God is our strength and refuge sure;

God is our strength and refuge sure; An ever-present help is he When troubled days we must endure. Therefore from fear our hearts are free, Though earthquakes move the world, And hills ’midst seas be hurled, Though waters of the deep In turmoil roar and leap— Though breakers shake the mountains steep.

A river flows whose waters clear Make glad the city of our God— The consecrated city where The LORD Most High has his abode. God dwells within her wall, And so she will not fall; No trouble can her move For God her help will prove When morning light dawns from above.

The kingdoms shake, the nations fret; He lifts his voice, earth melts away. The LORD of hosts is with us yet; The God of Jacob is our stay. Come then, let all draw near And view with holy fear The works, surpassing thought, The LORD alone has wrought. What ruin he on earth has brought!

To earth’s remotest bounds he turns Wars into peace: he snaps the spear; He breaks the bow; the shield he burns. Know I am God; be still and fear. Among the nations I Will be exalted high; On earth I will hold sway. “The LORD’s with us,” we say. The God of Jacob is our stay.