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Verse 1
Arise my soul, my joyful powers,
And triumph in my God,
Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim
His glorious grace abroad.
Verse 2
He rais’d me from the deeps of sin,
The gates of gaping hell,
And fix’d my standing more secure
Than ’twas before I fell.
Verse 3
The arms of everlasting love
Beneath my soul he plac’d,
And on the rock of ages set
My slippery footsteps fast.
Verse 4
The city of my bless’d abode
Is wall’d around with grace
Salvation for a bulwark stands
To shield the sacred place.
Verse 5
Satan may vent his sharpest spite,
And all his legions roar,
Almighty mercy guards my life,
And bounds his raging power.
Verse 6
Arise, my soul, awake, my voice,
And tunes of pleasure sing,
Loud hallelujahs shall address
My Saviour and my King.
Isaac Watts, “Arise My Soul, My Joyful Powers”