Lyrics: When the enemy comes in a-roaring like a flood Coveting the kingdom and hungering for blood The Lord will raise a standard up and lead His people on The Lord of Hosts will go before defeating every foe; defeating every foe For the Lord is our defense, Jesu (Yesu) defend us; for the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend. Some men trust in chariots, and some trust in the horse But we will depend upon the Name of Christ our Lord The Lord has made my hands to war and my fingers to fight The Lord lays low our enemies and raises us upright; He raises us upright For the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend us; for the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend. Thousands fall at my left hand, ten thousand to the right, But He will defend us from the arrow in the night Protect us from the terrors of the teeth of the devourer Imbue us with your Spirit, Lord, encompass us with power; encompass us with power. For the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend us; for the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend.
So blessed to start worshiping on the Lords day with Christ Covenant Church! Can't wait for Psalm singing with the saints glorifying our victorious Savior and King!
Saint Alfred the Great was not a Papist and the church of the Roman Popes did not exist in St. Alfred’s time. Prior to the Papist heresies in that culminated in the church of the Roman Popes splitting from the other Four Ancient Sees in the Great Schism of AD 1054 the churches in Western Europe and especially the British Isles did not practice or believe in Papist nonsense like Papal Infallibility, Papal Supremacy and Papal indefectibility. They didn’t believe in Purgatory, the immaculate conception of Mary nor would they use the Papist filioque clause in the Creed and the Vatican I and Vatican II dogmas and liturgies would have been totally alien to him. The church of the Roman Popes in its current form didn’t exist until after 1054 AD, although it’s tyrannical and heretical corruption had begun to fester in the west the theology in England at the time was solidly Orthodox Christian as is still practiced in what is now known as the Eastern Orthodox Church until at least AD 1066.
@@christcovenantcentralia as a English lad and a yorkshire man from sheffield I speak on behalf of many English good on you if our former king inspired you then if you are happy we are happy :)
Wes hāl, Ælfred Cyning! Hail, King Alfred! Excellent job on this song, though I think 'Jesu' should be pronounced 'Yesu' as that is how it was said in Old English
@@giw_jones Depends on where you're from, in the East of England you're more likely to be more Germanic. But that aside our entire culture and identity as English people is based on the Anglo-Saxons not Celts.
And to add to travismackiddie9317 - the 's' at the end of Jesus comes from the nominative form of the name in Greek. In non-nominative cases the final 's' isn't there. Quite a few older songs use Jesu. It would be interesting to know when Jesu became rare.
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ALFRED THE GREAT FIRST KING OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY
Nah Athelstan has that title!
@@iainhughes6637Alfred Walked so that Athelstan could run
@@iainhughes6637 Alfred is the reason there is an England.
@@iainhughes6637nah. Alfred was the first to call himself king of the English. Aethelstan was first king of the land though
@@holyromanempireball465 🤣
Lyrics:
When the enemy comes in a-roaring like a flood
Coveting the kingdom and hungering for blood
The Lord will raise a standard up and lead His people on
The Lord of Hosts will go before defeating every foe;
defeating every foe
For the Lord is our defense, Jesu (Yesu) defend us;
for the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend.
Some men trust in chariots, and some trust in the horse
But we will depend upon the Name of Christ our Lord
The Lord has made my hands to war and my fingers to fight
The Lord lays low our enemies and raises us upright;
He raises us upright
For the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend us;
for the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend.
Thousands fall at my left hand, ten thousand to the right,
But He will defend us from the arrow in the night
Protect us from the terrors of the teeth of the devourer
Imbue us with your Spirit, Lord, encompass us with power;
encompass us with power.
For the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend us;
for the Lord is our defense, Jesu defend.
Thank you.😊. Could you link me to the lyrics so I could copy & paste please?
Thanks
King Alfred glorified his God, God Almighty the one and only true living God, through Our Lord and Christ Jesus, God save the King.
So blessed to start worshiping on the Lords day with Christ Covenant Church! Can't wait for Psalm singing with the saints glorifying our victorious Savior and King!
Beautiful
Alfred the Great king of the Anglo Saxon aka the English 🏴❤️⚔️
Now that is great!
Average presbyterian sunday school
Ironic since Alfred was Roman Catholic
Catholics are so bitter all the time
More accurately he was a Nicene Christian as by this time the west and east were one church.
Saint Alfred the Great was not a Papist and the church of the Roman Popes did not exist in St. Alfred’s time. Prior to the Papist heresies in that culminated in the church of the Roman Popes splitting from the other Four Ancient Sees in the Great Schism of AD 1054 the churches in Western Europe and especially the British Isles did not practice or believe in Papist nonsense like Papal Infallibility, Papal Supremacy and Papal indefectibility. They didn’t believe in Purgatory, the immaculate conception of Mary nor would they use the Papist filioque clause in the Creed and the Vatican I and Vatican II dogmas and liturgies would have been totally alien to him. The church of the Roman Popes in its current form didn’t exist until after 1054 AD, although it’s tyrannical and heretical corruption had begun to fester in the west the theology in England at the time was solidly Orthodox Christian as is still practiced in what is now known as the Eastern Orthodox Church until at least AD 1066.
It goes hard tbf
Where can I find the chord chart and strumming/plucking pattern? Greetings from CREC in Chicago!
A minor point: he's not your king Alfred, he's ours 😊
we've appropriated him.
@@christcovenantcentralia as a English lad and a yorkshire man from sheffield I speak on behalf of many English good on you if our former king inspired you then if you are happy we are happy :)
Wes hāl, Ælfred Cyning!
Hail, King Alfred!
Excellent job on this song, though I think 'Jesu' should be pronounced 'Yesu' as that is how it was said in Old English
Stirs my Celtic heart✝️💔
This has nothing to do with the Celts.
@@fyrdman2185 Anglo-Saxon's average ~40 British DNA, you're incorrect.
@@giw_jones Depends on where you're from, in the East of England you're more likely to be more Germanic. But that aside our entire culture and identity as English people is based on the Anglo-Saxons not Celts.
@@fyrdman2185 In Isaac will they be called, Isaac sons, Saxons.
@@fyrdman2185 cope harder
AMEN!!!
Awesome!!
This text is legendary! Does anyone know the source text of this hymn?
Why "Jesu"? Is this Latin? or celtic? The pronunciation "Yesu" is same as Mandarin Chinese for Jesus.
a lot of languages have a similar pronounciation. Iesu would be a typical rendering from the Greek. J is not an old letter.
And to add to travismackiddie9317 - the 's' at the end of Jesus comes from the nominative form of the name in Greek. In non-nominative cases the final 's' isn't there. Quite a few older songs use Jesu. It would be interesting to know when Jesu became rare.
Jesu is the vocative case
Chords? God bless
Hmmm, interesting?
"Our very own Alfred the Great", is he a member of your congregation? Is that why the Brits can't find his burial spot?
I'm happy to share with our American cousins 🤷♀️
In Isaac will they be called, Isaac sons, Saxons.
Amen!