The Lord God is a sun and shield.
Psalm 84:11
Words: Gustav F. L. Knak (1806–1878) (Jesu, Gnadensonne, süße Seelenzier). Translated from German to English by Herman H. M. Brueckner in the Wartburg Hymnal, edited by Oswald G. Hardwig (Chicago, Illinois: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918), number 310.
Music: Sun of Grace Karl A. Gross, 1817 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Brueckner or Gross (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Jesus, Sun of gladness,
Fountain Thou of grace;
Cure for every sadness,
Turn to me Thy face;
Look in mercy tender
On Thy child today,
Help and solace render,
Be my staff and stay.
Purge me, O my Savior,
By Thy precious blood;
Teach me true behavior,
O my highest God;
Every day and hour
Suffer me to see,
Lord, the cleansing power
Of Thy death for me.
Lord, my sole desire
Is to serve Thee well,
And I would aspire
E’er with Thee to dwell.
Joyous praise be given
To Thy name, O Lord,
Who are both in Heaven
And on earth adored.