The malice of Thy church’s foes

The malice of thy church’s foes
In every age we see,
For who thy people dare oppose
Are fighting found with thee:
Before thy face, as chaff they fail,
Before the whirlwind driven:
For how should worms of earth prevail
Against the Lord from heaven?

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “They fought from heaven.”—[Judg.] v. 20. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 133.
Publishing: Public Domain