If God Himself Be for Me by Paul Gerhardt (Tr. Richard Massie, 1857) Ro 8:31-39 O LIVING BREAD—Zinck, Koralbog, 1801 VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN—Melchior Teschner If God Himself Be for Me (or Ist Gott Fuer Mich, So Trete) 1 If God Himself be for me, I may a host defy; For when I pray, before me My foes, confounded, fly. If Christ, my Head and Master, Befriend me from above, What foe or what disaster Can drive me from His love? 2 This I believe, yea, rather, Of this I make my boast, That God