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To God My Earnest Voice I Raise

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Benefit of afflictions; Help in Afflictions; Prayer in Afflictions; Comfort; Deliverance From Enemies; Spiritual Liberty; Persecution Of Believers; Prayer; God of Christ our Refuge Lyrics: 1 To God my earnest voice I raise, To God my voice imploring prays; Before His face my grief I show And tell my trouble and my woe. 2 When gloom and sorrow compass me, The path I take is known to Thee, And all the toils that foes do lay To snare Thy servant in his way. 3 All unprotected, lo, I stand, No friendly guardian at my hand, No place of flight or refuge near, And none to whom my soul is dear. 4 O Lord, my Savior, now to Thee, Without a hope besides, I flee, To Thee, my shelter from the strife, My portion in the land of life. 5 Be Thou my help when troubles throng, For I am weak and foes are strong; My captive soul from prison bring, And thankful praises I will sing. 6 The righteous then shall gather round To share the blessing I have found, Their hearts made glad because they see How richly God has dealt with me. Scripture: Psalm 142 Used With Tune: HAMBURG

Victory and Triumph over Temporal Enemies

Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies overcome; Spiritual Enemies overcome First Line: We love thee, Lord, and we adore Lyrics: 1 We love thee, Lord, and we adore, Now is thine arm reveal'd; Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower, Our bulwark and our shield. 2 We fly to our eternal Rock, And find a sure defence; His holy name our lips invoke, And draw salvation thence. 3 When God our leader shines in arms, What mortal heart can bear The thunder of his loud alarms? The lightning of his spear? 4 He rides upon the winged wind, And angels in array In millions wait to know his mind, And swift as flames obey. 5 He speaks, and at his fierce rebuke Whole armies are dismay'd; His voice, his frown, his angry look Strikes all their courage dead. 6 He forms our generals for the field, With all their dreadful skill; Gives them his awful sword to wield, And makes their hearts of steel. 7 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest, For his own church's sake; The powers that give his people rest, Shall of his care partake. Scripture: Psalm 18

Messiah's Manifold Sufferings

Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Afflictions From the Wicked; Afflictions Many and sore; Afflictions Prayer in; Aspirations For Church Privileges; Bible Inspired; Christ Priesthood of; Christ The Sin-bearer; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Darkness, Spiritual; Enemies Many and Mighty; Gospel Time of Acceptance; Prayer Confession in; Prayer For Deliverance from Trouble; Prayer Pleas in; The Righteous Hated by the Wicked; Salvation Prayers for; Sin Confessed; Sin Salvation from; Zeal True First Line: Save me O God the floods Scripture: Psalm 69:1-16 Used With Tune: [Save me O God the floods]

Assistance and Victory in the spiritual Warfare

Appears in 120 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies; Spiritual Enemies First Line: Forever blessed be the Lord Lyrics: 1 Forever blessed be the Lord, My Saviour and my shield; He sends his spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care, Instructs me to the heavenly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend and helper so divine My fainting hopes shall raise; He makes the glorious victory mine, And his shall be the praise. Scripture: Psalm 144:1-2

The Warning of God to his People; or Spiritual Blessings and Punishments

Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies Blessings and Punishment; Spiritual Enemies Blessings and Punishment First Line: Sing to the Lord aloud Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord aloud, And make a joyful noise; God is our strength, our Saviour God; Let Israel hear his voice. 2 “From idols false and vain, "Preserve my rites divine; "I am the Lord who broke thy chain "Of slavery and of sin. 3 "Stretch thy desires abroad, "And I’ll supply them well; "But if ye will refuse your God, "If Israel will rebel: 4 I’ll leave them, saith the Lord, "To their own lusts a prey, "And let them run the dangerous road, "’Tis their own chosen way. 5 "Yet oh! that all my saints "Would hearken to my voice! "Soon I would ease their sore complaints, "And bid their hearts rejoice. 6 "While I destroy their foes, "I’ll richly feed my flock, "And they shall taste the stream that flows "From their eternal rock." Scripture: Psalm 81:1

