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Be Strong in the Lord

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Enemies and Persecution; Protection; Temptations ; Warfare, Spiritual; Will of God First Line: Be strong in the Lord in armor of light Lyrics: 1 Be strong in the Lord in armor of light, with helmet and sword, with shield for the fight; on prayer be dependent, be belted and shod, in breastplate resplendent: the armor of God. 2 Integrity gird you round to impart the truth of His Word as truth in your heart; his righteousness wearing as breastplate of mail, his victory sharing, be strong to prevail. 3 With eagerness shod, stand firm in your place, or go forth for God with news of his grace; no foe shall disarm you nor force you to yield, no arrow can harm you with faith as your shield. 4 Though Satan presume to test you and try, in helmet and plume, your head shall be high; beset by temptation be true to your Lord, your helmet, salvation, and Scripture, your sword. 5 So wield well your blade, rejoice in its powers, fight on undismayed for Jesus is ours! Then in him victorious your armor lay down, to praise, ever glorious, his cross and his crown. Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18 Used With Tune: LYONS

My Soul For Thy Salvation Faints

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Hope, Christian; Law of God; Longing, Spiritual; Persecution Of Believers; Perseverance Of The Saints; Righteous And Wicked Contrasted; Stedfastness Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: BELMONT

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 240 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 Lyrics: 1 My shepherd will supply my need, Jehovah is his name; in pastures fresh he makes me feed beside the living stream. He brings my wand'ring spirit back when I forsake his ways and leads me, for his mercy's sake, in paths of truth and grace. 2 When I walk through the shades of death, his presence is my stay; one word of his supporting breath drives all my fears away. His hand, in sight of all my foes, will still my table spread; my cup with blessings overflows; his oil anoints my head. 3 The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days; oh, may his house be my abode and all my work be praise. There would I find a settled rest while others go and come, no more a stranger or a guest, but like a child at home. Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: RESIGNATION

Grace shining in Difficulties and Trials

Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Counsel and Support form God; Law of God Delight in in; Persecutors punished; Persecution courage in it; Perseverance in trials; Afflictions courage in them; Afflictions trying our graces; Courage in persecution; Counsel and Support form God; Law of God Delight in in; Persecutors punished; Persecution courage in it; Perseverance in trials; Afflictions courage in them; Afflictions trying our graces; Courage in persecution First Line: When pain and anguish seize me, Lord Lyrics: 1 When pain and anguish seize me, Lord, All my support is from thy word: My soul dissolves for heaviness; Uphold me with thy strengthening grace. 2 The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes, And tempt my soul to snares and sin, Yet thy commands I ne'er decline. 3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws; But I will trust and fear thy name, Till pride and malice die with shame. Scripture: Psalm 119:51

