Chorus: Oh God, How many are them that hate me. Narrator: Strangers are risen up against me. Oppressors seek after my soul. I have seen violence and strife in the city. Chorus: Oh God, How many are them that hate me. Narrator: My heart is sore pained within me; and the terror of death are fallen upon me. Chorus: Oh God, How many are them that hate me.
Oh God, How Many Are Them That Hate Me
Set by Undine Eliza Anna Smith (1904 - 1989), as Undine Smith Moore, "Oh God, How Many Are Them That Hate Me" [ narrator, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, no. 14 [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]Know that love has chosen you [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Hayden (1913 - 1980), "Voice in the wilderness", appears in Words in the mourning time, copyright ©
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Confirmed with Robert Hayden, Words in the mourning time, London : October House, 1970, p.47
Note: in Undine Moore's setting, the Narrator is given this text.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Author(s): Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Robert Hayden (1913 - 1980)