Classic Poem

The Lord is on our side,
His people now may say;
The Lord is on our side, — or we
Had fallen a sudden prey.

Sin, Satan, Death, and Hell,
Like fire, against us rose;
Then had the flames consumed us quick,
But God repell'd our foes.

Like water they return'd,
When wildest tempests rave;
Then had the floods gone o'er our head,
But God was there to save.

From jeopardy redeem'd,
As from the lion's wrath,
Mercy and truth uphold our life,
And safety guards our path.

Our soul escaped the toils;
As from the fowler's snare,
The bird, with disentangled wings,
Flits through the boundless air.

Our help is from the Lord;
In Him we will confide,
Who stretch'd the heavens, who form'd the earth:
— The Lord is on our side.