How Delightful Is Your Dwelling Lyrics

How delightful is your dwelling

O Almighty Sovereign Lord

Place of peace, where all my longings

Are fulfilled, my soul restored

Every fibre of my being

Living God, calls out to you

Come revive me with your presence

And with hope my life renew

This is where the tiny sparrow

Near your altar finds her rest

In a corner here the swallow

For her young prepares a nest

So with all who find contentment

In your house, my God, my King

May I also know your favour

And your praise for ever sing

Blessed are all the pilgrim-hearted

Strengthened, so that as they go

Arid land becomes a garden

Where refreshing rivers flow

On from strength to strength they journey

And at last arrive in heaven:

As we follow in their footsteps

May your grace to us be given

One day in your house is better

Than a thousand spent elsewhere

Earth can offer no attraction

Like the joy of serving there

Sun to guide and shield to guard us

Where your blessing is assured

By your mercy keep us faithful

As we trust in you, O Lord