Jerusalem the Golden

Verse 1
Jerusalem the gold­en, (Rev. 21:2, Rev. 21:18)
With milk and ho­ney blest, (Ex. 3:8, Ex. 3:17, Ex. 13:5, Ex. 33:3, Lev. 20:24, Num. 13:27, Num. 14:8, Num. 16:13–14, Deut. 6:3, Deut. 11:9, Deut. 26:9, Deut. 26:15, Deut. 27:3, Deut. 31:20, Josh. 5:6, Jer. 11:5, Jer. 32:22, Ezek. 20:6, Ezek. 20:15)
Beneath thy con­tem­pla­tion
Sink heart and voice op­pressed.
I know not, O I know not,
What joys await us there, (I Cor. 2:9)
What ra­di­an­cy of glo­ry,
What bliss be­yond com­pare.

Verse 2
They stand, those halls of Zi­on,
All ju­bi­lant with song, (Rev. 5:11-12)
And bright with ma­ny an an­gel, (Rev. 5:11, Heb. 12:22)
And all the mar­tyr throng; (Rev. 6:9-11, Rev. 7:9-14)
The Prince is ev­er in them, (Ezek. 44:3, Ezek. 45:7, Ezek. 46:2, Ezek. 46:10)
The day­light is se­rene.
The pas­tures of the bless­èd
Are decked in glo­ri­ous sheen.

Verse 3
There is the throne of Da­vid, (Isa. 9:7, Luke 1:32-33)
And there, from care re­leased,
The shout of them that tri­umph,
The song of them that feast; (Rev. 19:6-9, Isa. 25:6)
And they, who with their lead­er,
Have con­quered in the fight, (Rev. 17:14, Rom. 8:37, Rev. 3:21)
Forever and for­ev­er
Are clad in robes of white. (Rev. 3:4-5, Rev. 6:11, Rev. 7:13-14, Rev. 19:14)

Verse 4
O sweet and bless­èd coun­try,
The home of God’s elect! (Heb. 11:13-16, Phil. 3:20)
O sweet and bless­èd coun­try,
That ea­ger hearts ex­pect!
Jesus, in mer­cy bring us
To that dear land of rest, (John 14:2-3, Rev. 14:13)
Who art, with God the Fa­ther,
And Spir­it, ev­er blessed.

Verse 5
Brief life is here our por­tion, (Ps. 39:5)
Brief sor­row, short lived care; (II Cor. 4:17, James 4:14)
The life that knows no end­ing, (John 11:25-26)
The tear­less life, is there. (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:17, Rev. 21:4)
O hap­py re­tri­bu­tion!
Short toil, eter­nal rest; (Rev. 14:13)
For mor­tals and for sin­ners,
A man­sion with the blest. (John 14:2-3)

Verse 6
That we should look, poor wan­der­ers,
To have our home on high! (II Cor. 5:1, Heb. 11:13-16, Heb. 13:14)
That worms should seek for dwell­ings
Beyond the star­ry sky!
And now we fight the bat­tle,
But then shall wear the crown (II Tim. 4:7-8, Rev. 2:10)
Of full and ev­er­last­ing,
And pas­sion­less re­nown.

Verse 7
And how we watch and strug­gle,
And now we live in hope,
And Zi­on in her ang­uish
With Ba­by­lon must cope; (Ps. 137:1)
But He whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known, (I Cor. 13:12, I John 3:2, Rev. 22:4)
And they that know and see Him
Shall have Him for their own. (Rev. 21:3)

Verse 8
For thee, O dear, dear coun­try,
Mine eyes their vi­gils keep; (Mark 13:33, Ps. 84:2)
For ve­ry love, be­hold­ing,
Thy hap­py name, they weep: (Ps. 137:1)
The men­tion of thy glo­ry
Is unc­tion to the breast,
And me­di­cine in sick­ness,
And love, and life, and rest. (Song of Solomon 1:3)

Verse 9
O one, O on­ly man­sion! (John 14:2-3)
O para­dise of joy!
Where tears are ev­er ban­ished, (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:17, Rev. 21:4)
And smiles have no al­loy;
The cross is all thy splen­dor, (Gal. 6:14)
The Cru­ci­fied thy praise, (Rev. 5:12-13)
His laud and be­ne­dict­ion
Thy ran­somed peo­ple raise.

Verse 10
Jerusalem the glo­ri­ous! (Rev. 21:2, Heb. 12:22)
Glory of the elect!
O dear and fu­ture vi­sion
That ea­ger hearts ex­pect!
E’en now by faith I see thee, (Heb. 11:10)
E’en here thy walls dis­cern; (Rev. 21:12, Rev. 21:18-19, Isa. 54:11-12)
To thee my thoughts are kin­dled,
And strive, and pant, and yearn. (Ps. 84:2)

Verse 11
Jerusalem, the on­ly,
That look’st from Heav’n be­low, (Gal. 4:26)
In thee is all my glo­ry,
In me is all my woe!
And though my bo­dy may not,
My spir­it seeks thee fain,
Till flesh and earth re­turn me
To earth and flesh again. (Gen. 3:19, Ecc. 12:7)

Verse 12
Jerusalem, ex­ult­ing
On that se­cur­est shore,
I hope thee, wish thee, sing thee,
And love thee ev­er­more! (Ps. 84:2)
I ask not for my mer­it:
I seek not to de­ny
My mer­it is de­struct­ion,
A child of wrath am I. (Eph. 2:3)

Verse 13
But yet with faith I ven­ture (II Cor. 5:7)
And hope up­on the way,
For those pe­ren­ni­al guer­dons
I la­bor night and day. (Phil. 3:14, I Thess. 2:9)
The best and dear­est Fa­ther
Who made me, and who saved,
Bore with me in de­file­ment,
And from de­file­ment laved. (Ezek. 36:25, Tit. 3:5, Rev. 1:5)

Verse 14
When in His strength I strug­gle,
For ve­ry joy I leap;
When in my sin I tot­ter,
I weep, or try to weep:
And grace, sweet grace ce­les­ti­al,
Shall all its love dis­play, (Eph. 2:7)
And Da­vid’s roy­al fount­ain
Purge ev­ery stain away. (Ps. 51:2, Zech. 13:1)

Verse 15
O sweet and bless­èd coun­try,
Shall I e’er see thy face?
O sweet and bless­èd coun­try,
Shall I e’er win thy grace?
I have the hope with­in me
To com­fort and to bless!
Shall I e’er reach thy glo­ry?
O tell me, tell me, Yes!

Verse 16
Strive, man, to win that glo­ry; (Phil. 3:14)
Toil, man, to gain that light;
Send hope be­fore to grasp it,
Till hope be lost in sight. (Rom. 8:24)
Exult, O dust and ash­es, (Gen. 18:27, Job 30:19)
The Lord shall be thy part: (Ps. 73:26, Lam. 3:24, Ps. 16:5)
His on­ly, His for­ev­er
Thou shalt be, and thou art.