Let God Arise, and Let His Foes

Let God arise

and let His foes

Who fierce­ly Him and His op­pose

Be scat­tered far away!

Thou

Je­sus

on our side ap­pear

And bring Thy great sal­va­tion near

And an­swer

while we pray.

Rebuke their proud ty­ran­nic boast

Who vaunt­ing against Is­ra­el’s host

Do Is­ra­el’s God de­fy;

Thee in Thy peo­ple they re­proach

And touch­ing us

pre­sume to touch

The ap­ple of Thine eye.

Who per­se­cute the sons of light

And kick against the pricks

and fight

Against their Mak­er-God

Bow down be­neath Thine an­ger’s weight

Convince them of their lost es­tate

And show them to Thy blood.

No far­ther let their rage pro­ceed

Arise

and bruise the ser­pent’s head

Who bruis­es now Thy heel;

Thou know’st Thy fee­ble fol­low­ers’ pain

For Thou dost all our griefs sus­tain

And all our sor­rows feel.