The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4616

4616. Now All the Woods Are Sleeping

1. Now all the woods are sleeping,
And night and stillness creeping
O’er city, man, and beast;
But thou, my heart, awake thee,
To prayer awhile betake thee,
And praise thy Maker ere thou rest.

2. My Jesus, stay Thou by me,
And let no foe come nigh me,
Safe sheltered by Thy wing;
But would the foe alarm me,
O let him never harm me,
But still Thine angels round me sing!

3. My loved ones, rest securely,
From every peril surely
Our God will guard your heads;
And happy slumbers send you,
And bid His hosts attend you,
And golden armed watched o’er your beds.

Text Information

• First Line: Now all the woods are sleeping
• Title: Now All the Woods Are Sleeping
• German Title: Nun ruhen alle Wälder
• Author: Paul Gerhardt (1648)
• Translator (from German): Catherine Winkworth
• Meter: 77.67.78
• Language: English
• Source: Lyra Germanica, second edition, 1856; Praxis Pietatis Melica>, 3rd edition, by Johann Crüger, 1648
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: INNSBRUCK
• Composer: Heinrich Isaac (1490)
• Adapter & Harmonizer: Jo­hann S. Bach
• Meter: 77.67.78
• Incipit: 31234 54334 55231
• Key: F Major
• Source: Pub­lished 1539
• Copyright: Public Domain