Lord God of Hosts, Within Whose Hand

Lord God of Hosts

with­in whose hand

Dominion rests on sea and land

Before whose word of life or death

The strength of na­tions is but breath:

O King

en­throned all thrones ab­ove

Give strength un­to the land we love.

Thou breath of life since time be­gan

Breathing up­on the lips of man

Hast taught each kin­dred race to raise

United word to sound Thy praise:

So

in this land

join

we be­seech

All hearts and lips in sin­gle speech.

To George our saint Thou gav­est grace

Without one fear all foes to face

And to con­fess by faith­ful death

That word of life which was his breath.

O help us

help­er of Saint George

To fear not bonds that man can forge.

Arm us like him

who in Thy trust

Beat down the dra­gon in the dust;

So that we too may tread down sin

And with Thy saints a crown may win.

Help us

O God

that we may be

A land ac­cept­able to Thee.