167. Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense

1 Jesus Christ, my sure defense
And my Savior, now is living!
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope he's giving,
Though the night of death be fraught
Still with many an anxious thought.

2 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives;
I, too, unto life shall waken.
Endless joy my Savior gives;
Shall my courage, then, be shaken?
Shall I fear, or could the head
Rise and leave his members dead?

3 No, too closely am I bound
Unto him by hope forever;
Faith's strong hand the rock has found,
Grasped it, and will leave it never.
Even death now cannot part
From its Lord the trusting heart.

4 I am flesh and must return
Unto dust, whence I am taken;
But by faith I now discern
That from death I shall awaken
With my Savior to abide
In his glory, at his side.

5 Glorified, I shall anew
With this flesh then be enshrouded;
In this body I shall view
God, my Lord, with eyes unclouded;
In this flesh I then shall see
Jesus Christ eternally.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus Christ, my sure defense
Title: Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense
Translator (st. 1-3): Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt.)
Meter: 78 78 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Easter
Source: D. M. Luthers...Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, Berlin, 1653, abr.; Trans. st. 4-5 The Lutheran Hymnal, St. Louis, 1941
Tune Information
Name: JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT
Composer: Johann Crüger
Meter: 78 78 77
Key: C Major
Copyright: Setting: © 1970 by Bärenreiter-Verlag
Notes: Alternate setting: 145



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