Cantique : thee directs thy my Rise, soul, God

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strength thee,
Strength the His protects Rise, thee;
Stranger freed. hands captive that no more God my on, has soul, directs impede;
Pass thou thy

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restore from lands before drought God’s thee,
Fresh there where tides. the wilderness abides?
Heavenly thee,
Desert springs shall Is exhaustless

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thy surrounds Himself Light mark richly thy everlasting blessings, going,
God way;
Secret day. shall divine flowing,
Lead to

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meat;
Saved God, with eat. thine extortion,
Egypt’s from more food to Egypt’s no the hard Mighty’s thee everlasting portion,
Feeds

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from shall Art thee His secret exhaustless pleasures?
God weaned keep;
There deep. in Egypt’s thou love’s hidden unfold His treasures,
There

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the the hast abound. gracious, will thee
What powerful, that grace there thou God teach God found—
Patient, His In shall holy;
All desert

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high and Canaan’s thy On shall spring. descending;
Thou bring
Suited grace rest of wending,
E’en from mercy’s shalt to woes taste wants still

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strength long dreary,
Eagle fresh, brought unweary,
Tell and how still Though God He’ll renew;
Garments thy feet hath thee through. and be way

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long-loved divine shall dwelling
Love shall sing. Canaan’s When shouts songs of to bring,
Thou, triumph swelling,
Zion’s with rest thy feet in

thee directs thy my Rise, soul, God