v.1-4,14,19-21 <br />L. M. <br />The church is God's house and care. <br /> <br />Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name, <br />While in his holy courts ye wait, <br />Ye saints, that to his house belong, <br />Or stand attending at his gate. <br /> <br />Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good; <br />To praise his name is sweet employ: <br />Isr'el he chose of old, and still <br />His church is his peculiar joy. <br /> <br />The Lord himself will judge his saints; <br />He treats his servants as his friends; <br />And when he hears their sore complaints, <br />Repents the sorrows that he sends. <br /> <br />Through every age the Lord declares <br />His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod <br />He gives his suff'ring servants rest, <br />And will be known th' Almighty God. <br /> <br />Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love, <br />People and priest, exalt his name: <br />Amongst his saints he ever dwells; <br />His church is his Jerusalem.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-135-part-1/
