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    "text": "One glance of thine, eternal Lord,",
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   {
    "text": "Pierces all nature through;",
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    "text": "Nor heaven nor earth nor hell afford",
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    "text": "A shelter from thy view!",
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    "text": "The mighty whole, each smaller part,",
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    "text": "At once before thee lies;",
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    "text": "Though greatly from myself conceal’d,",
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    "text": "Thou seest my inward frame;",
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    "text": "To thee I always stand reveal’d",
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    "text": "Since, therefore, I can hardly bear",
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    "text": "What in myself I see,",
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    "text": "How vile and black must I appear",
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    "text": "Most holy God, to thee!",
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    "text": "But since my Saviour stands between,",
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    "text": "In garments dyed in blood,",
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    "text": "’Tis he, instead of me, is seen,",
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    "text": "When I approach to God.",
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    "text": "Thus, though a sinner, I am safe;",
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    "text": "He pleads before the throne",
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    "text": "’Tis life and death in my behalf,",
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    "text": "What wondrous love, what mysteries,",
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    "text": "In this appointment shine!",
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    "text": "My breaches of the law are his,",
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    "text": "And his obedience mine.",
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