Our Great Redeemer's Praise ‎#139

139. Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense

1 Jesus Christ, my sure defense
and my Savior, ever liveth;
knowing this, my confidence
rests upon the hope it giveth,
though the night of death be fraught
still with many an anxious thought.

2 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives!
I, too, unto life shall waken;
He will have me where He is.
Shall my courage then be shaken?
Shall I fear? Or could the Head
rise and leave His members dead?

3 Nay, too closely am I bound
unto Him by hope forever;
faith's strong hand the rock hath found,
grasped it and will leave it never;
not the bane of death can part
from its Lord the trusting heart.

4 Savior, draw away our heart,
now from pleasures base and hollow;
let us there with Thee have part,
here on earth Thy footsteps follow.
Fix our hearts beyond the skies,
wither we ourselves would rise.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus Christ, my sure defense
• Title: Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense
• Author: Luise Henriette von Brandenburg (1653)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
• Meter: 78.78.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2022
• Scripture:
  Job 19:25-27
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:50-58
  ;
  1 Peter 1:3-9
• Topic: Jesus Christ, Our Lord: Person of Christ

Tune Information

• Name: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
• Meter: 78.78.77
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Katholisches Gesangbuch, Vienna, 1794