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| 1 | Rise, my soul, thy God directs thee, | Exodus 12:31-36 |
| Stranger hands no more impede; |
| Pass thou on, His hand protects thee, |
| Strength that has the captive freed. |
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| 2 | Is the wilderness before thee, | Exodus 17:1-6 |
| Desert land where drought abides? |
| Heavenly springs shall there restore thee, |
| Fresh from God's exhaustless tides. |
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| 3 | Light divine surrounds thy going, | Exodus 13:21-22; Psalm 78:52-53 |
| God Himself shall mark thy way; |
| Secret blessings, richly flowing, |
| Lead to everlasting day. |
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| 4 | God, thine everlasting portion, | Lamentations 3:24; Psalm 16:5; Psalm 78:24-29; Numbers 11:8 |
| Feeds thee with the mighty's meat; |
| Price of Egypt's hard extortion, |
| Egypt's food no more to eat. |
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| 5 | Art thou weaned from Egypt's pleasures? | Hebrews 11:25; Psalm 31:20; Colossians 2:3; Ephesians 3:19 |
| God in secret thee shall keep, |
| There unfold His hidden treasures, |
| There His love's exhaustless deep. |
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| 6 | In the desert God will teach thee | Psalm 25:4-5; Romans 15:5; 1 Peter 2:3; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 1:15; 2 Corinthians 9:8 |
| What the God that thou hast found, |
| Patient, gracious, powerful, holy, |
| All His grace shall there abound. |
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| 7 | On to Canaan's rest still wending, | Hebrews 4:16; Psalm 34:8; 1 Peter 2:3 |
| E'en thy wants and woes shall bring |
| Suited grace from high descending, |
| Thou shalt taste of mercy's spring. |
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| 8 | Though thy way be long and dreary, | Isaiah 40:31; Deuteronomy 8:4 |
| Eagle strength He'll still renew: |
| Garments fresh and foot unweary |
| Tell how God hath brought thee through. |
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| 9 | When to Canaan's long-loved dwelling |
| Love divine thy foot shall bring, |
| There, with shouts of triumph swelling, |
| Zion's songs in rest to sing— |
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| 10 | There no stranger-God shall meet thee, |
| Stranger thou in courts above, |
| He who to His rest shall greet thee, |
| Greets thee with a well-known love. |
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