Get Thee Behind Us, Fiend

Get thee be­hind us

fiend

With all thy baf­fled art!

The sheep we know Thou canst not rend

Unless Thou first canst part:

Jesus His ten-fold pow­er

His saints as­sem­bled claim:

Tremble

thou fiend

and fly be­fore

Our migh­ty cap­tain’s name.

Thy wis­dom from be­low

Full well we un­der­stand;

Disperse

and then our souls o’er­throw

Divide us

and com­mand:

But Je­sus still shall hold

And keep us safe from harms

Together lodged with­in His fold

His ev­er­last­ing arms.

While in our shep­herd’s breast

Our help­less souls we hide

No de­vils can dis­turb our rest

Nor can the world di­vide:

To build each oth­er up

We now in Je­sus join

And who shall burst the bond

or stop

The in­ter­course di­vine?

This God hath bid us do

And man for­bids in vain;

Ye nev­er

nev­er can break through

Love’s ada­man­tine chain:

Joined by the Sav­ior’s will

The same in mind and heart

Ye may aff­lict us here

and kill

But ye can nev­er part.

Resolved our Lord t’o­bey

In spite of man’s com­mand

Together in the an­cient way

Through His sup­port we stand:

Nor will we hence re­move

Till all tri­umph­ant rise

And meet the first-born Church ab­ove

Assembled in the skies.