God is our refuge and defense, whose shield and weapons round us, ensure our safe deliverance from evils that confound us. The old foe still intends to gain his ruthless ends; determines on his course and armed with cunning force; on earth he has no equal. Though we may strive with all our might, we face complete destruction; the one true man takes up our fight, whom God himself has chosen. You ask us, 'Who is this?' Why, Jesus Christ, who is the Lord of hosts' own son, our God, the only one who triumphs in the battle. If devils lurked on every side, all eager to devour us, we still should not be terrified: they cannot over-power us! The peevish Prince of lies, however hard he tries, is impotent to hurt and has his just desert: the slightest word can fell him. They must allow God's word to stand, and fall inert before it. We trust the issue to his hand, who gives us his own Spirit. And though they take away all we hold dear today, wealth, honor, life or kin, we know they cannot win: the Kingdom shall not fail us.