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118.

[Sure token of redemption near]

Since I came to Pharaoh, he hath done evil, &c. —v. 23.

Sure token of redemption near,
Our servitude is more severe,
And heavier is our chain,
Thou hast not rescued us at all;
Of harder tasks, and sorer thrall,
More deeply we complain.

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By this assuredly we know
The tyrant soon shall let us go,
Compell'd by power Divine;
We then to liberty restored
Shall worship our redeeming Lord,
And live for ever Thine.