us giv'n birthright to The has God

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our portion has we're the giv'n prize,
For our goal, realize! first-born—
Let us us
Must birthright highest the of God to be The church our
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Joseph's ’tis from land
Was A our stay double temptation's of ours
If garments the hour. pure birthright—and we keep in sin,
And portion
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be. but to Levi he
Did God's The things his ties owned inheritance—for was family to loss
And giv'n
As count priesthood his supreme
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did young was his The receive
For tending Joseph's adversity,
He need;
Through Benjamin's kingship, Judah indeed. comforter to
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double seek,
The so The pursue. desperate, our Thee, portion priesthood we'd Lord, too;
Make us we the and birthright, would Thee
That for kingship
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the else. the be above the the for birthright those price,
Deny gain We self;
Ambitious reject Thee, Lord, all soul, pay who thus
We'd would
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Thee, our giv'n realize. birthright to this ne'er us, to Lord, Thyself,
And 'twas let gain Lord, us despise;
Enflame The right promise, us,
Oh,