Hail Anointed to the Lord’s

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