If God had not been on our side <br />And had not come to aid us, <br />The foes with all their power and pride <br />Would surely have dismayed us; <br />For we, His flock, would have to fear <br />The threat of men both far and near <br />Who rise in might against us. <br /> <br />Their furious wrath, did God permit, <br />Would surely have consumed us <br />And as a deep and yawning pit <br />With life and limb entombed us. <br />Like men o'er whom dark waters roll <br />Their wrath would have engulfed our soul <br />And, like a flood, o’erwhelmed us. <br /> <br />Blest be the Lord, who foiled their threat <br />That they could not devour us; <br />Our souls, like birds, escaped their net, <br />They could not overpower us. <br />The snare is broken -— we are free! <br />Our help is ever, Lord, in Thee, <br />Who madest earth and Heaven.<br /><br />Martin Luther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-god-had-not-been-on-our-side/
