O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
[Verse 1]
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O for a thousand tongues to sing
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my great Redeemer's praise,
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the glories of my God and King,
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the triumphs of his grace.
[Verse 2]
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My gracious Master and my God,
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as-sist me to proclaim,
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to spread through all the earth abroad,
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the honors of thy name.
[Verse 3]
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Jesus, the name that charms our fears,
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that bids our sorrows cease;
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'tis music in the sinner's ears,
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'tis life and health and peace.
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He breaks the pow'r of cancelled sin,
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he sets the pris'ner free;
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his blood can make the foulest clean,
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his blood availed for me.
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He speaks and, list'ning to his voice,
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new life the dead receive;
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the mournful, broken hearts rejoice;
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the humble poor be-lieve.
[Verse 6]
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Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
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your loosen'd tongues employ;
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ye blind, behold your Savior come;
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and leap, ye lame, for joy.