Inspired by Psalm 84
God who walked this earth before us
God who walked this earth before us,
over mountains, by cool springs,
pictured in the poet's image:
soaring high on eagles’ wings:
we can never cage or capture
such a Spirit in her flight,
yet within a vaulted temple
people seek to praise your might.
'Neath its eaves, in arching timbers,
birds are nesting, swallows fly,
here where choirs will praise Your glory,
priests and people sing or cry.
While we worship in closed buildings,
shuttered from the world outside,
far beyond our tethered spirits,
Love is soaring, free to glide.
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Tune: RUSSIAN AIR (Hymns for the People, 43; Jubilate); DIJON
Metre: 8.7.8.7
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