The Day Is Passed and Over

The day is past and over;
All thanks, O Lord, to Thee!
We pray Thee that offenseless
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep us in Thy sight,
And guard us through the coming night.

The joys of day are over;
We lift our hearts to Thee,
And call on Thee that sinless
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, make their darkness light,
And save me through the coming night.

Lord, that in death I sleep not,
And lest my foe should say,
I have prevailed against him,
Lighten mine eyes, I pray:
O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

The toils of day are over;
We raise our hymn to Thee,
And ask that free from peril
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

Lighten mine eyes, O Saviour
Or sleep in death shall I,
And he, my wakeful tempter,
Triumphantly shall cry,
"He could not make their darkness light,
Nor guard them through the hours of night."

Be Thou my soul's Preserver,
O God, for Thou dost know
How many are the perils
Through which we have to go.
Lover of men, O hear our call
And guard and save us from them all.

MIDI sequence copyright © 2003 Brian M. Ames.