74  A Song of the Heavenly City

Refrain:

All   By the river stood the tree of life,

with healing for all the nations.

1    I saw no temple in the city,  

for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty

and the Lamb.

2    And the city has no need of sun or moon

to shine upon it,  

for the glory of God is its light,

and its lamp is the Lamb.

3    By its light the nations shall walk,  

and the rulers of the earth

shall bring their glory into it.

4    Its gates shall never be shut by day,

nor shall there be any night;  

they shall bring into it

the glory and honour of the nations.

5    I saw the river of the water of life,

bright as crystal,  

flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

6    And either side of the river stood the tree of life,

yielding its fruit each month,  

and the leaves of the tree

were for the healing of the nations.

7    The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be there,

and his servants shall worship him;  

and they shall see his face

and his name shall be on their foreheads.

Revelation 21.22-26; 22.1,2b,d,3b,4

All   To the One who sits on the throne and to the Lamb  

be blessing and honour and glory and might,

for ever and ever. Amen.

All   By the river stood the tree of life,

with healing for all the nations.

 

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