Expository Songs

Hymns · 1915

Ivory Palaces

Songwriter Henry Barraclaugh

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Details

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song
Psalm 45:8

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
Psalm 23:6Isaiah 53:3Isaiah 63:1Matthew 9:20Matthew 14:36Mark 5:28-29Mark 6:56Luke 8:43-44John 14:2-3John 19:17John 19:39Revelation 3:20Revelation 19:13Revelation 21:3-4

Lyrics

Verse 1
My Lord has gar­ments so won­drous fine,
And myrrh their tex­ture fills; (Ps. 45:8)
Its frag­rance reached to this heart of mine
With joy my be­ing thrills.

Chorus
Out of the ivo­ry pal­ac­es, (Ps. 45:8)
Into a world of woe,
Only His great eter­nal love
Made my Sav­ior go.

Verse 2
His life had al­so its sor­rows sore, (Isa. 53:3)
For al­oes had a part; (Ps. 45:8, John 19:39)
And when I think of the cross He bore, (John 19:17)
My eyes with tear­drops start.

Verse 3
His gar­ments too were in cas­sia dipped, (Ps. 45:8)
With heal­ing in a touch; (Matt. 9:20, Matt. 14:36, Mark 5:28-29, Mark 6:56, Luke 8:43-44)
Each time my feet in some sin have slipped,
He took me from its clutch.

Verse 4
In gar­ments glo­ri­ous He will come, (Rev. 19:13, Isa. 63:1)
To op­en wide the door; (Rev. 3:20)
And I shall en­ter my heav’n­ly home,
To dwell for­ev­er­more. (Ps. 23:6, John 14:2-3, Rev. 21:3-4)