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Prayer for the Oppressed

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Deliverance from; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; God Our Guardian; God Hearer of Prayer; God Our Refuge; Heart God the Strength of; Humility; Judgments On the Wicked; Nations Rebuked in Wrath; Orphans; The Poor Remembered by God; Pride; Retribution Belongs to God; Temperance Songs; The Wicked Persecuting Spirit of; The Wicked Warned First Line: Why dost Thou stand afar Lyrics: 1 Why dost Thou stand afar, O Lord,in our distress? And why dost Thou conceal Thyself When troublous times oppress? 2 Do Thou, O Lord, arise; O God, lift up Thy hand; Forget Thou not the suff'ring poor, The humble in the land. 3 Their foes Thou dost behold, Their wrongs Thou wilt repay; The poor commit themselves to Thee, Thou art the orphan's stay. 4 Thou, Lord, hast heard their prayer With humble hearts drew nigh; Thou also wilt revive their strength And ever hear their cry. 5 Defend the fatherless And all who are oppressed, That they by human pride and pow'r May be no more distressed. Scripture: Psalm 10 Used With Tune: CLIFTON

The Church's Desolation

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Church Afflicted; Church Covenanted; Covenant Keeping; Enemies Many and Mighty; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure, and Upright; Judgments On Nations; Judgments On Righteous; Perseverance; Prayer Complaint in; The Righteous Forsaken by God; Steadfastness First Line: No trust will I place in my bow Scripture: Psalm 44:4-9 Used With Tune: [No trust will I place in my bow]

Shepherd Me, O God

Author: Marty Haugen Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Anoint; Assurance; Baptism; Blessing; Christ the King; Creation; Danger; Death; Easter Season; Encouragement; Enemies; Evening; Fear; Funeral; God as Shepherd; Good Shepherd; Grâce; House of the Lord; Joy; Love; Nature; Peace; Persecution; Providence; Rejoicing; Rest; Sickness; Thanksgiving; Trouble First Line: God is my shepherd, so nothing shall I want Refrain First Line: Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: [God is my shepherd, so nothing shall I want]

I Trust, O LORD, Your Holy Name

Author: Adam Reusner; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.7.4.4.7 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Comfort; Courage; Creation; Cross; Danger; Death; Deliverance; Encouragement; Enemies; Evening; Face of the Lord; God as Fortress; God as Refuge; God as Rock; God as Savior; Mercy; Nature; Oppression; Passion Sunday; Persecution; Prayer; Pressure; Providence; Rest; Slander; Sorrow; St. James the Elder; St. Paul; St. Peter; St. Stephen; Suffering; Thanksgiving; Time of Crisis; Trouble Lyrics: 1 I trust, O LORD, your holy name; O let me not be put to shame nor let me be confounded. My faith, O LORD, be in your Word forever firmly grounded. 2 Bow down your gracious ear to me and hear my cry, my prayer, my plea; make haste for my protection, for woes and fear surround me here. Help me in my affliction. 3 You are my strength, my shield, my rock, my fortress strong against each shock, my help, my life, my tower, my battle sword, almighty LORD— who can resist your power? 4 With you, O LORD, I cast my lot; O faithful God, forsake me not, to you my soul commending. Lord, be my stay, and lead the way now and when life is ending. 5 All honor, praise, and majesty to Father, Son, and Spirit be, our God forever glorious, in whose rich grace we run our race till we depart victorious. Scripture: Psalm 31 Used With Tune: FIRMLY GROUNDED Text Sources: St. 5: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, Pittsburgh, 1907

The Penitent's Saviour

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Submission under; Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Christ The Savior; Christians Believers; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Enemies Many and Mighty; God Omniscient; Hope in God; Ingratitude to Man; Penitence; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer Pleas in; Repentance; Resignation; Salvation God's Gift; Sin Confessed; Sin Conviction of; Sin Indwelling First Line: Lord, my God, in thee I'm trusting Refrain First Line: Distant from me never be Scripture: Psalm 38:10-13 Used With Tune: [Lord, my God, in thee I'm trusting]

