For the strength of the hills

For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God, our father’s God
Thou hast made Thy children mighty,
By the touch of the mountain sod
Thou hast led Thy chosen Israel
To freedom’s last abode—

Refrain.
For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God, our father’s God.

At the hands of the foul oppressors,
We’ve borne and suffered long
Thou hast been our help in weakness,
And Thy pow’r hath made us strong
’Mid ruthless foes, outnumered,
In weariness we trod

Thou hast led us here in safety,
Where the mountain bulwark stands,
As the guardian of the loved ones
Thou hast brought from many lands
For the rock and for the river,
The valley’s fertile sod

For the shadow of Thy presence,
Our camp of rock o’erspread
For the canyon’s rugged defiles,
And the beetling crags o’erhead
For the snows and for the torrents,
And for our burial sod