Lyrics

THE PAGANS CAME FROM THE NORTH
WITH THEIR FALSE GODS AND THEIR FOREIGN LAWS
AN IMAGE THEY ERECTED IN THE HOLY PLACE
THE WAR BEGAN WITH A GOD-FEARING PRIEST

IT’S NOT BY MIGHT!
NOR BY POWER!
BUT BY MY SPIRIT!
SAITH THE LORD!

MI CHAMOCHAH BA’ELIM ADONAI!
(WHO IS LIKE THE LORD)

THE WAR CONTINUED AND THE DEATH TOLL ROSE
LIKE A BLACKSMITH STRIKING AN ANVIL THE HAMMER AROSE
BY THE POWER OF GOD, HE DROVE ALL THEIR FOES
AT ELASA JUDAH WAS SLAIN FOR ISRAEL

THE PAGANS FLED, THE LAND WAS CLEANSED
THE TEMPLE RE-DEDICATED TO THE LORD
THE MIGHTY DEEDS OF OUR GOD AND THE MACCABEES
FOREVER REMEMBERED IN THE FEAST OF CHANUKAH
DANIEL 8:9-14, DANIEL 11:29-45, 1 MACABEES