1 Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
God, whose word cannot be broken
formed thee for his blest abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,
what can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
thou mayest smile at all thy foes.
2 See the streams of living waters,
springing from eternal love,
well supply thy sons and daughters,
and all fear of want remove:
who can faint, while such a river
ever flows their thirst to assuage?
grace which, like our God, the Giver,
never fails from age to age.
3 Round each habitation hovering,
see the cloud and fire appear
for a glory and a covering,
showing forth that God is near!
Thus deriving from their banner
light by night and shade by day,
safe they feed upon the manna
which God gives them when they pray.
