Church Book ‎#511

511. God who madest earth and heaven

1 God who madest earth and heaven,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Who the day and night hast given,
Sun and moon and starry host,
Those whose mighty hand sustains
Earth and all that she contains:

2 Praise to Thee my soul shall render,
Who this night hast guarded me;
My omnipotent Defender,
Who from ill dost set me free;
Free from danger, anguish, woe,
Free from the infernal foe.

3 Let the night of my transgression
With night's darkness pass away:
Jesus, into Thy possession
I resign myself to-day.
In Thy wounds I find relief
From my greatest sin and grief.

4 Grant that I may rise this morning,
From the lethargy of sin;
So my soul, through Thy adorning,
Shall be glorious within;
And I at the judgment day
Shall not be a cast-away.

5 Let my life and conversation
Be directed by Thy Word;
Lord, Thy constant preservation
To thy erring child afford.
No where but alone in Thee
From all harm can I be free.

6 Wholly to Thy blest protection
I commit my heart and mind.
Mighty God! to Thy direction
Wholly may I be resigned.
Lord, my Shield, my Light divine,
O accept, and own me Thine!

7 Lord, to me Thine angel sending,
Keep me from the subtle foe;
From his craft and might defending,
Never let Thy wanderer go,
Till my final rest be come,
And Thine angel bear me home.

Text Information

• First Line: God who madest earth and heaven
• German Title: Gott des himmels und der Erden
• Translator: Arthur Tozer Russell (1848)
• Translator: John Christian Jacobi (1722)
• Author: Henri Alberti (1651)
• Meter: 8, 7, 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Morning
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: GOTT DES HIMMELS U. DER ERDEN
• Meter: 8, 7, 7.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: H. Albert, 1643