CV. GOD'S Captives released; applied to spiritual Deliverances.

CAPTIVES of Israel, hear,
Who now as Exiles mourn;
See your Almighty GOD appear
To hasten your Return.

Jehovah is his Name;
LORD of celestial Hosts:
Let Heav'n that saving Pow'r proclaim
In which his Israel trusts.

Tho' helpless now ye lie,
As in a Dungeon thrown,
When parch'd with painful Thirst ye cry,
And when your Bread is gone,

Deliv'rance comes apace;
Ye shall not there expire;
Prepare to sing redeeming Grace
With his triumphant Choir.

He smote the raging Sea
'Midst its tumultuous Roar,
And pav'd his chosen Troops a Way
Safe to its distant Shore.

In him let Israel hope,
At whose supreme Command
Graves yield their breathless Captives up,
And Seas become dry Land.