Hymn 1:60 [Our Souls Shall Magnify The Lord]

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Title:     Hymn 1:60 [Our Souls Shall Magnify The Lord]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

The virgin Mary's song; or, The promised Messiah
born, Luke 1. 46 &c.

Our souls shall magnify the Lord,
In God the Saviour we rejoice;
While we repeat the Virgin's song,
May the same spirit tune our voice.

[The Highest saw her low estate,
And mighty things his hand hath done:
His overshadowing power and grace
Makes her the mother of his Son.

Let every nation call her bless'd,
And endless years prolong her fame;
But God alone must be ador'd;
Holy and reverend is his Name.]

To those that fear and trust the Lord
His mercy stands for ever sure:
From age to age his promise lives,
And the performance is secure.

He spake to Abr'am and his seed,
"In thee shall all the earth be bless'd;"
The memory of that ancient word
Lay long in his eternal breast.

But now no more shall Israel wait,
No more the Gentiles lie forlorn:
Lo the desire of nations comes,
Behold the promis'd seed is born.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:60 [Our Souls Shall Magnify The Lord]

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