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The joy that was set before him.
Heb. 12:2.
Now for a song of lofty praise
To great Jehovah’s only Son;
Awake, my voice, in heavenly lays,
And tell the wonders he hath done.
2 Sing how he left the worlds of light,
And those bright robes he wore above:
How swift and joyful was his flight,
On wings of everlasting love!
3 Deep in the shades of gloomy death,
Th’ almighty Captive prisoner lay;
Th’ almighty Captive left the earth,
And rose to everlasting day.
4 Among a thousand harps and songs,
Jesus, the Lord, exalted reigns:
His sacred name fills all their tongues,
And echoes through the heavenly plains.
Watts.