{"slug": "a-mighty-fortress-is-our-god", "title": "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", "first_line": "A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never", "author": "martin-luther", "author_date": "1918", "translator": "frederic-henry-hedge", "translator_date": "1918", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Atonement", "Calmness", "Comfort", "Courage in Affliction"], "scripture": ["2 Samuel 22:2-3", "Psalm 18:1-2", "1 Corinthians 15:55-57", "Romans 8:37-39"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:127; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1918).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "a_mighty_fortress_is_our_god_a_bulwark", "total_instances": 740}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "A might -- y for -- tress is our God, a bul -- wark nev -- er fail -- ing; Our help -- er He, a -- mid the flood of mor -- tal ills pre -- vail -- ing: For still our an -- cient foe doth seek to work us woe; His craft and pow'r are great, and, armed with cru -- el hate, On earth is not his e -- qual.", "prose": ["A mighty fortress is our God,", "a bulwark never failing;", "Our helper He, amid the flood", "of mortal ills prevailing:", "For still our ancient foe", "doth seek to work us woe;", "His craft and pow'r are great,", "and, armed with cruel hate,", "On earth is not his equal."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Did we in our own strength con -- fide, our striv -- ing would be los -- ing; Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God's own choos -- ing: Dost ask who that may be? Christ Je -- sus, it is He; Lord Sa -- ba -- oth, His name, from age to age the same, And He must win the bat -- tle.", "prose": ["Did we in our own strength confide,", "our striving would be losing;", "Were not the right Man on our side,", "the Man of God's own choosing:", "Dost ask who that may be?", "Christ Jesus, it is He;", "Lord Sabaoth, His name,", "from age to age the same,", "And He must win the battle."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "And though this world, with dev -- ils filled, should threat -- en to un -- do us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to tri -- umph through us: The Prince of Dark -- ness grim, we trem -- ble not for him; His rage we can en -- dure, for lo, his doom is sure, One lit -- tle word shall fell him.", "prose": ["And though this world, with devils filled,", "should threaten to undo us,", "We will not fear, for God hath willed", "His truth to triumph through us:", "The Prince of Darkness grim,", "we tremble not for him;", "His rage we can endure,", "for lo, his doom is sure,", "One little word shall fell him."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "That word a -- bove all earth -- ly pow'rs, no thanks to them, a -- bid -- eth; The Spir -- it and the gifts are ours through Him who with us si -- deth: Let goods and kin -- dred go, this mor -- tal life al -- so; The bod -- y they may kill: God's truth a -- bid -- eth still, His king -- dom is for -- ev -- er.", "prose": ["That word above all earthly pow'rs,", "no thanks to them, abideth;", "The Spirit and the gifts are ours", "through Him who with us sideth:", "Let goods and kindred go,", "this mortal life also;", "The body they may kill:", "God's truth abideth still,", "His kingdom is forever."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}