The priestly choir came forward

The priestly choir came forward to sing the song of praise,

With harps and lyres and cymbals and trumpet tones to raise;

“Our God is good forever,” the priestly choir did sing,

“His love is always for us!” the sounds of praise did ring.

At this the Lord’s true glory did fill the holy place;

A cloud of holy presence broke forth in every space.

So let our songs of gladness break out across the sky,

That God’s great holy presence might lift our hearts on high.

TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, 2019, after 2 Chronicles 5:11-14

MUSIC: Tune LANCASHIRE, Henry Thomas Smart, c. 1845

Another hymn of need not liturgy-based in this case but for a special series I got myself into. There aren't necessarily a huge number of hymns or songs that take this account from 2 Chronicles as a theme. You'd figure that a story like this would be the favorite passage of scripture of any church choir director worth his or her salt, but evidently not.