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"To execute th' Eternal's dread command

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"My soul I sacrific'd with willing hand;
"Sinless I stood before the avenging frown,
"Atoning thus for vices not my own."

His eye the ample field of battle round

Survey'd, but no created succours found;

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His own omnipotence sustain'd the fight,
His vengeance sunk the haughty foes in night;
Beneath his feet the prostrate troops were spread.
And round him lay the dying, and the dead.

Great God, what light'ning flashes from thine eyes?

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What pow'r withstands if thou indignant rife?

Against thy Zion though her foes may rage,
And all their cunning, all their strength engage,
Yet she serenely on thy bosom lies,

Smiles at their arts, and all their force defies.

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