Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#446

446. 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 doth 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 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.

5 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!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God, Who madest earth and heaven
• Author: Heinrich Albert (1643)
• Translator: John Christian Jacobi (1720)
• Translator: Arthur Tozer Russell (1848)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Morning
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: GOTT DES HIMMELS
• Composer: Heinrich Albert (1642)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 7 7
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Public Domain.