Choir for 4 voices
Soprano solo
Alto solo
Bass solo
Horn I + II
Bassdrum
Travers flute I + II
Oboe solo
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

God the Lord is sun and shield.
The Lord gives blessing and honor,
He will no worthy thing withhold from the righteous.






God is our true sun and shield!
We thus tell abroad his goodness
With our spirits ever thankful,
For he loves us as his own.
And he shall still further guard us
Though our foes their arrows sharpen,
And the hound of hell should howl.

Now thank ye all our God
With heart and tongue and labor,
Who mighty things doth work
For us in all endeavor,
Who since our mother's womb
And our first toddling steps
Us countless benefit
Until this day hath brought.

Thank God we know it,
The proper path to blessedness,
For Jesus, thou hast shown it to us through thy Gospel,
Wherefore thy name in ev'ry age is honored.
But since so many still
Until this day
An alien yoke
For blindness' sake must carry,
Ah, such compassion give
E'en these, Lord, graciously,
That they the proper path acknowledge
And call thee their one intercessor.

God, O God, forsake thy people
Nevermore!
Let thy word o'er us shine brightly;
Even though
Sorely rage our foes against us,
Yet shall these our mouths extol thee.

Preserve us in the true path,
Grant everlasting freedom
To raise thy name in glory
Through our Christ Jesus. Amen.

2 Thessalonians 2: 3-8

Revelations 14: 6-8