The phrase "The wicked" resonates through 19 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The wicked
...O flee as a bird to your mountain away;
The wicked are strong and the righteous are weak,
Foundations are shaken, yet God will I seek....
O flee as a bird to your mountain away;
The wicked are strong and the righteous are weak,
Foundations are shaken, yet God will I seek.
...To the righteous, Well done.
The wicked, I know you not.
There will be great rejoicing...
To the righteous, Well done.
The wicked, I know you not.
There will be great rejoicing
...start
The wicked, watching for their prey,
Desire the righteous man to slay,...
start
The wicked, watching for their prey,
Desire the righteous man to slay,
...On the hilltops of the blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary be at rest....
On the hilltops of the blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary be at rest.
...From all care and fear released,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest....
From all care and fear released,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.
...And in your hands deceit.
The wicked, from their earliest days,
In sin are gone astray,...
And in your hands deceit.
The wicked, from their earliest days,
In sin are gone astray,
...And holds it not in vain,
For all the wicked of the earth
Its bitter dregs shall drain....
And holds it not in vain,
For all the wicked of the earth
Its bitter dregs shall drain.
...And thus his works abide.
The wicked like the driven chaff
Are swept from off the land;...
And thus his works abide.
The wicked like the driven chaff
Are swept from off the land;
...His ear attentive to their cry;
Against the wicked sets His face,
From earth their memory to erase....
His ear attentive to their cry;
Against the wicked sets His face,
From earth their memory to erase.
...O save me from their snare.
The wicked in their base designs
Grow arrogant and bold;...
O save me from their snare.
The wicked in their base designs
Grow arrogant and bold;
...They shall be satisfied.
Although the wicked prospered seem,
At last they vanish like a dream...
They shall be satisfied.
Although the wicked prospered seem,
At last they vanish like a dream
...Excels the sinner’s gold.
The wicked borrows of his friends,
But ne’er designs to pay;...
Excels the sinner’s gold.
The wicked borrows of his friends,
But ne’er designs to pay;
...Oh, the weeping and the wailing,
As the wicked turn away
To their awful doom eternal,...
Oh, the weeping and the wailing,
As the wicked turn away
To their awful doom eternal,
...Why art Thou hid in trouble’s hour?
The wicked persecute the poor
In haughty pride and reckless power....
Why art Thou hid in trouble’s hour?
The wicked persecute the poor
In haughty pride and reckless power.
...In our anxiety?
The wicked in unholy pride
The lowly poor oppress;...
In our anxiety?
The wicked in unholy pride
The lowly poor oppress;
...Who will arise for my defense
Against the wicked in the land?
Against iniquity and wrong...
Who will arise for my defense
Against the wicked in the land?
Against iniquity and wrong
...When times so troublous are?
The wicked in his loftiness
Doth persecute the poor:...
When times so troublous are?
The wicked in his loftiness
Doth persecute the poor:
...The happy fruits of plenty taste.
Not so the wicked men, and those
Who proudly dare God’s will oppose:...
The happy fruits of plenty taste.
Not so the wicked men, and those
Who proudly dare God’s will oppose:
...And far from God astray,
The wicked, guiled by Satan’s arts,
Pursue their dreadful way....
And far from God astray,
The wicked, guiled by Satan’s arts,
Pursue their dreadful way.
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