Cantique : directs God thy Rise, soul, my thee

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

directs God thy Rise, soul, my thee