Composed by Matthew Machemer. Choral. Octavo. With music. Concordia Publishing House #984353. Published by Concordia Publishing House (CR.984353).
ISBN 9780758668912. 7 X 10.25 inches.
Composed for Concordia University Chicago's celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, this setting for two-part voices and piano is characterized by soaring vocal lines and idiomatic piano writing. With text that is fresh and expressive, this anthem is appropriate not only for Reformation, but throughout the Church Year.
God is our refuge and strength! God is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble.
We will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved to the sea. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God. God is in her midst; she shall not be moved.
God is our refuge and strength! God is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble.
'Be still and know I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!'
Come behold the works of the Lord, the desolations He brings on the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress!
God is our refuge and strength! God is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble.
