Hail to Lord’s Anointed the

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