But most of all I'll seek thy good,
And ever wish thee well,
For Sion and the temple's sake,
Where God vouchsafes to dwell.
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Poetry of the Psalms
The "Poetry of the Psalms" is a collection of poems expressing the struggles, fears, anger, joy and love revealed in the Psalms of the Bible. They were written over hundreds of years by various authors, including Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, George Burgess, Charles Spurgeon, Abraham Coles, Augustus Toplady, Tate and Brady.
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