MESSIAH, full of grace, Redeemed by thee, we plead The promise made to...

MESSIAH, full of grace, Redeemed by thee, we plead The promise made to Abraham's race, To souls for ages dead.

Their bones, as quite dried up, Throughout the vale appear: Cut off and lost their last faint hope To see thy kingdom here.

Open their graves, and bring The outcasts forth, to own Thou art their Lord, their God and king, Their true Anointed One.

To save the race forlorn, Thy glorious arm display! And show the world a nation born, A nation in a day!