Misc Praise Songs – Hail Sovereign Love (Guitar)

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Hail Sovereign love which first began,

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This scheme to rescue fallen man;

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Hail Sovereign free eternal grace,

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That gave my soul a hiding place.

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Against the God who rules the sky,

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I fought with hand uplifted high,

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Despised the mention of His grace,

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Too proud to seek a hiding place!

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Enwrapped in thick Egyptian night,

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And fond of darkness more than light,

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Madly I ran the sinful race,

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Secure without a hiding place.

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But thus th’ eternal Counsel ran,

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“Almighty Love, arrest that man!”

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I felt the arrows of distress,

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And found I had no hiding place!

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Indignant justice stood in view,

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To Sinai’s fiery mount I flew,

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But Justice cried with frowning face,

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“This mountain is no hiding place!”

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‘Ere long a heavenly voice I heard,

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And Mercy’s angel soon appeared.

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He led me on with gentle pace,

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To Jesus Christ, my hiding place.

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Should storms of sevenfold vengeance roll,

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And shake this earth from pole to pole;

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No flaming bolt could daunt my face,

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For Jesus is my hiding place.

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On Him almighty vengeance fell,

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That must have sunk a world to hell;

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He bore it for a chosen race,

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And thus became their hiding place.

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A few more rolling suns at most,

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Shall land me safe on Canaan’s coast

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There I shall sing the song of grace,

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To Jesus Christ, my hiding place!

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Exalt the Lord, His praise proclaim,

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Let ev’ry saint now raise His name

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Forever more we’ll see His face,

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The Face of Christ our Hiding Place