JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM
 

JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, HOW I LOVE TO SAY THAT NAME
WHAT JOY COMES WHEN OFF MY TONGUE IT ROLLS
AND MY SOUL FEELS NOT THE SAME
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, THE HOME I'VE NEVER SEEN
HOW HOMESICK FOR IT I FIND MYSELF
THOUGH ON IT'S STREETS I'VE NEVER BEEN
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, HOW LOVELY ARE THY HILLS
HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY WHITE STONE WALLS
SO SOOTHING FOR MY ILLS
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, THE CITY OF MY GOD
THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
BUILT ON THAT SACRED SOD
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, MY HEART BREAKS NOW FOR THEE
I PRAY FOR THY PEACE, FOR WAR TO CEASE
OH, WHEN WILL MY EYES SEE?
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, THE DAY APPROACHES FAST
THE KING WILL COME AND YOU'LL BE HOME
TO THE NATIONS' LOST AT LAST
AND THEN THAT CITY NOT MADE BY HANDS
WILL DESCEND DOWN FROM THE SKY
AND HOVER OVER YOUR BLESSED PATHS
AND IN JOY WILL YOUR HEARTS CRY
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, MY TEARS FALL TO THE GROUND
MAY GOD HOLD YOU UP AND LET YOU NEW WINE SUP
TILL NEW JERSUSALEM COMES DOWN.

BY RHONDA LOVE JACKSON
OCT 22, 2005 4:20 P.M.