1. God bless our native land!
Firm may she ever stand
Thro' storm and night!
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave
Do Thou our country save
By Thy great might.
2. For her our prayer shall rise
To God above the skies;
On Him we wait.
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,
God save the State! Amen.
Hymn #577 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
Text: Romans 13:1-7
Author: Charles T. Brooks, 1834
Recast by: John S. Dwight, 1844
Tune: "America"
1st Published in: _Thesaurus Musicus_, 1740