HOW LOVELY IS THY DWELLING PLACE
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featuring the Augustana Choir – Dr. Marc Hafso directing
The choral work was written for the dedication of the then-new Bethel Lutheran Church in Camrose, Alberta. It has been performed across Canada and in the United States. This choral work is also included in 2 CD albums by the University of Alberta Augustana choirs.
LYRICS
How Lovely is Thy dwelling place,
O Lord of Hosts
My soul longs, yea faints for the courts of the Lord
My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God
For a day in Thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere
For the Lord God is a sun and shield
He bestows favor and honor!
No good thing does the Lord withhold
from those who are upright.
O Lord of hosts
blessed are they who trust in Thee!
How lovely is Thy Dwelling place,
O Lord!
from Psalm 84