Lord God of hosts, in mer­cy
My sup­pli­ca­tion hear;
Almighty and all faith­ful,
Our fa­thers’ God, give ear.
Our shield and great de­fend­er,
No long­er hide Thy face,
But look up­on Thy ser­vant,
Anointed by Thy grace.

In Thy blest courts to wor­ship,
My God, a sin­gle day
Is bet­ter than a thou­sand
While far from Thee I stray.
Though in a low­ly sta­tion,
The ser­vice of my Lord
I choose above all plea­sures
That sin­ful ways af­ford.

A sun and shield for­ev­er
Is God, the Lord Most High,
To those who walk up­right­ly
No good will He de­ny.
His saints, His grace re­ceiv­ing,
Shall soon His glo­ry see;
O Lord of hosts, most bless­èd
Are they that trust in Thee.