Text: Let God arise (HWV 256a)

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

1. Sinfonia
    
2. Chorus
   Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered:
   let them also that hate him flee before him.
    
3. Air for tenor
   Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away:
   like as wax melteth at the fire,
   so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God.
    
4. Air for soprano
   Let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God:
   let them also be merry and joyful.
    
5. Chorus
   O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his name.
    
6. Accompagnato
   Praised be the Lord.
    
7. Chorus
   At thy rebuke, O God: both the chariot and horse are fall’n.
    
8. Chorus
   Blessed be God, Alleluia.