5. Let not Thine angel leave me While here on earth I stay, Lest Satan’s arts deceive me And lead my soul astray. Then keep Thine angel near At night and each new morrow, Lest soul and body sorrow And, faltering, cost me dear. 6. God shall do my advising, Whose might with wisdom blends; May He bless rest and rising, My efforts, means, and ends! To God, forever blessed, Will I with mine confide me And willing let Him guide me As seemeth to Him best. 7. Amen! I say, not fearing That God rejects my prayer; I doubt not He is hearing And granting me His care. So I put forth my hands And look not long behind me, But ply the task assigned me By God as He commands. J. Mathesius, 1592. 23 8, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7 God, who madest earth and heaven, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; Who the day and night hast given, Sun and moon and starry host; Thou whose mighty hand sustains Earth and all that it 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 castaway. 5. Let my life and conversation Be directed by Thy Word; Lord, Thy constant preservation To Thine erring child afford; Nowhere 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, Oh, 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 wand’rer go, Till my final rest shall come And Thine angel bear me home. H. Albert, 1642; J. C. Jacobi and A. T. Russell, tr., a. 24 8, 8 How lovely now the morning star In twilight sky bright gleams afar While night her curtain raiseth! Each creature hails, with ravished sight, The glories of returning light And God, its Maker, praiseth. Both far And near, All things living Thanks are giving, There high soaring, Here through earth’s wide field adoring.