God, that madest earth and heaven
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General information
Lyricist: Reginald Heber
Settings by composers
- Joseph Barnby SATB
- Dudley Buck SATB (Uses text in square brackets)
- George Whitefield Chadwick SATB (Uses text in square brackets)
- Traditional Welsh tune SATB
Texts and Translations
English text
1 God, that[who] madest earth and heaven,
darkness and light;
who the day for toil hast given,
for rest the night;
may thine angel guards defend us,
slumber sweet thy mercy send us;
holy dreams and hopes attend us,
all through the night[this livelong night].
2 Guard us waking, guard us sleeping,
and when we die,
may we in thy mighty keeping
all peaceful lie;
when the last dread call shall wake us,
do not thou, our God, forsake us,
but to reign in glory take us
with Thee on high.