By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. Psalm cxviii 22, 23.
      1 BEHOLD the sure foundation-stone
      Which God in Zion lays,
      To build our heavenly hopes upon,
      And his eternal praise.

      2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
      We now adore thy name;
      We trust our whole salvation here,
      Nor can we suffer shame.

      3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
      Reject it with disdain;
      Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
      And envy rage in vain.

      4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
      Yet must this building rise:
      'Tis thine own work, almighty God,
      And wondrous in our eyes.