My Soul! Weigh Not Thy Life

My soul! weigh not thy life

Against thy heav­en­ly crown

Nor suf­fer Sa­tan’s dead­li­est strife

To beat thy cour­age down.

With pray­er and cry­ing strong

Hold on the fear­ful fight;

And let the break­ing day pro­long

The wrest­ling of the night.

The bat­tle soon will yield

If thou thy part ful­fill;

For

strong as is the hos­tile shield

Thy sword is strong­er still.

Thine ar­mor is di­vine

Thy feet with vic­to­ry shod;

And on thy head shall quick­ly shine

The dia­dem of God!