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Abimelech

an oratorio. As it is performed at the theatre-royal in Covent-Garden [by Christopher Smart]. The Music by Mr. Arnold

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AIR.

Hear Abraham, O thou God of pow'r,
Hear Abraham in his urgent hour,
Exalt his pray'r until it tow'r
To reach thine awful throne.
If here, at thy behest, I came,
Assert, assert thine hallow'd name,
Thy glorious majesty proclaim,
And be in thunder known.