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Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and
        mortal life shall cease. i shall possess, within the    So let the words of our mouth and the
        veil, a life of joy and peace.   5/6                    meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your
                                                                sight, O Lord.   1/4
        Verse 6
        When we've been there ten thousand years,               Verse 2
        Bright shining as the sun,                              As for our harps, we hung them up On the trees
        We've no less days to sing God's praise                 therein.
        Than when we first begun.   6/6                         Can I forget Jerusalem the blessed?
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        163  Break Thou the bread of life                       Chorus
        Verse 1                                                 For the wicked carried us away captivity,
        Break Thou the bread of life,                           required from us a song, How can we sing
        O Lord, to me,                                          Jehovah's song in a strange land?
        As you did break the loaves Beside the sea:
        Beyond the sacred page                                  So let the words of our mouth and the
        I seek you Lord;                                        meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your
        My spirit pants for you,                                sight, O Lord.   2/4
        O living Word!   1/3
                                                                Verse 3
        Verse 2                                                 Jerusalem, if I forget,  let my right hand also
        You are the Bread of Life,                              forget That she once had cunning.
        O Lord, to me, Your holy word the truth That
        saves even me:                                          Chorus
        Give me to eat and live                                 For the wicked carried us away captivity,
        With you above;                                         required from us a song, How can we sing
        Teach me to love your truth,                            Jehovah's song in a strange land?
        For you are love.   2/3
                                                                So let the words of our mouth and the
        Verse 3                                                 meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your
        O send your Spirit, Lord,                               sight, O Lord.    3/4
        Now unto me,
        That He may touch my eyes, And make me see:             Verse 4
        Show me the truth concealed                             Remember Edom with Babylon, How they said,
        Within your word,                                       'Down with it'.
        And in your Book revealed I see the Lord.   3/3         Happy shall he be that rewards them justly.
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        164 By the rivers of Babylon,                           Chorus

        Verse 1                                                 For the wicked carried us away captivity,
                                                                required from us a song, How can we sing
        By the rivers of Babylon, where we sat down,            Jehovah's song in a strange land?
        And there we wept  when we remembered Zion.
                                                                So let the words of our mouth and the
        Chorus                                                  meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your
        For the wicked carried us away captivity,               sight, O Lord.    4/4
        required from us a song, How can we sing                HOME
        Jehovah's song in a strange land?


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