I Rest on You, My Shield (We rest on Thee)

Author: Edith Cherry (Alt & Mod. R.Mc.)
Tune: Finlandia (Still in copyright)

I rest on You, my shield and my defender!
I go not forth alone against the foe;
Strong in Your strength, safe in Your keeping tender,
I rest on You, and in Your name I’ll go.
Strong in Your strength, safe in Your keeping tender,
I rest on You, and in Your name I’ll go.

Yes, in Your name, O Captain of salvation!
In Your dear name, all other names above;
Jesus my righteousness, my sure foundation,
My prince of glory and my king of love.
Jesus my righteousness, my sure foundation,
My prince of glory and my king of love.

I go in faith, my own great weakness feeling,
And needing more each day Your grace to know:
Yet from my heart a song of triumph pealing,
I rest on You, and in Your name I’ll go.
Yet from my heart a song of triumph pealing,
I rest on You, and in Your name I’ll go.

I rest on You, my shield and our defender!
Yours is the battle, Yours shall be the praise;
When passing through the gates of pearly splendour,
Victors, I’ll rest with You, through endless days.
When passing through the gates of pearly splendour,
Victors, I’ll rest with You, through endless days.


Sheet music cannot be downloaded as Finlandia is still in copyright

Original Words

We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender!
We go not forth alone against the foe;
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.

Yes, in Thy name, O Captain of salvation!
In Thy dear name, all other names above;
Jesus our righteousness, our sure foundation,
Our prince of glory and our king of love.
Jesus our righteousness, our sure foundation,
Our prince of glory and our king of love.

We go in faith, our own great weakness feeling,
And needing more each day Thy grace to know:
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.

We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender!
Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise;
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,
Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,

Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.


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