Psalm 87: "1 On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 2 the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. 3 Glorious things of you are spoken O city of God.
"4 Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush - 'This one was born there,' they say. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, 'this one and that one were born in her'; for the Most High himself will establish her. 6 The LORD records as he registers the peoples, 'This one was born there.'
"7 Singers and dancers alike say, 'All my springs are in you.'"
Psalm 48:1-14: "1 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, 2 beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. 3 With her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.
"4 For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. 5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. 6 Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as a woman in labor. 7 By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever.
"9 We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. 10 As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. 11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgements! 12 Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, 13 consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation 14 that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever."
Psalm 132:13-18: "13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: 14 'This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy. 17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. 18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine.'"
Isaiah 33:20-21: "20 Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. 21 But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass."
Exodus 13:21-22: "21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22 The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people."
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Glorious things of you are spoken,Zion, city of our God;He whose word cannot be brokenFormed you for His own abode.On the Rock of Ages founded,What can shake your sure repose?With salvation's walls surrounded,You may smile at all your foes.
See, the streams of living waters,Springing from eternal love,Well supply your sons and daughtersAnd all fear of want remove.Who can faint while such a riverEver will their thirst assuage?Grace, which like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.
Round each habitation hov'ring,See the cloud and fire appearFor a glory and a cov'ring,Showing that the Lord is near.Thus deriving from their bannerLight by night and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the mannaWhich God gives them on their way.
Savior, since of Zion's cityI through grace a member am,Let the world deride or pity,I will glory in Your name.Fading are the world's vain pleasures,All their boasted pomp and show;Solid joys and lasting treasuresNone but Zion's children know.
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The first two lines ("Glorious things of you are spoken, / Zion, city of our God") come directly from Psalm 87:3. The next two lines ("He whose word cannot be broken / Formed you for His own abode.") seem to come from both Psalm 87:1 and Psalm 132:13-14. The rest of the first verse, which describes the impervious nature of Zion, seems to come from Psalm 48:1-14 and Isaiah 33:20-21.
The second verse begins with the line "See, the streams of living waters," and while Psalm 87:7 and Isaiah 33:21 may figure into this, the primary source seems to be Revelation 7:17: "'For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'"
The passage from Exodus 13 appears in the third verse, which begins "Round each habitation hov'ring, / See the cloud and fire appear." Near the end of the third verse, there are the lines "Safe they feed upon the manna, / Which God gives them on their way," which refer to Exodus 16.
