1 The day is past and over;
All thanks, O Lord, to Thee!
I pray Thee now that sinless
The hours of dark may be,
O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight,
And save me through the coming night!

2 The toils of day are over:
I lift my hymn to Thee;
And ask that free from peril
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, make their darkness light,
And guard me through the coming night!

3 Be Thou my soul’s preserver,
O God! for Thou dost know
How many are the perils
Through which I have to go.
Lover of men, O hear my call,
And guard and save me from them all!