God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock

God is our fort­ress and our rock

Our migh­ty help in dan­ger;

He shields us from the bat­tle’s shock

And thwarts the de­vil’s an­ger;

For still the prince of night

Prolongs ev­il’s fight;

He uses all skill

To work his wick­ed will;

No earth­ly force is like him.

Our hope is fixed on Christ alone

The Man of God’s own choos­ing;

Without him no­thing can be won

And fight­ing must be los­ing;

So let the pow­ers ac­cursed

Come try do their worst;

Christ Je­sus shall ride

To bat­tle at our side

And he shall have the vic­to­ry.

The word of God will not be slow

While de­mon hordes sur­round us

Though ev­il strike its cru­el­est blow

And death and hell con­found us:

For though we meet dis­tress

Lose all we pos­sess;

Those plan­ning our ill

May rav­age

wreck

or kill;

God’s king­dom is im­mor­tal!