"Herr, mach uns stark" (Lord, make us strong) is a Christian hymn in German with text by Anna Martina Gottschick written in 1972.
The hymn for the end of the church year is sung to the melody "Sine Nomine" by Ralph Vaughan Williams .
The first line is "Herr, mach uns stark im Mut, der dich bekennt" (Lord, make us strong in courage to confess you).
[5] Her concept had this description first, followed by three stanzas, all based on biblical motifs, that ended in a prayer for strength and courage to confess.
Gottschick wrote in a 1987 letter that she thought of the Ten virgins, to whom Nicolai's hymn "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" also refers, rather than of saints.