How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
Tune: MCKEE
Scripture: Psalm 84
Eʋegbe
English
Verse 1
Eʋegbe
Aleke nɔwòƒe nyakpɔe Wò Aʋafia Mawu L' amenuve gbadɔ xɔme 'Lesi eme nya kpɔe.
English
How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts to me! The tabernacles of Thy grace How pleasant, Lord, they be!
Verse 2
Eʋegbe
Nye luʋɔ, gbɔgbɔ le nuxam Be wòakpɔ wò fiazia Nye dzi kple ŋutila do ɣli Nawò, Mawu gbagbe.
English
My thirsty soul longs ardently, Yea, faints Thy courts to see; My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for Thee.
Verse 3
Eʋegbe
Kpɔ alesi akpakpa kpɔ Aƒe gbɔna ɖe 'me Eye Sagbadre gɔ hã la Kpɔ atɔ na 'ɖokui.
English
Behold the sparrow findeth out A house where-in to rest; The swallow also, for herself Provided hath a nest.
Verse 4
Eʋegbe
Le Wò vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ Ðevi'o gɔhã woa kpɔ Wò aʋafia Ma'u ŋusẽtɔ Nye fia kple nye Mawu.
English
Ev’n Thine own altars, where she safe Her young ones forth may bring, O Thou, almighty Lord of hosts, Who art my God and King.
Verse 5
Eʋegbe
Yayratɔ nye 'mesi'o nɔa gbɔ. Woa kafu'o ɣesiaɣi Yayratɔ nye 'mesi kpɔ ŋusẽ Ƒe mɔ'o le 'ƒe dzime.
English
Blest are they in Thy house that dwell, They ever give Thee praise. Blest is the man whose strength Thou art, In whose heart are Thy ways.
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