Wor gud är oss een weldigh borg
The Fortress of God
God is established as the believer's shield and defense against the overwhelming power of the enemy.
Our God is a mighty fortress for us; he is our shield and defense. He helps us out of the trouble and sorrow that threaten to overwhelm us here. Our bitter enemy is fiercely hostile toward us; he lacks neither power nor cunning, and on earth he has no equal.
The Champion's Victory
Christ enters the battle on behalf of humanity, securing victory where human strength fails.
Our own strength was too weak here—we had to learn that for ourselves. So Christ, the noble champion, went into battle for us. The Lord of hosts showed us his goodness: the valiant champion who gave us courage won the victory and the honor.
The Judgment of the World
The prince of this world is rendered powerless because his judgment has already been decreed by God.
Even if the whole world turned against us and tried to cast us down, its assault would still fail, no matter how fiercely it rushed upon us. Let this world’s prince do all he can: his destructive designs will have no power, for his judgment has already been pronounced.
The Eternal Kingdom
Believers remain secure in God's kingdom, even if they lose their earthly possessions and lives.
They must leave us in peace, no matter what they sing or shout, because God's Son has come down here and shelters us beneath his wing. Even if they take our goods and our lives, let it all go—they gain little by it; we will still keep God's kingdom.c11
Read the original Latin
WOr gud är oss een weldigh borg/ han är wor sköld och weria/ han hielper oss aff nödh och sorg/ som oss wil her besneria/ wor fiende besk/ är oss så hesk/ på mact och list/ haffuer han ey brist/ på iorden är ey hans lijke
Wor eghen mact war her förswag/ thet moste wij sielffue röna/ ty gick for oss til thetta slagh/ Christus then kempen sköne/ herren zebaoth/ bewijste oss gott/ then kempen godh/ som gaff oss modh/ han wan seegher och äro.
Wore oss än hela werlden gram/ och wille j grund nidh kasta/ thet vpsååt scal doch ey gå fram/ ee huru hon sich kan hasta/ hennes forman/ göre hwad han kan/ hans skadelig act/ får doch ey mact/ han haffuer sin dom alt funnit
The moste låta oss med fridh/ ee hwad the siunga eller springa/ ty gudz son är kommen her nidh/ och skyler oss vnder sin winga/ röffua the oss ifrå/ wort gorz lijff ock så/ haffue sich thet bortt/ the winna ey stort/ gudz rike wij wel behalle
Notes
- 1 ↩Literally “sing or leap”; the paired verbs appear to describe the enemies’ noisy or defiant activity, rendered here as “sing or shout.”
Early Swedish Hymns companion
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