God Our Advocate and Judge

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Angels; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Character Good and Bad Contrasted; Christian Charity; Christ Betrayal of; Christ Crucifixion and Death of; Christians Conflicts of; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Deliverance From Enemies; Faith Blessedness of; God Our Guardian; God the judge; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure and Upright; Ingratitude To Man; Judgments On the Righteous; Pity For Others; The Poor Remembered by God; Prayer confidence in; Prayer Imprecations in; Preservation; Retribution Threatened; Salvation Prayers for; Salvation Thanksgiving for; Temptation; Thanksgiving In Public Worship; Christian warfare; The Wicked Character of; The Wicked Persecuting Spirit of; The Wicked Prayers for Punishment of; The Wicked Self-Destroyed First Line: Be Thou my helper in the strife Lyrics: 1 Be Thou my helper in the strife, O Lord, my strong defender be; Thy mighty shield protect my life, Thy spear confront the enemy, Amid the conflict, O my Lord, Thy precious promise let me hear, The faithful, reassuring word: I am thy Saviour, do not fear. 2 Ashamed, confounded let them be Who seek my ruin and disgrace; O let Thy angel fight for me, And drive my foes before his face. Without a cause my life they sought, Without a case their plots they laid; Themselves within their snares be caught, And be my crafty foes dismayed. 3 My soul is joyful in the Lord, In His salvation I rejoice; To Him my heart will praise accord And bless His Name with thankful voice. For who, O Lord, is like to Thee, Defender of the poor and meek? The needy Thy salvation see When mighty foes their ruin seek. 4 Unrighteous witnesses have stood And told of crimes beyond belief; Returning evil for my good, They overwhelm my soul with grief. When in affliction they were sad, I wept and made their grief my own; But in my trouble they are glad And strive that I may be o'erthrown. 5 O Lord, how long wilt Thou delay? My soul for Thy salvation waits; My thankfulness I will display Amid the crowds that throng Thy gates. Let not my enemies rejoice And wrongfully exult o'er me; They speak not peace, but lift their voice To trouble those that peaceful be. 6 My foes with joy my woes survey, but Thou, O Lord, hast seen it all; O be no longer far away, Nor silent when on Thee I call. O haste to my deliverance now, O Lord, my righteous cause maintain; My Lord and God alone art Thou; Awake, and make thy justice plain. 7 O Lord my God, I look to Thee, Be Thou my righteous Judge, I pray; Let not my foes exult o'er me And laugh with joy at my dismay. With shame and trouble those requite Who would my righteous cause destroy; But those who in the good delight, Let them be glad and shout for joy. 8 Yea, let the Lord be magnified, Because Thy servants Thou dost bless; And I, from morn till eventide, Will daily praise Thy righteousness. My soul is joyful in the Lord, In His salvation I rejoice; To Him my heart will praise accord And bless His Name with thankful voice. Scripture: Psalm 35 Used With Tune: CATHERINE

The Church Under Discipline

Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Afflictions Prayer in; Anger of God Fearful; Anger of God Invoked; Christ Worshiped; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Church Afflicted; Deliverance From Enemies; Enemies Many and Mighty; Mercy of God Prayer for; Pardon Sought; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer Confession in; Prayer For Christ's Sake; Prayer For Deliverance from Enemies; Prayer For Pardon; Prayer For the Church; Prayer Imprecations in; Prayer Sincerity in; Retribution Belongs to God; Retribution Threatened; The Righteous Troubles of; Royalty of Christ Judgment the Prerogative of; Rulers Wicked; Salvation Prayers for; Thanksgiving For God's Mercies; The Wicked Persecuting Spirit of First Line: In Thy heritage the heathen Lyrics: 1 In Thy heritage the heathen Now, O God, triumphant stand; They defile Thy holy temple, They destroy Thy chosen land; Ruthless, they have slain Thy servants, They have caused Thy saints to mourn, In the sight of all about us We endure reproach and scorn. 2 O how long against Thy people Shall Thy anger burn, O Lord? On Thy enemies, the heathen, Be Thy indignation poured; Smite the kingdoms that defy Thee, Calling not upon Thy Name. They have long devoured Thy people And have swept Thy land with flame. 3 O remember not against us Evil by our fathers wrought; Haste to help us in Thy mercy, Near to ruin we are brought; Help us, God of our salvation, For the glory of Thy Name; For Thy Name's sake come and save us, Take away our sin and shame. 4 Let Thy foes no longer scorn Thee, Now avenge Thy servants slain; Loose the pris'ner, save the dying, All Thy enemies restrain; Then Thy flock, Thy chosen people, Unto Thee Thy thanks shall raise, And to ev'ry generation, We will sing Thy glorious praise. Scripture: Psalm 79 Used With Tune: SALONICA

O God, Be Merciful

Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Evil Character; Fearlessness; God our Helper; Imprecatory Psalms; Omniscience of God; Peace and Rest; Persecution Of Believers; Trust Lyrics: 1 O God, be merciful, Be merciful to me, For man, with constant hate, Would fain my ruin see. My many enemies Against me proudly fight; To overwhelm my soul They watch from morn to night. 2 What time I am afraid I put my trust in Thee; In God I rest, and praise His word, so rich and free. In God I put my trust, I neither doubt nor fear, For man can never harm, With God my Helper near. 3 All day they wrest my words, Their thoughts are full of hate; They meet, they lurk, they watch, As for my soul they wait. Shall they be wickedness Escape Thy judgment right? O God of righteousness, Destroy them in Thy might. 4 Thou knowest all my woes, O treasure Thou my tears; Are thy not in Thy book, Where all my life appears? My foes shall backward turn When I appeal to Thee, For this I surely know, That God is still for me. Scripture: Psalm 56 Used With Tune: INVITATION

