About the Song - As I was researching ideas for another song to include in this collection, I came across what struck me as a wonderful title.  Come to find out, the phrase "Break forth into joy" was cross-referenced in at least three books of scripture.  The words for this joyful, exuberant piece are based on texts found in Isaiah 52:8-10, Mosiah 12:22-24 and 3 Nephi 16:18-20

Break Forth Into Joy - words and music by Betsy Lee Bailey

Break forth into joy! Break forth into joy
For the Lord God shall bring again Zion!
Break forth into joy! Break forth into joy!
Sing together, sing together,
We shall see eye to eye
When the Lord God shall bring again Zion!

Thy watchmen shall lift up the sound of the voice.
With their voices together they sing.
Thy watchmen shall lift up the sound of the voice,
They shall sing, they shall sing, they shall sing, they shall sing.

For the Lord hath made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of all of the nations.
And all of the nations of the earth
Shall see the salvation of God,
Shall see the salvation of God.

Break forth into joy! Break forth into joy
For the Lord God shall bring again Zion!
Break forth into joy! Break forth into joy!
Sing together, sing together,
We shall see eye to eye
When the Lord God shall bring again Zion!