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%OHSCRIP Rom 8:31-39, 8:1-11, Ps 27:1-3, Is 50:7-9, Jn 10:28-30, Gal 6:14, Jn 15:20, Ps 46:1-11, Lk 6:47-49
%OHTOPICS {Angels [14]}, {Assurance}, {Atonement}, {Blood [3]}, {Bread (of Life/Daily Bread) [11]}, {Calmness}, {Christian Life}, {Comfort}, {Courage in Affliction}, {Crown [7]}, {Faith [5,9]}, {Father [2,7]}, {God, As King [15]}, {God, Love of}, {God, Majesty & Power of}, {Grace [6]}, {Heaven [10]}, {Holy Spirit [7-9]}, {Hope}, {Jesus}, {Joy}, {Judgment [5]}, {Light [4,10]}, {Love [1-3,6,14]}, {Peace [6]}, {Throne (also see God - As King) [4]}, {Trust}
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%OHARRANGER Woodward, George Ratcliffe (1848-1934)
%OHAUTHOR Gerhardt, Paul (1607-1676)
%OHTRANSLATOR Massie, Richard (1800-1887)
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T: If God Himself Be For Me
C: Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1656.  Verses 1-3, 7-9, 11-15 Translated by Richard Massie, 1856, alt. 
C: Verses 4-6,10 Translated for Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (Pittsburgh), 1907, alt.
C: Music: 'Woodbird' or 'Es Flog Ein Kleins Waldvögelein' traditional German found in 
C: "Memminger Tabulaturbuche", 17th Century. Setting: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1904.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.
S: Music can be found in "AltDeutsches Liederbuch", 1877 page 232 song 134. (no arrangement, melody only)
S: Music source: Episcopal Hymnal, 1940, Hymn 474.   arrangement is from George Ratcliffe Woodward's "Songs of Syon", 1904 or 1910 per CCEH and other sites
S: translation (from TLH 1941) is very close to that in the Evangelical Hymn Book of 1931.
S: Original Massie translation found in "The Church Psalter and Hymn Book" (UK), 1863.
S: Translation is public domain per Project Wittenberg: : http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/hymns/ifgodbe.txt
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w: 1.~If God Him- self be for * me, I may a host de- fy;
w: 2.~This I be- lieve, yea, ra- * ther, Of this I make my boast,
w: 3.~I build on this foun- da- * tion, That Je- sus and His blood
w: 4.~My Je- sus is my Splen- * dor, My Sun, my Light, a- lone;
w: 5.~He can- celed my of- fen- * ses, De- liv- ered me from death;
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w: For when I pray, be- fore * me My foes, con- found- ed, fly.
w: That God is my dear Fa- * ther, The Friend who loves me most,
w: A- lone are my sal- va- * tion, The true, e- ter- nal good.
w: Were He not my De- fen- * der Be- fore God's awe\- full throne,
w: He is the Lord who clean- * ses My soul from sin through faith.
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w: If Christ, my Head * and Mas- ter, Be- friend me from a- bove,
w: And that, what- e'er * be- tide me, My Sa- vior is at hand
w: With- out Him all * that plea- ses Is val- ue- less on earth;
w: I nev- er should * find fa- vor And mer- cy in His sight,
w: In Him I can * be cheer- ful, Bold, and un- daun- ted aye;
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w: What foe or what dis- as- * ter Can drive me from His love?
w: Through storm- y seas to guide * me And bring me safe to land.
w: The gifts I owe to Je- * sus A- lone my love are worth.
w: But be de- stroyed for- ev- * er As dark- ness by the light.
w: In Him I am not fear- * ful Of God's great Judg- ment Day.
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W: 6. Naught, naught, can now condemn me Nor set my hope aside;
W: Now hell no more can claim me, Its fury I deride.
W: No sentence e'er reproves me, No ill destroys my peace;
W: For Christ, my Savior, loves me And shields me with His grace.
W: 
W: 7. His Spirit in me dwelleth, And o'er my mind He reigns.
W: All sorrow He dispelleth And soothes away all pains.
W: He crowns His work with blessing And helpeth me to cry,
W: "My Father!" without ceasing, To Him who dwells on high.
W: 
W: 8. And when my soul is lying Weak, trembling, and opprest,
W: He pleads with groans and sighing That cannot be exprest;
W: But God's quick eye discerns them, Although they give no sound,
W: And into language turns them E'en in the heart's deep ground.
W: 
W: 9. To mine His Spirit speaketh Sweet word of holy cheer,
W: How God to him that seeketh For rest is always near
W: And how He hath erected A city fair and new,
W: Where what our faith expected We evermore shall view.
W: 
W: 10. In yonder home doth flourish My heritage, my lot;
W: Though here I die and perish, My heaven shall fail me not.
W: Though care my life oft saddens And causeth tears to flow,
W: The light of Jesus gladdens And sweetens every woe.
W: 
W: 11. Who clings with resolution To Him whom Satan hates
W: Must look for persecution; For him the burden waits
W: Of mockery, shame, and losses, Heaped on his blameless head;
W: A thousand plagues and crosses Will be his daily bread.
W: 
W: 12. From me this is not hidden, Yet I am not afraid;
W: I leave my cares, as bidden, To whom my vows were paid.
W: Though life and limb it cost me And everything I won,
W: Unshaken shall I trust Thee And cleave to Thee alone.
W: 
W: 13. Though earth be rent asunder, Thou'rt mine eternally;
W: Not fire nor sword nor thunder Shall sever me from Thee;
W: Not hunger, thirst, nor danger, Not pain nor poverty
W: Nor mighty princes' anger Shall ever hinder me.
W: 
W: 14. No angel and no gladness, No throne, no pomp, no show,
W: No love, no hate, no sadness, No pain, no depth of woe,
W: No scheme of man's contrivance, However small or great,
W: Shall draw me from Thy guidance Nor from Thee separate.
W: 
W: 15. My heart for joy is springing And can no more be sad,
W: 'Tis full of mirth and singing, Sees naught but sunshine glad.
W: The Sun that cheers my spirit Is Jesus Christ, my King;
W: That which I shall inherit Makes me rejoice and sing.