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Hymns for God’s Peculiar People 39

Sound the Jubilee

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1While I was down in Egypt's land,
I heard my Saviour was at hand;
And the midnight cry was sounding,
And I wanted to be free;
So I left my former brethren,
To sound the Jubilee.

2Though opposition waxes strong,
Yet still the battle won't be long,
For our blessed Lord is coming;
He will set the captives free;
Still keep up good courage, brethren,
And sound the Jubilee.

3The battle is not to the strong,
The weak may sing the conqueror's song;
Then lift lip your heads rejoicing,
Who are glad our Lord to see;
Bless the Lord, our souls are happy,
While we sound the Jubilee.

4A little longer here below,
Then home to glory we shall go, I believe it, I believe it.
Hallelujah now I see,
That we soon shall be with Jesus;
In the glorious Jubilee.

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Scripture: Lev 25:8-13; Matt 25:6; Gal 5:1

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Meter: 8.9.8.7.8.6
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABCDC

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Verse 1

While I was down in Egypt's land,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A

I heard my Saviour was at hand;˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/9A

And the midnight cry was sounding,˘˘///˘/˘8B

And I wanted to be free;˘˘/˘˘˘/7C

So I left my former brethren,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8D

To sound the Jubilee.˘/˘/˘/6C

Verse 2

Though opposition waxes strong,//˘/˘/˘/8A

Yet still the battle won't be long,//˘/˘/˘/8A

For our blessed Lord is coming;˘/˘//˘/˘8B

He will set the captives free;˘˘/˘/˘/7C

Still keep up good courage, brethren,//˘//˘/˘8D

And sound the Jubilee.˘/˘/˘/6C

Verse 3

The battle is not to the strong,˘/˘˘˘˘˘/8A

The weak may sing the conqueror's song;˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9A

Then lift lip your heads rejoicing,///˘/˘/˘8B

Who are glad our Lord to see;˘˘//˘/˘/8C

Bless the Lord, our souls are happy,/˘//˘/˘/˘9D

While we sound the Jubilee./˘/˘/˘/7C

Verse 4

A little longer here below,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

Then home to glory we shall go, I believe it, I believe it.//˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘16B

Hallelujah now I see,/˘/˘/˘/7C

That we soon shall be with Jesus;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8D

In the glorious Jubilee.˘˘/˘˘/˘/8C

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