JESUS CHRIST: ASCENSION AND REIGN 275 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God bul-wark nev - er striv - ing would be un- thanks to them, a- might - y for - tress is our our God, Own strength con - fide, 1 A a Did in 2 3 And though this world, with dev - ils illed, should threat-en 4 That word a - bove we our to all earth - ly powers, no mid on God gifts flood side, fail los do bid ing. Our help - er ing, us, eth. he, right man fear, and the our hath willed are of the his a - the not were not we will The Spir - it for the ours through mor man truth him who with us tal ills of God's own to pre- vail - ing. ing. tri - umph through us. eth. For still our an - cient foe doth Dost ask who that may be? Christ The Prince of Dark-ness grim, we Let goods and kin - dred go, this choos sid seek to Je - sus, trem - ble mor - tal work us it not life woe. he. him. His craft and power are Lord Sab - a His The and from for God's great, name, is fo rage bod oth can they his en - dure, may WE al - so. y kill; Long before Isaac Watts began to Christianize the Psalms, Martin Luther had already done so when he created the text and tune for this, his most famous hymn, which is based on Psalm 46. Luther encouraged metrical versions of psalms as well as chanted psalms and new hymns. TEXT: Martin Luther, 1529; trans. Frederick Henry Hedge, 1852 MUSIC: Martin Luther, 1529, alt. EIN' FESTE BURG A787666b7