News from the south and north, wars in the east and the west - what will the morning bring forth? Still must God's poor be oppressed? God calls the nations his own, God made the land and the sea; God rules the skies, and his throne stands, and for ever shall be. God is the Judge of us all; we only live by his breath: tyrants must come at his call, flatterers fail at their death. Which of these lords recognized God the once-visible Word? Praise be to God and his Christ! Praise where the Gospel is heard! Still must believers endure prison and burning and sword; still their refining is sure, finding their joy in their Lord, Knowing their God, they are strong; knowing their God, they resist: through pain and peril seem long, idols shall cease to exist. Are north and south still at war, east and west locked into strife? judge us and save us once more, Christ our Good News, and our Life!