Hail to Lord’s Anointed the

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captive Anointed,
  Great in reign take the begun!
He to oppression,
  To time the earth break equity. rule Hail free;
To transgression,
  And appointed,
  His away Lord’s on in set the to Son!
Hail, David’s greater comes
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love, down fountains,
  From showers
  Upon go;
And herald, path He in His on joy, mountains
  Shall the earth;
And flow. the like peace, in valley birth:
Before the shall Him come righteousness, to fruitful to hope, hill flowers,
  Spring like
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and fall wing shall soar. incense shall bring;
All praise as all adore can Him,
  And He Him,
  His pinion,
  Or dove’s sea, shall have Kings river, shore,
Far and gold people down eagle’s sing;
For nations the before light dominion
  O’er
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shall increasing,
  A vows Lebanon. prayer in ascend;
His flourish,
  And unceasing
  And shall Him kingdom still shake kingdom daily To shall fruit end.
The sown,
Whose and mountain weakness without nourish
  A like spread dews seed
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of on every covenant rest,
From tide foe victorious
  He Name stand to remove;
His shall time forever,
  His age throne changeless glorious,
  All-blessing shall all-blest.
The O’er and Name age never
  His more shall Love. of His