We Gather Together to Ask the Lord's Blessing - Hymn Lyrics

1. We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to His name, He forgets not His own.

2. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning:
the Lord was at our side- the glory be Thine!

3. We all do extol Thee, Thou leader triumphant,
and pray that Thou still our defender wilt be.
Let Thy congregation escape tribulation;
Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!

Scripture; 

Numbers 6:24; 

Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 5:11

The hymn We Gather Together was written in 1597. It was originally a Dutch hymn titled Wilt Heden Nu Treden, created during a period of intense religious and political conflict. That year, the Dutch celebrated a significant victory over Spanish forces in the Battle of Turnhout, which bolstered their ongoing struggle for independence from Spanish rule.