Trust
Fear Not, O Little Flock
- Words:
- Attr. to King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594-1632), Jacob Fabricius (1593-1654)
- Music:
- 'Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn' traditional German, 1490.
- Setting:
- "Mehrstimmiges Choralbuch", 1906.
- Metre:
- 8 8 6 8 8 6
- 1Fear not, O little flock, the foeWho madly seeks your overthrow;Dread not his rage and pow'r;What though your courage sometimes faints,His seeming triumph o'er God's saintsLasts but one little hour.
- 2Be of good cheer; your cause belongsTo Him who can avenge your wrongs;Leave it to Him our Lord.Though hidden yet from all our eyes,He sees the Gideon who shall rise;To save us, and His word.
- 3As true as God's own word is true,Not earth nor hell with all their crewAgainst us shall prevail.A jest and by‐ word are they grown;God is with us, we are His own,Our vict'ry cannot fail.
- 4Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer!Great Captain, now Thine arm make bare;Fight for us once again.So shall thy saints and martyrs raiseA mighty chorus to Thy praise,World without end. Amen.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1855, the words are in 108 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.