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.

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• 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
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