Scripture Verse

Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory. 1 Corinthians 15:57

Introduction

Words: Un­known au­thor, 13th Cen­tu­ry or lat­er (Ce­dant jus­ti sig­na luc­tus). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by the com­pil­ers of Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern.

Music: Vic­to­ry (Row­ton) Sam­uel J. Row­ton (1844–1930) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

  • Exodus J. F. Rötsch­er, 1790 (🔊 pdf nwc). Rötscher was the Mu­sik­di­rect­or in All­städt (All­stedt?) around 1768.

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Row­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Far be sor­row, tears and sigh­ing!
Waves are calm­ing, storms are dy­ing,
Moses hath o’er­passed the sea,
Israel’s cap­tive hosts are free;
Life by death slew death and saved us,
In His blood the Lamb hath saved us,
Clothing us with vic­to­ry.

Jesus Christ from death has ris­en,
Lo! His God­head bursts the pri­son,
While His Man­hood pass­es free,
Vanquishing our mi­se­ry.
Rise we free from con­dem­na­tion;
Through our God’s hu­mi­li­ation,
Ours is now the vic­to­ry.

Vain the foe’s des­pair and mad­ness!
See the day­spring of our glad­ness!
Slaves no more of Sa­tan we;
Children, by the Son set free;
Rise, for life with death has striv­en,
All the snares of hell are riv­en,
Rise and claim the vic­to­ry.