The Hymnbook ‎#514

514. God Bless Our Native Land

1 God bless our native land;
Firm may she ever stand
Through storm and night:
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Do Thou our country save
By Thy great might.

2 For her our prayer shall rise
To God above the skies;
On Him we wait;
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,
God save the State!

3 Not for this land alone,
But be God's mercies shown
From shore to shore;
And may the nations see
That men should brothers be,
And form one family
The wide world o'er.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God bless our native land
• Title: God Bless Our Native Land
• Author: Siegfired A. Mahlmann (Stanzas 1, 2) (1815)
• Author: Wiliam E. Hickson (Stanza 3) (1836)
• Translator: Charles T. Brooks (c. 1845)
• Translator: John S. Dwight (c. 1845)
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Psalm 33:12
  ;
  Psalm 137:5-6
• Topic: Brotherhood; God: Protection; Nation, The; Patriotism; Peace on Earth; Kingdom of God on Earth, The: Nation, The

Tune Information

• Name: AMERICA
• Meter: 6. 6. 4. 6. 6. 6. 4.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Thesaurus Musicus, 1740
• Notes: This hymn may be sung to the tune "America," above.