Captain of My Salvation, Hear!

Captain of my sal­va­tion

hear!

Stir up Thy strength

and bow the skies:

Be Thou the God of bat­tles

near;

In all Thy ma­jes­ty arise!

The day

the dread­ful day’s at hand!

In bat­tle cov­er Thou my head:

Past is Thy word: Here I de­mand

And con­fi­dent ex­pect Thine aid.

Now arm me for the threat­en­ing fight;

Now let Thy pow­er des­cend from high;

Triumphant in Thy Spir­it’s might

So shall I ev­ery foe de­fy.

I ask Thy help; by Thee sent forth

Thy glo­ri­ous Gos­pel to pro­claim

Be Thou my mouth

and shake the earth

And spread by me Thy aw­ful name.

Steel me to shame

re­proach

dis­grace

Arm me with all Thy ar­mor now

Set like a flint my stea­dy face

Harden to ada­mant my brow.

Bold may I wax

ex­ceed­ing bold

My high com­mis­sion to per­form

Nor shrink Thy harsh­est truths to un­fold

But more than meet the ga­ther­ing storm.

Adverse to earth’s re­bel­li­ous throng

Still may I turn my fear­less face

Stand as an ir­on pil­lar strong

And stead­fast as a wall of brass.

Give me Thy might

Thou God of pow­er;

Then let or man or fiends as­sail!

Strong in Thy strength

I’ll stand a tow­er

Impregnable to earth or hell.