thy Rise, my soul, God directs thee

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