"Cut short" appears in 5 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Cut short
...To darkness and the pit.
Almighty God, cut short his power;
Let him in darkness dwell;...
To darkness and the pit.
Almighty God, cut short his power;
Let him in darkness dwell;
...Disease and death at His command
Arrest us, and cut short our days.
Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,...
Disease and death at His command
Arrest us, and cut short our days.
Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,
...Come, my belovèd, haste away,
Cut short the hours of Thy delay;
Fly like a youthful hart or roe...
Come, my belovèd, haste away,
Cut short the hours of Thy delay;
Fly like a youthful hart or roe
...Of the declining year;
He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintry days appear....
Of the declining year;
He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintry days appear.
...The days of my mourning and pain
Cut short, and in pity set free,
And take me to rest and to reign...
The days of my mourning and pain
Cut short, and in pity set free,
And take me to rest and to reign
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