"oppression" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
oppression
...Against a sinful race;
From vile oppression and deceit
Secure me by Thy grace....
Against a sinful race;
From vile oppression and deceit
Secure me by Thy grace.
...May we cheerfully obey,
Never feel oppression’s rod,
Ever own and worship God....
May we cheerfully obey,
Never feel oppression’s rod,
Ever own and worship God.
...It rings from hill and valley,
It breaks oppression’s chain.
A thousand freemen rally,...
It rings from hill and valley,
It breaks oppression’s chain.
A thousand freemen rally,
...Let that blood our guilt efface;
Save Thy people from oppression,
Save from spoil Thy holy place....
Let that blood our guilt efface;
Save Thy people from oppression,
Save from spoil Thy holy place.
...From sin’s dominion save my soul,
From man’s oppression set me free,
That I may yield to Thy control....
From sin’s dominion save my soul,
From man’s oppression set me free,
That I may yield to Thy control.
...Forever by their God.
No scepter of oppression
Shall hold unbroken sway,...
Forever by their God.
No scepter of oppression
Shall hold unbroken sway,
...Proclaim it afar;
From bondage and oppression
By Him we are delivered,...
Proclaim it afar;
From bondage and oppression
By Him we are delivered,
...Shall my trusting soul abide,
From the arrows of oppression
Guarded safe on every side....
Shall my trusting soul abide,
From the arrows of oppression
Guarded safe on every side.
...Thy children, as Thine angels fair:
From vice, oppression, and despair,
O God, save the people!...
Thy children, as Thine angels fair:
From vice, oppression, and despair,
O God, save the people!
...Peace and righteousness shall reign;
Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again....
Peace and righteousness shall reign;
Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again.
...Helpful now as heretofore.
’Gainst oppression forth He sends us;
His the cause of truth and right;...
Helpful now as heretofore.
’Gainst oppression forth He sends us;
His the cause of truth and right;
...Or stern ambition thirst for blood,
Or rude oppression waste the land:
The God, who hears the orphan’s cry,...
Or stern ambition thirst for blood,
Or rude oppression waste the land:
The God, who hears the orphan’s cry,
...Be ours a nation evermore
That no oppression blights,
Where justice rules from shore to shore,...
Be ours a nation evermore
That no oppression blights,
Where justice rules from shore to shore,
...Yea, the weak and helpless shall His pity know;
He will surely save them from oppression’s might,
For their lives are precious in His holy sight....
Yea, the weak and helpless shall His pity know;
He will surely save them from oppression’s might,
For their lives are precious in His holy sight.
...Shall reign our king.
The walls of leagued oppression
To dust shall fall away;...
Shall reign our king.
The walls of leagued oppression
To dust shall fall away;
...Shall reign our king.
The walls of leagued oppression
To dust shall fall away;...
Shall reign our king.
The walls of leagued oppression
To dust shall fall away;
...And healing in His wing.
He came to lift oppression,
To banish sin and wrong;...
And healing in His wing.
He came to lift oppression,
To banish sin and wrong;
...Seas and all that they contain;
He delivers from oppression,
Righteousness He will maintain....
Seas and all that they contain;
He delivers from oppression,
Righteousness He will maintain.
...Where never the foot
Of oppressions hath trod;
And the desert shall bloom,...
Where never the foot
Of oppressions hath trod;
And the desert shall bloom,
...When in the balance placed.
Trust not in harsh oppression’s power
Nor in unrighteous gain;...
When in the balance placed.
Trust not in harsh oppression’s power
Nor in unrighteous gain;
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