HOW GLAD I WAS TO HEAR MEN SAY

[1]
How glad I was to hear men say,
come with us to God's home.
Jerusalem, within thy gates
our joyful feet will come.

[2]
Jerusalem! a city fair,
securely built and strong,
where all the tribes of God go up
to worship in his throng.

[3]
To Israel's royal temple.there
to sing and thank the Lord,
before King David's judgment seat,
according to his word.

[4]
Pray that Jerusalem may have
peace and felicity:
let them that love thee and thy peace
have still prosperity.

[5]
Therefore I wish that peace may still
within thy walls remain,
and ever may thy palaces
prosperity retain.

[6]
Now, for my friends' and brethren's sake,
peace be in thee, I'll say.
And for the house of God our Lord,
I'll seek thy good alway.