ELHB Hymn 556

Jerusalem the golden

Bernard of Cluny (1145)

Hymn Text

556. Jerusalem the golden

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1 Jerusalem the golden,
With milk and honey blest!
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice oppressed,
I know not, O I know not
What joys await us there,
What radiancy of glory,
What bliss beyond compare!
2 There is the throne of David;
And there, from care released,
The songs of them that triumph,
The shout of them that feast;
And they who, with their Leader,
Have conquered in the fight,
Forever, and forever,
Are clad in robes of white!

Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #556