The Geneva Psalter, 1543 (L. Bourgeois)

W. Croft, 1708

2 Grant that all we, who here to-day

Rejoicing this foundation lay,
May be in very deed Thine own,
Built on the precious corner-stone.

3 The heads that guide endue with skill, The hands that work preserve from ill,

That we, who these foundations lay,
May raise the topstone in its day.

4 But now and ever, Lord, protect
The temple of Thine own elect;
Be Thou in them, and they in Thee,
O ever-blessed Trinity!