Misc Praise Songs – Comfort Comfort Ye My People (Guitar)

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1. Com-fort, com-fort  ye   my  peo-ple,

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Speak ye peace, thus saith our God.

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Com-fort those who  sit    in    darkness,

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Mourning neath their sorrows' load.

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Speak ye   to  Je - ru - sa - lem

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Of the peace that waits for them,

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Tell her that  her  sins I cov-er,

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And her war-fare now is    o  -  ver.

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2. Yea, her sins our God will par - don,

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Blotting out each dark misdeed;

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All that well deserved his anger

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He will no more see nor heed.

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She hath suffered many a day,

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Now her griefs have passed away;

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God will change her pining sadness

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Into ever-springing gladness.

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3. For the herald's voice is crying

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In the desert far and near,

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Bidding all to true repentance,

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Since the kingdom now is here.

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Oh, that warning cry obey,

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Now prepare for God a way;

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Let the valleys rise to meet him,

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And the hills bow down to greet him.

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4. Make ye straight what long was crooked,

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Make the rougher places plain;

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Let your hearts be true and humble,

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As befits His holy reign;

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For the glory  of the Lord

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Now o'er earth is shed abroad,

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And all flesh shall see the tok-en

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That his Word is never brok - en.