Naphthar : A Song of Deliverance and Dedication 1 Jun 2024 *Inspired by 2 Maccab

**Verse 1:** From Jerusalem to Egypt's land, Greetings of health and peace we send. May God remember His holy band, And blessings to you extend. **Chorus:** In trials and strife, His light prevails, Through covenant and ancient tales. Our hearts to Him in faith unite, In law, in peace, in holy rite. **Verse 2:** Demetrius reigned in troubled days, From Jason’s revolt, we turned our gaze. In prayers and offerings, we found our ways, Lighted lamps, our faith ablaze. **Chorus:** In trials and strife, His light prevails, Through covenant and ancient tales. Our hearts to Him in faith unite, In law, in peace, in holy rite. **Verse 3:** Keep the feast in Casleu’s time, God delivered us from crime. With mighty deeds and acts sublime, He cast out foes in our prime. **Bridge:** Antiochus met his deceitful end, In Persia’s temple, where priests did tend. A dowry claimed, but stones did rend, And God’s justice did descend. **Verse 4:** Nehemiah’s fire, in Persia’s soil, From hidden pit, and priests' toil. Thick water turned, in sunlight’s coil, To flame that none could spoil. **Chorus:** In trials and strife, His light prevails, Through covenant and ancient tales. Our hearts to Him in faith unite, In law, in peace, in holy rite. **Verse 5:** O Lord, Creator, just and true, From all our troubles, deliver too. Gather us as morning dew, And show the heathen Your view. **Outro:** Nehemiah’s cleansing, Naphthar named, Purified, our faith reclaimed. With psalms of thanks, our hearts inflamed, To God's glory, we proclaimed.