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Text:Praise, Lord, for Thee in Zion waits
Author:Henry F. Lyte
Tune:NINTH STREET
Composer:Hubert P. Main

54. Praise, Lord, for Thee in Zion waits

1 Praise, Lord, for Thee in Zion waits;
Prayer shall besiege Thy temple gates;
All flesh shall to Thy throne repair,
And find, thro' Christ, salvation there.

2 How blest Thy saints! how safely led!
How surely kept! how richly fed!
Saviour of all in earth and sea,
How happy they who rest in Thee!

3 Thy hand sets fast the mighty hills,
Thy voice the troubled ocean stills;
Evening and morning hymn Thy praise,
And earthy Thy bounty wide displays.

4 The year is with Thy goodness crowned;
Thy clouds drop wealth the world around;
Through Thee the deserts laugh and sing,
And nature smiles and owns her King.

5 Lord, on our souls Thy Spirit pour;
The moral waste within restore;
O let Thy love our spring-tide be,
And make us all bear fruit to Thee.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Praise, Lord, for Thee in Zion waits
Author: Henry F. Lyte (1834)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Lord's Day: Day of Worship
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: NINTH STREET
Composer: Hubert P. Main
Meter: L. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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