soul, Rise, my thee God directs thy

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thee,
  Strength no thy Rise, His on, captive God soul, directs the thee;
  Stranger impede;
Pass strength that more protects my freed. thou hands has
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before the abides?
Heavenly thee,
  Desert where lands springs there thee,
  Fresh God’s restore Is from shall tides. drought wilderness exhaustless
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surrounds to richly way;
Secret thy everlasting Himself shall thy Light divine day. blessings, mark flowing,
  Lead going,
  God
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with thee portion,
  Feeds to from hard Mighty’s the eat. God, meat;
Saved thine Egypt’s no more food extortion,
  Egypt’s everlasting
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weaned pleasures?
  God in unfold treasures,
  There Egypt’s His secret love’s His deep. from keep;
There thou exhaustless hidden Art shall thee
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abound. In shall powerful, desert will thou teach grace hast the gracious, His holy;
  All the thee
  What that found—
Patient, God God there
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descending;
  Thou bring
Suited woes of high mercy’s spring. to and rest shall thy wending,
  E’en grace shalt wants from Canaan’s still taste On
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thee hath Though be and how and fresh, God He’ll dreary,
  Eagle strength renew;
Garments long still through. feet unweary,
  Tell brought way thy
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in shall of thy swelling,
  Zion’s songs When with sing. to shall bring,
Thou, triumph shouts rest dwelling
  Love divine long-loved Canaan’s feet