Trinity
God the Father Be Our Stay
- Words:
- 15th Century Litany, adapted by Martin Luther, 1524. Translated by Richard Massie, 1854, alt.
- Music:
- 'Gott Der Vater, Wohn Uns Bei' from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524.
- Setting:
- composite from Landgraf Moritz, 1612 and "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931.
- Metre:
- 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
- 1God the Father, be our Stay,When hell's dread pow'rs assail us;Cleanse us from our sins, we pray,Nor in our last hour fail us.Keep us from the Evil One;Firm in the faith abiding,In Christ our Savior hiding,And heartily confiding.Let us put God's armor on:With all true Christians runningOur heav'nly race and shunningThe devil's wiles and cunning.Amen, Amen, this be done,So sing we, Hallelujah!
- 2Jesus Christ be Thou our Stay,When hell's dread pow'rs assail us;Cleanse us from our sins, we pray,Nor in our last hour fail us.Keep us from the Evil One;Firm in the faith abiding,In Christ our Savior hiding,And heartily confiding.Let us put God's armor on:With all true Christians runningOur heav'nly race and shunningThe devil's wiles and cunning.Amen, Amen, this be done,So sing we, Hallelujah!
- 3Holy Ghost, be Thou our Stay,When hell's dread pow'rs assail us;Cleanse us from our sins, we pray,Nor in our last hour fail us.Keep us from the Evil One;Firm in the faith abiding,In Christ our Savior hiding,And heartily confiding.Let us put God's armor on:With all true Christians runningOur heav'nly race and shunningThe devil's wiles and cunning.Amen, Amen, this be done,So sing we, Hallelujah!
- 41(alt). Triune God, be Thou our Stay,When hell's dread pow'rs assail us;Cleanse us from our sins, we pray,Nor in our last hour fail us.Keep us from the Evil One;Firm in the faith abiding,In Christ our Savior hiding,And heartily confiding.Let us put God's armor on:With all true Christians runningOur heav'nly race and shunningThe devil's wiles and cunning.Amen, Amen, this be done,So sing we, Hallelujah!
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1524, the words are in 14 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Gott Der Vater, Wohn Uns Bei, is in 22 hymnals. The tune →
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.