O God, Thou Hast Rejected Us

O God

Thou hast re­ject­ed us

And hast af­flict­ed sore;

Thou hast been an­gry

but in grace

O once again re­store.

Lo

Thou hast torn and rent our land

Thy judg­ments dread ap­pall;

O heal her shat­tered strength be­fore

She tot­ter to her fall.

Through ways of tri­al and dis­tress

Thy peo­ple Thou hast led

A bit­ter cup Thou giv­est us

Of mi­se­ry and dread.

A glo­ri­ous ban­ner Thou has giv’n

To those who fear Thy name

A ban­ner to dis­play abroad

And thus the truth pro­claim.

That Thy be­lov­èd may be saved

And from their foes set free

Help with the might of Thy right hand

In mer­cy an­swer me.

God in His ho­li­ness has said:

I will tri­umph­ant be

All hea­then lands I claim as Mine

And they shall bow to Me.

Now

there­fore

who will lead us on

Sin’s strong­holds to pos­sess?

No long­er cast us off

O God

But give our hosts suc­cess.

Give Thou Thy help against the foe

For help of man is vain;

Through God we shall do val­iant­ly

The vic­to­ry He shall gain.