The Lord, He is our sun and shield,
Our buck­ler and our guard,
And hence we stand and will not yield,
Though ene­mies press hard.

Like as a shield the blow keeps off
The ene­my lays on,
So He pre­vents all hurt to us,
And saves us eve­ry one.

Let foes strike at us as they please,
Upon the head or heart;
This pre­cious shield which we do use
Secures us eve­ry part.

From sin, from Sa­tan and the world
No art we need to fear,
Since Thou art such a shield to us,
Our God and Sav­ior dear!

Our shield and our great re­ward,
To Thee all praise be giv­en;
Who with Thy sav­ing help af­ford
Until we come to Hea­ven.