"hated" appears in 18 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
hated
...Mingling joy with tears:
For the truth despised and hated,
Soon the crown we’ll wear....
Mingling joy with tears:
For the truth despised and hated,
Soon the crown we’ll wear.
...start
I am hated, Lord, by those
Who Thy holy truth despise;...
start
I am hated, Lord, by those
Who Thy holy truth despise;
...Then the tremendous arm of death
Its hated scepter shows;
And nature faints beneath the weight...
Then the tremendous arm of death
Its hated scepter shows;
And nature faints beneath the weight
...Alike the symbol and the tool
Of foreign masters’ hated rule.
But grace within his breast had stirred;...
Alike the symbol and the tool
Of foreign masters’ hated rule.
But grace within his breast had stirred;
...The rage of persecution bear,
And hated as our Lord we are.
O may we in Thy footsteps go,...
The rage of persecution bear,
And hated as our Lord we are.
O may we in Thy footsteps go,
...For the shining of the light;
Long have felt the things we hated,
Sink us still in deeper night....
For the shining of the light;
Long have felt the things we hated,
Sink us still in deeper night.
...And toiled for His name,
Tho’ hated, rejected, unknown,
No longer shall suffer...
And toiled for His name,
Tho’ hated, rejected, unknown,
No longer shall suffer
...Has braved the sword and smiled at death,
Tho’ hated and forsaken;
Has wakened songs in prison walls,...
Has braved the sword and smiled at death,
Tho’ hated and forsaken;
Has wakened songs in prison walls,
...Brought proud men to their knees.
The Jewish rulers hated Him,
And plotted to destroy...
Brought proud men to their knees.
The Jewish rulers hated Him,
And plotted to destroy
...’Mid the sin of sinful men;
Sorrowful, forlorn, and hated,
And yet hating none again....
’Mid the sin of sinful men;
Sorrowful, forlorn, and hated,
And yet hating none again.
...Re-echo and roll through the heavenly height.
They hated and sent Him in darkness to dwell
Beneath the great mountains and billows of hell;...
Re-echo and roll through the heavenly height.
They hated and sent Him in darkness to dwell
Beneath the great mountains and billows of hell;
...Saith He tenderly.
I will bind th’afflicted, hated,
Driven out to Me....
Saith He tenderly.
I will bind th’afflicted, hated,
Driven out to Me.
...Until my brethren know me not,
And hated is my name.
It is my zeal for Thy abode...
Until my brethren know me not,
And hated is my name.
It is my zeal for Thy abode
...The Lord of Glory shame.
The lame and blind were hated then
Of holy David’s soul;...
The Lord of Glory shame.
The lame and blind were hated then
Of holy David’s soul;
...Afflicted, and oppressed,
Reviled and hated for Thy sake,
Thou hast pronounced us blest:...
Afflicted, and oppressed,
Reviled and hated for Thy sake,
Thou hast pronounced us blest:
...Each with vain imagining;
Brother hated, slew his brother,
King went out to war with king,...
Each with vain imagining;
Brother hated, slew his brother,
King went out to war with king,
...Thus were the tribes from bondage brought,
And left the hated ground;
Each some Egyptian spoils had got,...
Thus were the tribes from bondage brought,
And left the hated ground;
Each some Egyptian spoils had got,
...And with His blood did wash me clean,
’Twas then I hated every sin;
And O! what seasons I have seen,...
And with His blood did wash me clean,
’Twas then I hated every sin;
And O! what seasons I have seen,
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