Be Strong in the Lord (Clark)

Be strong in the Lord

Tho’ sur­round­ed by foes;

Be true to your king

Tho’ all hell shall op­pose;

He’ll con­quer their le­gions

He’ll van­quish their throng;

The Lord is our cap­tain

He leads us along.

Then awake! then awake!

Now arise! now arise!

Put on the whole ar­mor

Be strong in the Lord

We fight not with flesh

But with pow­ers un­seen;

We wres­tle ’gainst dark­ness

Without and with­in;

The con­flict is rag­ing

Be val­iant and strong

For God is our tow­er

Our shield

and our song.

With loins girt with truth

We will march to the fight

And right­eous­ness wear

As a breast­plate of light;

Salvation our hel­met

Bestowed by our Lord

The sword of the Spir­it

His con­quer­ing Word.

Our lead­er has pro­mised

A bright star­ry crown

And beck­ons us on­ward

To fields of re­nown;

We hast­en to fol­low

His ban­ner un­furled

And trust­ing in Je­sus

We’ll con­quer the world.