Lord’s Hail to the Anointed

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