A sure foundation - Luther, Martin

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⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre → Motet

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate (Grade 3-4)

↕ Range E2 – C5

¶ Language → English

Measures 19

Texture mixed texture

Parts 2

Instruments SATB

Pages 1

CPDL # 71479

Editor Stuart Moffatt

Posted 2022-11-08

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

S&A

G3 – C5

T&B

E2 – E4

¶Lyrics / Text

A sure foundation God has laid On which he builds the church of Christ. The prophets and the apostles His word have laid before us all. His word declares the truth: One man for us has come, The real man of God And God’s anointed one. Jesus of this man is the name. Jesus the great defender came To claim his people as his own. Once bound they were by sin’s strong power He saves them in his darkest hour. When Satan did his worst On the cross was he cursed To break the power of sin And then to enter in The kingdom which he had been given. Jesus, the man, with troubled heart Was vexed by Satan’s cunning art, But Jesus failed not to perform The task for which he had been born. The Father saw the Son, The obedient One, With his work was he pleased God’s wrath it was appeased, His people then stood justified. Jesus now sits at God’s right hand From which he shall to judgement come. He is the Lord of every man Whate’er of ill or good they’ve done. They all shall bow the knee; Confess Jesus is Lord. The righteous he shall take, The wicked he forsake, His justice seen on Jesus’s stake. In Jesus Christ God’s glory shines And shine it will for evermore. His people a kingdom of priests Shall sing his praise and him adore. This is the gift of Christ Who purchased by his blood, The real Lamb of God Who took away their sins, The One Lord Jesus whom they love. The sure foundation which God laid Is where he builds his dwelling place. His people safely gathered in There offer him their songs of praise. Nothing is there to harm For all is peace and calm; A world of love prepared For those for whom he died, And Jesus is their good Shepherd.