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O Lord our God, Thy mighty hand / Hath made our country free; / From all her broad and happy land / May praise arise to Thee.
Fulfill the promise of her youth, / Her liberty defend; / By law and order, love and truth, / America befriend!
The strength of every State increase / In Union's golden chain; / Her thousand cities fill with peace, / Her million fields with grain.
The virtues of her mingled blood / In one new people blend; / By unity and brotherhood, / America befriend!
O suffer not her feet to stray; / But guide her untaught might, / That she may walk in peaceful day, / And lead the world in light.
Bring down the proud, lift up the poor, / Unequal ways amend; / By justice, nation-wide and sure, / America befriend!
Thro' all the waiting land proclaim / Thy gospel of good-will; / And may the music of Thy name / In every bosom thrill.
O'er hill and vale, from sea to sea.
Thy holy reign extend; / By faith and hope and charity, / America befriend!