A Mighty Fortress is our God

Verse 1
A migh­ty for­tress is our God, (Ps. 18:2, Ps. 31:3, Ps. 71:3, Ps. 91:2
A bul­wark nev­er fail­ing;
Our help­er He, amid the flood
Of mor­tal ills pre­vail­ing: (Ps. 46:1-3)
For still our an­cient foe
Doth seek to work us woe; (Eph. 6:11-12, I Pet. 5:8)
His craft and pow­er are great, (Eph. 6:11)
And, armed with cru­el hate,
On earth is not his eq­ual.

Verse 2
Did we in our own strength con­fide,
Our striv­ing would be los­ing; (Isa. 31:11)
Were not the right Man on our side,
The Man of God’s own choos­ing: (Isa. 42:1, Matt. 12:17-18)
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Je­sus, it is He;
Lord Sa­ba­oth, His name, (Ps. 46:7, Ps. 46:11)
From age to age the same, (Ps. 102:27, Heb. 13:8)
And He must win the bat­tle. (Ps. 46:9)

Verse 3
And though this world, with dev­ils filled, (Eph. 6:12)
Should threat­en to un­do us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed (Ps. 46:2)
His truth to tri­umph through us:
The Prince of Dark­ness grim,
We trem­ble not for him; (Eph. 6:10-11)
His rage we can en­dure,
For lo, his doom is sure, (Rev. 12:12)
One lit­tle word shall fell him. (Eph. 6:17)

Verse 4
That word above all earth­ly pow­ers,
No thanks to them, abid­eth; (Isa. 40:8, I Pet. 1:24-25)
The Spir­it and the gifts are ours
Through Him who with us sideth:
Let goods and kin­dred go, (Matt. 8:21-22, Matt. 10:37, Matt. 19:29, Mark 10:29-30, Luke 14:26, Luke 14:33, Luke 18:29-30)
This mor­tal life also; (Matt. 10:39)
The bo­dy they may kill: (Matt. 10:28, Luke 12:4)
God’s truth abid­eth still, (Ps. 100:5)
His king­dom is for­ev­er. (Ex. 15:18, Ps. 145:13, Ps. 146:10, Dan. 7:14, Luke 1:33, II Pet. 1:11, Rev. 11:15)