ELHB Hymn 27
Lord of my life! O may Thy praise
Anne Steele (1760)
Hymn Text
27. Lord of my life! O may Thy praise
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1 Lord of my life! O may Thy praise
Employ my noblest powers;
Whose goodness lengthens out my days,
And fills the circling hours.
Employ my noblest powers;
Whose goodness lengthens out my days,
And fills the circling hours.
2 Preserved by Thine almighty arm,
I pass the shades of night,
Serene and safe from every harm,
And see returning light.
I pass the shades of night,
Serene and safe from every harm,
And see returning light.
3 When sleep, death's semblance, o'er me spread,
And I unconscious lay;
Thy watchful care was round my bed
To guard my feeble clay.
And I unconscious lay;
Thy watchful care was round my bed
To guard my feeble clay.
4 O let the same almighty care
My waking hours attend:
From every trespass, every snare,
My heedless steps defend.
My waking hours attend:
From every trespass, every snare,
My heedless steps defend.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #27