See, from Zion’s sacred mountain,

Streams of living water flow;

God has opened there a fountain

That supplies the world below;

They are blesséd

Who its sovereign virtues know.

2 Through ten thousand channels flowing,

Streams of mercy find their way:

Life, and health, and joy bestowing,

Waking beauty from decay.

O, ye nations,

Hail the long-expected day.

3 Gladdened by the flowing treasure,

All-enriching as it goes,

Lo! the desert smiles with pleasure,

Buds and blossoms as the rose;

Lo! the desert

Sings for joy where’er it flows.