My Heart Was Glad to Hear the Welcome Sound

My heart was glad to hear the wel­come sound

The call to seek Je­ho­vah’s house of pray­er;

Our feet are stand­ing here on ho­ly ground

Within thy gates

thou ci­ty grand and fair.

God’s peo­ple to Je­ru­sa­lem re­pair

To hear his Word and wor­ship Him with praise;

The throne of jus­tice stands eter­nal there

Messiah’s throne through end­less length of days.

Let ear­nest pray­er be made for Zi­on’s peace;

Thy sons who hold thee dear shall pros­per well;

May bless­ing in thy pal­aces in­crease

And peace with­in thy walls for­ev­er dwell.

For all my breth­ren and com­pan­ions’ sakes

My pray­er shall be

Let peace in thee abide;

Since God the Lord in thee His dwell­ing makes

To thee my love shall nev­er be de­nied.