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#688 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
A mighty fortress is our God
Tune
Ein Feste Burg
Metric Index
87. 87. 66. 66. 7
Key & Modality
C Major
Last five uses
November 23rd, 2025 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
September 28th, 2025 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
July 27th, 2025 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
March 16th, 2025 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
March 17th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
Poem Words (four verses)
1.
A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he, amid the flood
of mortal ills prevailing:
for still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and, armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he, amid the flood
of mortal ills prevailing:
for still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and, armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
2.
Did we in our strength confide,
our striving would be losing;
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing:
dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabbaoth, his Name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
our striving would be losing;
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing:
dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabbaoth, his Name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
3.
And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us;
the prince of darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo! his doom is sure,
one little word shall fell him.
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us;
the prince of darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo! his doom is sure,
one little word shall fell him.
4.
That word above all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours
through him who with us sideth:
let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still,
his kingdom is forever.
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours
through him who with us sideth:
let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still,
his kingdom is forever.
Hymn References
Author
Martin Luther 1483-1546
Composer (melody)
Martin Luther 1483-1546
Harmonizer
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Original Language
German
Publication Date
1985
Translator
Frederic Henry Hedge 1805-1890
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#503 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / A mighty fortress is our God (C Major ) [click to view]#504 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / A mighty fortress is our God (C Major ) [click to view]
#505 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / A mighty fortress is our God (C Major ) [click to view]
#509 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / God's word is our great heritage (D Major ) [click to view]
#687 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / A mighty fortress is our God (C Major ) [click to view]
#228 in Lutheran Book of Worship / A mighty fortress is our God (C Major ) [click to view]
#229 in Lutheran Book of Worship / A mighty fortress is our God (C Major ) [click to view]
#239 in Lutheran Book of Worship / God's Word is our great heritage (D Major ) [click to view]
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