The phrase "Smite" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Smite
...Compass thee around?
Christian, up and smite them,
Counting gain but loss;...
Compass thee around?
Christian, up and smite them,
Counting gain but loss;
...O God, who in our fathers’ time
Didst smite our foes and Thine,
So smite Thine enemies today...
O God, who in our fathers’ time
Didst smite our foes and Thine,
So smite Thine enemies today
...Faint not, Christian! though thy God
Smite thee with His chastening rod;
Smite He must, with father’s care,...
Faint not, Christian! though thy God
Smite thee with His chastening rod;
Smite He must, with father’s care,
...And some are marked to fall:
The axe will smite at God’s command,
And soon shall smite us all....
And some are marked to fall:
The axe will smite at God’s command,
And soon shall smite us all.
...Who claim a heavenly birth,
May march with Thee to smite the lies
That vex Thy groaning earth....
Who claim a heavenly birth,
May march with Thee to smite the lies
That vex Thy groaning earth.
...By sin oppressed, to Thy dear cross I flee;
I smite my breast; be merciful to me;
Let me not grieve; Thou canst dispel my grief;...
By sin oppressed, to Thy dear cross I flee;
I smite my breast; be merciful to me;
Let me not grieve; Thou canst dispel my grief;
...And stand on earth alone;
Let it now the image smite,
Break the iron and the clay,...
And stand on earth alone;
Let it now the image smite,
Break the iron and the clay,
...Force him out of every hold;
Smite until the sinking sun
Sets upon the warrior bold!...
Force him out of every hold;
Smite until the sinking sun
Sets upon the warrior bold!
...Let My people go,
If not I’ll smite your first born dead,
Let My people go....
Let My people go,
If not I’ll smite your first born dead,
Let My people go.
...Arise and save, O Lord,
For Thou didst smite my foe.
Salvation cometh from the Lord;...
Arise and save, O Lord,
For Thou didst smite my foe.
Salvation cometh from the Lord;
...Hold Thou my hands!
These passionate hands too quick to smite,
These hands so eager for delight:...
Hold Thou my hands!
These passionate hands too quick to smite,
These hands so eager for delight:
...Be merciful to me.
I smite upon my anxious breast,
O’erwhelmed with agony;...
Be merciful to me.
I smite upon my anxious breast,
O’erwhelmed with agony;
...Let My people go,
If not I’ll smite your first born dead,
Let My people go....
Let My people go,
If not I’ll smite your first born dead,
Let My people go.
...Shade for thee He will afford;
Neither sun nor moon shall smite,
God shall guard by day and night....
Shade for thee He will afford;
Neither sun nor moon shall smite,
God shall guard by day and night.
...And learn to trust in God,
Convinced it is a Father smites,
And love that guides the rod....
And learn to trust in God,
Convinced it is a Father smites,
And love that guides the rod.
...The flower is withered by the wind
That smites with blighting breath;
So man is quickly swept away...
The flower is withered by the wind
That smites with blighting breath;
So man is quickly swept away
...The wrath that drove him first to hell
Shall smite his followers, too.
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The wrath that drove him first to hell
Shall smite his followers, too.
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...And stealthily in darkness go
The true in heart to smite.
What can the righteous do,...
And stealthily in darkness go
The true in heart to smite.
What can the righteous do,
...Would we idly, quiet stay;
But would smite the living fountains
From the rocks along our way....
Would we idly, quiet stay;
But would smite the living fountains
From the rocks along our way.
...O may the righteous, when I stray,
Smite, and reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,...
O may the righteous, when I stray,
Smite, and reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,
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