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Text:God is my strong salvation -
Author:James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Tune:BREMEN (CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN)
Composer:Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615

84. God is my strong salvation -

1 God is my strong salvation -
what foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation
my light, my help is near:

2 Though hosts encamp around me,
firm to the fight I stand!
What terror can confound me,
with God at my right hand?

3 Place on the Lord reliance,
my soul, with courage wait -
His truth my reassurance
when faint and desolate:

4 His might my heart shall strengthen,
His love my joy increase;
mercy my days shall lengthen,
the Lord will give me peace.

Text Information
First Line: God is my strong salvation -
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Meter: 76 76
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Scripture:
Topic: God Through the Years: His Faithfulness
Tune Information
Name: BREMEN (CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN)
Composer: Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615
Meter: 76 76
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Harm.: compilers of Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press



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