God Save the King
God Save the King, eða God Save the Queen, er þjóðsöngur Breta.
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[breyta | breyta frumkóða]- 1. God save our gracious King,
- Long live our noble King,
- God save the King!
- Send him victorious,
- Happy and glorious,
- Long to reign over us;
- God save the King!
- 2. O Lord our God arise,
- Scatter her enemies
- And make them fall;
- Confound their politics,
- Frustrate their knavish tricks,
- On Thee our hopes we fix,
- God save us all!
- 3. Thy choicest gifts in store
- On him be pleased to pour;
- Long may he reign;
- May he defend our laws,
- And ever give us cause
- To sing with heart and voice,
- God save the King!
- 4. Not in this land alone,
- But be God's mercies known,
- From shore to shore!
- Lord make the nations see,
- That men should brothers be,
- And form one family,
- The wide world over.
- 5. From every latent foe,
- From the assassins blow,
- God save the King!
- O'er him thine arm extend,
- For Britain's sake defend,
- Our father, prince, and friend,
- God save the King!