The Conqueror's Song

Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies overcome; Spiritual Enemies overcome First Line: To thine almighty arm we owe Lyrics: 1 To thine almighty arm we owe The triumphs of the day: Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe, And melt their strength away. 2 'Tis by thy aid our troops prevail, And break united powers, Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale The proudest of their towers. 3 How have we chas'd them through the field, And trod them to the ground, While thy salvation was our shield, But they no shelter found! 4 In vain to idol saints they cry, And perish in their blood; Where is a rock so great so high, So powerful as our God? 5 The God of Israel ever lives; His name be ever blest; 'Tis his own arm the victory gives, And gives his people rest. Scripture: Psalm 18

Thee will I love, O Lord, my Strength

Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies overcome Lyrics: 1 Thee will I love, O Lord, my Strength, My Rock, my Tow'r, my high Defence; Thy mighty Arm shall be my Trust, For I have found Salvation thence. 2 Death, and the Terrors of the Grave, Stood round me with their dismal Shade; While Floods of high Temptations rose, And made my sinking Soul afraid. 3 I saw the op'ning Gates of Hell With endless Pains and Sorrows there, (Which none but they that feel can tell) While I was hurry'd to despair. 4 In my Distress I call'd my GOD, When I could scarce believe him mine; He bow'd his Ear to my Complaint; Then did his Grace appear divine. 5 [With Speed he flew to my Relief, As on a Cherub's Wing he rode; Awful and bright as Lightning shone The Face of my Deliv'rer GOD. 6 Temptations fled at his Rebuke, The Blast of his Almighty Breath; He sent Salvation from on high, And drew me from the Deeps of Death.] 7 Great were my Fears, my Foes were great, Much was their Strength, and more their Rage; But Christ, my Lord, is Conqu'ror still In all the Wars that Devils wage. 8 My Song for ever shall record That terrible, that joyful Hour; And give the Glory to the Lord Due to his Mercy and his Power. Scripture: Psalm 18:1-6

Lord, thou hast seen my Soul sincere

Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies overcome Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast seen my Soul sincere, Hast made thy Truth and Love appear; Before mine Eyes I set thy Laws, And thou hast own'd my righteous Cause. 2 Since I have learn'd thy holy Ways, I've walk'd upright before thy Face; Or if my Feet did e'er depart, 'Twas never with a wicked Heart. 3 What sore Temptations broke my Rest! What Wars and Strugglings in my Breast! But thro' thy Grace, that reigns within I guard against my darling Sin. 4 That Sin which close besets me still, That works and strives against my Will; When shall thy Spirit's Sov'reign Pow'r Destroy it that it rise no more? 5 With an impartial Hand the Lord Deals out to Mortals their Reward; The kind and faithful Soul shall find A GOD as faithful and as kind. 6 The Just and Pure shall ever say, Thou art more pure, more just than they; And Men that love Revenge, shall know God hath an Arm of Vengeance too. Scripture: Psalm 18:20-26

Just are thy Ways, and true thy word

Appears in 63 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Enemies overcome Lyrics: 1 Just are thy Ways, and true thy Word, Great Rock of my secure Abode: Who is a GOD beside the Lord? Or where's a Refuge like our GOD? 2 'Tis he that girds me with his Might, Gives me his holy Sword to wield; And while with Sin and Hell I fight, Spreads his Salvation for my Shield. 3 He lives (and blessed be my Rock) The GOD of my salvation lives: The dark Designs of Hell are broke; Sweet is the Peace my Father gives. 4 Before the Scoffers of the Age I will exalt my Father's Name, Nor tremble at their mighty Rage, But meet Reproach, and bear the Shame. 5 To David and his Royal Seed Thy Grace for ever shall extend; Thy Love to Saints in Christ their Head, Knows not a Limit, nor an End. Scripture: Psalm 18:30-31

Happy the city, where their sons

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Spiritual enemies overcome Lyrics: Happy the city where their sons, Like pillars round a palace set, And daughters, bright as polished stones, Give strength and beauty to the state. Happy the country where the sheep, Cattle, and corn, have large increase; Where men securely work or sleep, Nor sons of plunder break the peace. Happy the nation thus endowed, But more divinely blest are those On whom the all-sufficient God Himself with all his grace bestows. Scripture: Psalm 144:12-15