God Will Our Strength and Refuge Prove

God will our strength and re­fuge prove

In all dis­tress a pre­sent aid

And

though the trem­bling earth re­move

We will not fear nor be dis­mayed.

Our trust in God shall still ab­ide

Though hills be shak­en from their seat

And though the ocean’s swell­ing tide

Against the trem­bling mount­ains beat.

A riv­er flows

whose liv­ing streams

Make glad the ci­ty of our God

The ho­ly place where glo­ry beams

Where God Most High has His abode.

God has in her His dwell­ing made

And she shall nev­er­more be moved;

Her God shall ear­ly give her aid

Her con­stant help­er He has proved.

The kings and na­tions raged in pride;

He spake

the earth did melt away;

The Lord of Hosts is on our side

Our fa­thers’ God

our strength and stay.

Come

see the works of God dis­played

The won­ders of His migh­ty hand

What de­so­lations He has made

What ru­in spread through all the land.

Through all the peo­pled earth He makes

The dread­ful scourge of war to cease

The im­ple­ments of bat­tle breaks

And makes the na­tions dwell in peace.

Be still

ye na­tions

bow in fear

And know that I alone am God;

To us the Lord of hosts is near

Our fa­thers’ God is our ab­ode.