ELH #517 If God Himself Be for Me vv. 1-3, 5,6
1. If God Himself be for me,
I may a host defy;
For when I pray, before me
My foes confounded fly.
If Christ, the Head, befriend me,
If God be my support,
The mischief they intend me
Shall quickly come to naught.
2. This I believe, yea, rather,
In this I make my boast,
That God is my dear Father,
The Friend who loves me most;
And that, whate’er betide me,
My Savior is at hand
Though stormy seas to guide me
And bring me safe to land.
3. I build on this foundation:
That Jesus and His blood
Alone are my salvation,
The true eternal good.
Without Him all that pleases
Is valueless on earth;
The gifts bestowed by Jesus
Alone my love are worth.
5. He canceled my offenses,
And saved my soul from death;
’Tis He who ever cleanses
Me from my sins through faith.
In Him I can be cheerful,
Bold, and undaunted aye.
In Him I am not fearful
Of God’s great Judgment Day.
6. Naught, naught can e’er condemn me,
Nor set my hope aside;
Now hell no more can claim me,
Its fury I deride.
No sentence e’er reproves me,
No ill destroys my peace,
For Christ, my Savior, loves me
And shields me with His grace.