Song of Zululand

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GOD SAVE THE KING
TO THE REGAL SON OF ZWELITHINI
HAIL

A BULL IS CHOSEN
TO PROTECT THE CALVES
LEOPARD-CLAD LEADER
SOUTH AFRICA’S FRUIT OF THE WOMB
DAY OF REJOICING FOR THE ZULU PEOPLE
IN THIS REIGN
AS A NEW SPEAR IS RAISED

VELDT BLOOMS IN RAINFALL
NEW ELEPHANTS DANCE
SPRINGBOKS BOUND
ZEBRAS FROLIC
TRUE BROTHERHOOD RETURNS
THE LAND RESTS
RIVERS OF WATER ADORN THE DESERT

DUST FROM AFRICA
MIGRATES TO LANDS
FERTILIZING THEIR OWN SOIL
A GIFT OF A LION’S PAW

IN HEALING PAST WOUNDS
JUSTICE AND MERCY MUST AGREE
KINGLY WISDOM
SITS AS A SOLID GOLD BAND
ADORNING HIS BROW
ITS BEAUTY LOVED BY ALL

FEW TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH
FOR ITS POWER EXCEEDS
THE HORIZON’S WIDTH
MAY TRUTH ENCIRCLE YOUR LANDS
AS HEAVEN’S KRAAL

WHEN OLD PATHS ARE LOST
THE WAY FORWARD IS TO HONOR THE PAST
COWHIDE SHIELDS AND WOODEN SPEARS
OVERCAME RIFLES
AS WIND BLOWING CHAFF
FOR THE WARRIORS SHARED ONE HEART

FIRE WARMS AND BRINGS LIGHT
WHEN ITS CONTAINED
YET A BURNT HOUSE
COMES FROM SCATTERED COALS

MORNING’S LIGHT OF DAY
GIVES REVELATION OF SHOALS
THAT COULD RUN AGROUND
GOD’S PEOPLE
ON THEIR VOYAGE HOME

AVOID A HEAD TAX
YOUNG GALLANT MEN
ARE NOT TRUE DEFENSE
FOR IT IS YAHWEH ONLY
COUNT HIS ARM AS LONG
TO SAVE MANY PEOPLES

BY HIM, THE NATAL
WILL DWELL IN PEACE
NATIONS WILL BOW
BEFORE THE PIERCED FEET
KINGS AND RULERS
WILL HONOR HIS THRONE
WE WILL BEND
TO HIS IRON WILL

LET GOD, AS A SAVIOR, LEAD
STAY CALM IN LOVING ARMOR
OUR FIGHTERS’ MISSION:
TO HEAL HIS FOES

A WILD DOG
EVERY BONE
OUR TOTAL ALLY
AND GOD USES US

A WAY BRIGHT WITH FIRE
AGES HAVE HID CANAAN
THE FAMILY OF ABBA ABRAHAM
HAS HIS BLADE

ZONES THAT HEAVEN
SAYS TO MINISTER
ARE THE COVERS
IN THE WAR

CHILDLIKE JOY LONG AHEAD
A BLAZE TO NORTHERN COUNTRIES
IS SEEN IN THE SKIES
OVER SOUTHERN AFRICA
UNDERSTANDING WILL FLOW
AS RUSHING WATERS
THE HILLS WILL SEE
NEW WINE DROP DOWN

WILL THE LAND
TRADE AWAY THORNS?
IF SIN IS PLOWED UNDER

A NEW AIR LIFTS
THE WINGS OF A DOVE
GONE IS HER FEAR
NEXT TO THE ROOK, KESTREL AND OWL
ENEMIES REMADE
BY GOD’S GIFTS

GOD YEARNED
MAN’S OXEN BURNED
NO ONE EARNED
‘TIL HE WALKED ‘GOTHA

IN ABJECT AWE
I ASK JESUS
FOR YOUR PROTECTION
LOVE SET A KING’S ALLIANCE
IN HIS CARE



Total Letters: 1710
Put Letters Into 45x38 Matrix (204 Highlighted Letters)

Subtext: (6) A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along. (7) A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw. (Isaiah 11:6-7 NET)



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