<P> `` A Mighty Fortress Is Our God '' ( German : `` Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott '' ) is one of the best known hymns by the reformer Martin Luther , a prolific hymnodist . Luther wrote the words and composed the melody sometime between 1527 and 1529 . It has been translated into English at least seventy times and also into many other languages . The words are a paraphrase of Psalm 46 . </P>
<P> `` A Mighty Fortress Is Our God '' ( German : `` Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott '' ) is one of the best known hymns by the reformer Martin Luther , a prolific hymnodist . Luther wrote the words and composed the melody sometime between 1527 and 1529 . It has been translated into English at least seventy times and also into many other languages . The words are a paraphrase of Psalm 46 . </P>
who composed a mighty fortress is our god
who composed a mighty fortress is our god
Martin Luther
Martin Luther