Saints chastised, and Sinners destroyed; or Instructive Affilctions

Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Afflicted Saints happy; Afflictions instruction by them; Afflictions sanctified; Afflictions of saints and sinners different; Comfort and Support in God; Deliverance from persecution; God our Support and Comfort; Instructive afflictions; Persecution Deliverance from it; Persecutors deliverance from them; Saints chastised and Sinners destroyed; Sanctified afflictions; Afflicted Saints happy; Afflictions instruction by them; Afflictions sanctified; Afflictions of saints and sinners different; Comfort and Support in God; Deliverance from persecution; God our Support and Comfort; Instructive afflictions; Persecution Deliverance from it; Persecutors deliverance from them; Saints chastised and Sinners destroyed; Sanctified afflictions First Line: O God! to whom revenge belongs Lyrics: 1 O God! to whom revenge belongs, Proclaim thy wrath aloud; Let sovereign power redress our wrongs, Let justice smite the proud. 2 They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears;" When will the vain be wise? Can he be deaf, who form'd their ears? Or blind, who made their eyes? 3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain, And they shall feel his power; His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain In some surprising hour. 4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke, Thou hast a gentler rod; Thy providence, thy sacred book Shall make them know their God. 5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise, And to his duty draw; Thy scourges make thy children wise When they forget thy law. 6 But God will ne’er cast off his saints, Nor his own promise break; He pardons his inheritance For their Redeemer’s sake. Scripture: Psalm 94:1-2

God's care of his People, and punishment of Persecutors

Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: Appeal to God against persecutors; God his care of saints; Persecution Deliverance from it; Persecutors punished; Appeal to God against persecutors; God his care of saints; Persecution Deliverance from it; Persecutors punished First Line: My trust is in my heavenly Friend Lyrics: 1 My trust is in my heavenly Friend, My hope in thee, my God: Rise, and my helpless life defend, From those that seek my blood. 2 With insolence and fury they My soul to pieces tear, As hungry lions rend the prey When no deliverer’s near. 3 If e'er my pride provok'd them first, Or once abused my foe, Then let them tread my life to dust, And lay mine honour low. 4 If there be malice found in me, I know thy piercing eyes; I should not dare appeal to thee, Nor ask my God to rise. 5 Arise, my God, lift up thy hand, Their pride and power controul? Awake to judgement, and command Deliverance for my soul. Pause. 6 Let sinners and their wicked rage Be humbled to the dust: Shall not the God of truth engage To vindicate the just? 7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins, He will defend th' upright: His sharpest arrows he ordains Against the sons of spite. 8 Tho' leagu'd in guile their malice spread, A snare before my way; Their mischiefs on their impious head, His vengeance shall repay. 9 That cruel persecuting race Must feel his dreadful sword: Awake my soul, and praise the grace And justice of the LORD. Scripture: Psalm 7

God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock

Author: Martin Luther; Michael A. Perry Meter: 8.7.8.7.5.5.5.6.7 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Enemies & Persecution; Reformation; Rédemption; Assurance; Commitment & Dedication; Enemies & Persecution; Kingdom; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Rédemption; Reformation; Refuge; Victory; Word of God Lyrics: 1 God is our fortress and our rock, our mighty help in danger; he shields us from the battle's shock and thwarts the devil's anger; for still the prince of night prolongs evil's fight; he uses all skill to work his wicked will; no earthly force is like him. 2 Our hope is fixed on Christ alone, the Man of God's own choosing; without him nothing can be won and fighting must be losing; so let the powers accursed come try do their worst; Christ Jesus shall ride to battle at our side, and he shall have the victory. 3 The word of God will not be slow while demon hordes surround us, though evil strike its cruelest blow and death and hell confound us: for though we meet distress, lose all we possess; those planning our ill may ravage, wreck, or kill; God's kingdom is immortal! Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: EIN FESTE BURG (RHYTHMIC)