The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give
grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold
from them that walk uprightly.

English: Richard Stokes © 1999

God is our sun and shield!
Our thankful souls therefore praise
His goodness
which He fosters for His little band.
For He will protect us further,
though our foes sharpen their arrows
and the blaspheming dog howls.

English: Richard Stokes © 1999

Now thank we all our God
with heart and voice and hands,
who doth work great things for us
wherever we may be,
who since our mother’s womb
and from our infancy
hath favoured us so many times
and continues so to do.

English: Richard Stokes © 1999

Thank God, we know
the proper path to blessedness;
for, Jesus, Thou hast shown it to us through Thy Word,
wherefore Thy name is praised in every age.
But since many still
until this day
must bear, out of blindness,
an alien yoke,
ah! have mercy
on them too, graciously,
that they may know the proper path
and simply call Thee their intercessor.

English: Richard Stokes © 1999

God, ah God, forsake Thy people
nevermore!
Let Thy Word shine on us brightly;
even though
the enemy rages against us,
our mouths shall praise Thee.

English: Richard Stokes © 1999

Sustain us in the truth,
grant everlasting freedom,
to praise Thy name
through Jesus Christ. Amen.

English: Richard Stokes © 1999