Text: Nahum 1
Hymn: 666, O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe
Kretzmann Commentary: Nahum
Bonus Bumper: Nineveh
Behold, the feet of him that brings good news and publishes peace! God will break the yoke of sin, death, and the devil off our backs. What a fierce God we have on our side. All that wrath that we deserve is abated on the cross.
The number may be a little scary, but the hymn is wonderfully strong and comforting. Pr. Lehmann informed me that Gustavus Adolphus and his army sang this hymn “while riding into battle on the day that he gave his life to save the Reformation.”
Setting from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission.
O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe
- O little flock, fear not the Foe
Who madly seeks your overthrow;
Dread not his rage and pow’r.
And though your courage sometimes faints,
His seeming triumph o’er God’s saints
Lasts but a little hour. - Be of good cheer; your cause belongs
To Him who can avenge your wrongs;
Leave it to Him, our Lord.
Though hidden yet from mortal eyes,
His Gideon shall for you arise,
Uphold you and His Word. - As true as God’s own Word is true.
Not earth nor hell’s Satanic crew
Against us shall prevail.
Their might, A joke, a mere facade!
God is with us, and we with God–
Our vict’ry cannot fail. - Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer;
Great Captain, now Thine arm make bare,
Fight for us once again!
So shall Thy saints and martyrs raise
A mighty chorus to Thy praise
Forevermore. Amen.
