Scripture Verse

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psalm 24:1

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 57.

Music: Mald­wyn Welsh me­lo­dy, cir­ca 1600 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

The earth and the fullness with which it is stored,
The world and its dwell­ers be­long to the Lord;
For He on the seas its foun­da­tions has laid,
And firm on the wa­ters its pil­lars has stayed.

What man shall the hill of Je­ho­vah as­cend,
And who in the place of His pre­sence at­tend?
The man of pure heart and of hands with­out stain,
Who swears not to false­hood nor loves what is vain.

That man ev­er blest of Je­ho­vah shall live,
The God of sal­va­tion shall right­eous­ness give;
For this is the people, yea, this is the race,
The Is­ra­el true that is seek­ing His face.