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About this Hymn
This seventeenth-century Latin hymn tells the story of Easter as a battle. It is a great hymn in how it brings spiritual warfare more fully into our spiritual thinking and worship, and it is particularly moving when sung in the context of a struggle with deep illness (it is useful at a funeral) or when thinking of believers in the persecuted church.
Lyrics
Verse 1
The strife is o'er, the battle done; now is the Victor's triumph won; oh, let the song of praise be sung:
Chorus
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse 2
Death's mightiest pow'rs have done their worst, and Jesus hath his foes dispersed; let shouts of praise and joy outburst:
Verse 3
On the third morn he rose again glorious in majesty to reign; oh, let us swell the joyful strain:
Verse 4
Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee from death's dread sting thy servants free, that we may live, and sing to thee:
The strife is o'er, the battle done; now is the Victor's triumph won; oh, let the song of praise be sung:
Chorus
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse 2
Death's mightiest pow'rs have done their worst, and Jesus hath his foes dispersed; let shouts of praise and joy outburst:
Verse 3
On the third morn he rose again glorious in majesty to reign; oh, let us swell the joyful strain:
Verse 4
Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee from death's dread sting thy servants free, that we may live, and sing to thee:
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Symphonia sirenum, 1695; tr. Francis Pott, 1861
Music: Melchior Vulpius, 1609; harm. Friedrich Layriz, 1849
Music: Melchior Vulpius, 1609; harm. Friedrich Layriz, 1849