O God, Our Refuge

Author: Brenda Hostetler Meyer Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: God Power of; Heritage 16th-Century Anabaptist; Persecution; Prisons; Protection; Suffering; Women of the Bible First Line: O God, our refuge is your love Scripture: Psalm 7:1-10 Used With Tune: OUR REFUGE Text Sources: inspired by the writings and recorded testimonies of Anabaptist martyrs in the 16th c., particularly Anna Jansz of Rotterdam (present-day Netherlands), Martha Baert (present-day Belgium); both in Profiles of Anabaptist Women . . ., ed. C. Arnold Snyder (Canada) and Linda A. Huebert Hecht (Canada), 1996; and Lisjken Dircks (present-day Netherlands) and six unnamed women, in Elizabeth’s Manly Courage: Testimonials and Songs . . ., ed. and trans. Hermina Joldersma (Canada) and Louis Peter Grijp (Netherlands), 2001

Everlasting God, On You I Call

Author: Susan Naus Dengler Meter: 9.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Heritage 16th-Century Anabaptist; Children Appropriate for; God Presence of; Heritage 16th-Century Anabaptist; Persecution; Protection; Trials; Walking with God Scripture: Psalm 18:1-3 Used With Tune: ANNELEIN’S PRAYER Text Sources: based on the writings of Annelein of Freiburg (present-day Germany), 16th c. (published in the Ausbund, 1583)

We Lift Our Eyes unto the Hills

Author: Gracia Grindal Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Ascents; Assurance; Comfort; Danger; Encouragement; Epiphany Season; Evening; God as Help; God as Maker of Heaven and Earth; Lenten; Peace; Persecution; Prayer; Trouble Scripture: Psalm 121 Used With Tune: [We lift our eyes unto the hills]

The Martyr Church

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Covenant Keeping; Enemies Many and Mighty; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure and Upright; Judgments On Nations; Judgments On the Righteous; The Past; Perseverance; Prayer Complaint in; The Righteous Forsaken by God; Steadfastness; Church Afflicted First Line: Thou, Lord, hast forsaken, to shame brough our boasts Lyrics: 1 Thou, Lord, hast forsaken, to shame brought our boasts; No more to the field dost Thou go with out hosts; Thou turnest us back from the foe in dismay, And spoilers who hate us have made us their prey. 2 Like sheep to the slaughter Thy people are giv'n, Dispersed through the nations afar we are driv'n; Thou sellest Thy people to strangers for naught, Their price to Thy treasure no increase has brought. 3 Thou makest our neighbors reproach us in pride, And those that are near us to scoff and deride; A byword the nations have made of our name, With scorn and derision they put us to shame. 4 Yea, all the day long I behold my disgrace, And covered am I with confusion of face; The voice of blasphemers and scoffers I hear, The foe and avenger against me appear. 5 All this have we suffered,and never forgot To serve Thee, Jehovah, nor falsely have wrought; Our heart is not turned and our steps have not strayed, Tho' crushed amid ruins and under death's shade. Scripture: Psalm 44 Used With Tune: GOOD SHEPHERD

The Suffering Poor

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Afflictions Deliverance from; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; God Father; God Hearer of Prayer; God King; God Refuge; Heart Evil, Hard, and Stubborn; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure, and Upright; Humble, The; Judgments On Wicked; Missions Encouragements; Nations Dependent on God; Nations Ultimate Subjection of; The Poor God Remembers; Praise Of the Lord; Prayer God Hears; Prayer Imprecations in; Retribution Belongs to God; Retribution Threatened; Royalty of Christ For the Salvation of His People; Strength in God; The Wicked Persecuting; The Wicked Prayers for Punishment of First Line: Why doth the wicked man Scripture: Psalm 10:12-18 Used With Tune: [Why doth the wicked man]