Within Thy Temple’s Sacred Courts

Within Thy tem­ple’s sac­red courts

With lov­ing and ad­or­ing thought

We con­tem­plate Thy grace

O God

And all Thy deeds with mer­cy fraught.

Where’er Thy name

O God

is known

Where’er Thy glo­ri­ous fame ex­tends

There also is Thy praise pro­claimed

Far as the earth’s re­mot­est ends.

Thy hand is full of right­eous­ness;

Let Zion’s glad­ness then be great

And let her daugh­ters sing for joy

And all Thy judg­ments ce­le­brate.

Encompass Zi­on

count her tow­ers

And mark her strong de­fens­es well;

Consider all her pal­ac­es

And to your sons her glo­ry tell.

This migh­ty God for­ev­er lives

Our God and Sav­ior to ab­ide

And till our pil­grim days shall end

Will ev­er be our faith­ful guide.