Your Love Defends Me – English Lyrics

• By: Matt Maher
• Album: Alive & Breathing

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the comforting message of “Your Love Defends Me” by Matt Maher, a song that teaches the importance of stillness and faith in God's protection. Learn about themes of trust, strength, and divine defense while enriching your understanding of Christian worship music.

[English]

You are my joy, You are my song

You are the well, the One I'm drawing from

You are my refuge, my whole life long

Where else would I go?

Surely my God is the strength of my soul

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

And when I feel like I'm all alone

Your love defends me

Your love defends me, yeah

...

Day after day, night after night

I will remember, You're with me in this fight

Although the battle, it rages on

The war is already won

I know the war is already won

Surely my God is the strength of my soul

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

And when I feel like I'm all alone

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

We sing, "Hallelujah"

You're my portion

My salvation

Hallelujah

Surely my God is the strength of my soul

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

And when I feel like I'm all alone

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

Surely my God is the strength of my soul

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

And when I feel like I'm all alone

Your love defends me

Your love defends me

We sing, "Hallelujah"

You're my portion

My salvation

Hallelujah

You're my portion

My salvation

Hallelujah

You're my portion

My salvation

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
joy /dʒɔɪ/ A2	noun - a feeling of great happiness
song /sɔːŋ/ A2	noun - a musical composition with lyrics
refuge /ˈrɛfjuːdʒ/ B1	noun - a safe place or shelter
strength /strɛŋkθ/ B1	noun - the quality of being strong
defend /dɪˈfɛnd/ B1	verb - to protect from attack or challenge
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without anyone else
battle /ˈbætəl/ B2	noun - a fight or conflict between armed forces
war /wɔːr/ B2	noun - a state of armed conflict between countries or groups
portion /ˈpɔːrʃən/ B2	noun - a part or share of a whole
salvation /sælˈveɪʃən/ C1	noun - deliverance from sin or danger
hallelujah /hælɪˈluːjə/ A1	interjection - an expression of praise or joy

Key Grammar Structures

• You are my joy, You are my song

  ➔ Present simple tense to state facts

  ➔ The sentence states a fact about the subject's identity

• Where else would I go?

  ➔ Conditional mood with 'would' to express hypothetical situations or possibilities

  ➔ It expresses a hypothetical or imagined question about alternatives

• Surely my God is the strength of my soul

  ➔ Use of 'surely' as an adverb of certainty

  ➔ It emphasizes the speaker's confidence or conviction

• Your love defends me

  ➔ Present simple tense with the transitive verb 'defend'

  ➔ Expresses a habitual or ongoing action of love's protection

• And when I feel like I'm all alone

  ➔ Use of 'feel like' to describe emotional state or perception

  ➔ It expresses the speaker's perception of their emotional state

• The war is already won

  ➔ Present perfect passive voice indicating completion

  ➔ Conveys that the war has been effectively resolved or finished

• Hallelujah

  ➔ Interjection used to express praise or joy

  ➔ An exclamatory word to show emotional praise or celebration