The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#372

372. Through Jesus' Blood and Merit

1 Thro' Jesus' blood and merit
I am at peace with God;
What, then, can daunt my spirit,
However dark my road?
My courage shall not fail me,
For God is on my side;
Tho' hell itself assail me,
Its rage I may deride.

2 There's naught that can sever
Me from the great love of God,
No want, no pain whatever,
No famine, peril, flood.
Tho' thousand foes surround me,
For slaughter mark Thy sheep,
They never shall confound me,
The vict'ry I shall reap.

3 Yea, neither life's temptation
Nor death's so trying hour,
Nor angels of high station,
Nor any other pow'r,
Nor things that now are present,
Nor things that are to come,
Nor height, however pleasant,
Nor depths of deepest gloom,

4 Nor any creature ever
Shall from the love of God
This wretched sinner sever;
For in my Savior's blood
This love its fountain taketh;
He hears my faithful prayer
And nevermore forsaketh
His own dear child and heir.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Thro' Jesus' blood and merit
• Title: Through Jesus' Blood and Merit
• German Title: Ich bin bei Gott in Gnaden
• Author: Simon Dach (1651, cento)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  Romans 8:35-39
• Topic: Faith and Justification
• Source: Tr. composite

Tune Information

• Name: ICH DANK' DIR, LIEBER HERRE
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Key: G Major
• Source: "Musika Deutsch," Nürnberg, 1532