Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: thus be it ever , when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the warâ s desolation , Blest with victâ ry and peace , may the Heavâ n-rescued land Praise the Powâ r that hath made and preserved us a nation !
Simplified: thus be it ever , when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the warâ s desolation . Blest with victâ ry and peace , may the Heavâ n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation !