1 In the day of need may your answer be the Lord,
May the God of Jacob strengthen you;
May our Lord send help from the high and holy place,
And support you for the glory of God's name.

2 May the Lord God grant you success in all your plans,
May God give you all your heart's desire;
May we sing for joy when we see the battle won;
When the Lord has heard and answered every prayer.

3 Now I know the Lord will encourage all beloved,
God will hear and answer from on high;
Not a word shall fail of the promises once made,
Not the words of God's victorious right hand.

4 There are some who boast of the weapons of the world,
But the power of God is all our pride;
Those who live by war shall one day collapse and fall,
But God's people stand and in God's reign prevail.