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O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All His clothing, food, and dwelling,
And His portion therewithal.
O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All his clothing, food, and dwelling,
And his portion therewithal.
All the clothing of his service
Is the beauty of the Lord;
Glorious splendor do his garments,
Breast and shoulder-piece afford.
O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All his clothing, food, and dwelling,
And his portion therewithal.
When in sacrifice he offers
Christ to God as God has willed,
Then as food he doth enjoy Him
And is with His riches filled.
O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All his clothing, food, and dwelling,
And his portion therewithal.
Putting on the Lord as clothing,
Christ without he doth express;
Eating, drinking, with Him mingled,
Christ within doth him possess.
O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All his clothing, food, and dwelling,
And his portion therewithal.
Holy, glorious is their dwelling,
’Tis the increase of the Lord;
Here the priests built up together
Unto God a house afford.
O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All his clothing, food, and dwelling,
And his portion therewithal.
All his portion, all his living,
Everything the priests possess-
All is Christ and Christ forever,
In His all-inclusiveness.
O how blessed is the priest’s life,
Christ to him is all in all:
All his clothing, food, and dwelling,
And his portion therewithal.
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