Now May the God of Power and Grace
Now may the God of power and grace
At-tend His peo-ple's hum-ble cry!
Je-ho-vah hears when Is-rael prays,
And brings de-liv-erance from on high.
The name of Ja-cob's God de-fends
Bet-ter than shields or bra-zen walls;
He from His sanc-tu-ar-y sends
Suc-cour and strength, when Zi-on calls.
Well He re-mem-bers all our sighs,
His love ex-ceeds our best de-serts;
His love ac-cepts the sac-ri-fice
Of hum-ble groans and bro-ken hearts.
In His sal-va-tion is our hope,
And in the Name of Is-rael's God,
The saints shall lift their ban-ners up,
And shout His prai-ses far a-broad.
Some trust in hors-es trained for war,
And some of char-iots make their boasts;
Our sur-est ex-pec-ta-tions are
From Thee, the Lord of heaven-ly hosts.
O! May the mem-ory of Thy Name
In-spire Thy peo-ple for the fight!
Our foes shall be brought down with shame,
Or quit the field in dread-ful flight.
Now save us, Lord, from sla-vish fear,
Now let our hopes be firm and strong,
Till Thy sal-va-tion shall ap-pear,
And joy and tri-umph raise the song.