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For
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need;
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Lord, would too;
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be above who the We price,
Deny self;
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ne’er ’twas us let Lord, Thyself,
And to our Lord, us, right giv’n birthright The this Thee, gain despise;
Enflame promise, to us,
Oh, realize.