Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#108

108. Patrick's Evening Hymn

1. Son of the living God,
Set angels by our head,
To guard the sleep, the holy rest
We take in haloed bed.

2. Oh, may they there reveal
True visions to our sleep,
High Prince above the Universe
Who dost all myst'ry keep.

3. Oh, may no fiend, nor ill,
Nor dream with terror fraught
Come to disturb the swift repose
We have so willing sought.

4. Our vigils sanctify,
Our labors holy keep,
And all unhindered be our rest,
With fair, unbroken sleep.

Text Information

• First Line: Son of the living God
• Title: Patrick's Evening Hymn
• Irish Title: Tórramat do nóebaingil
• Translator: Shane Leslie
• Meter: 6.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 121:3-4
• Topic: Lent: Patrick of Ireland
• Notes: 10th century Irish text from Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, MS 5100–5104 (1630), tr. by Shane Leslie for the Armagh Hymnal (1915).

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AUDOËN
• Composer: Robert Prescott Stewart (1873)
• Meter: 6.6.8.6
• Incipit: 35432 1
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune ST. AUDOËN by Irish organist-composer Robert Prescott Stewart, from the Irish Church Hymnal (1873).