Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#215

215. Evening and morning

1 Evening and morning,
Sunset and dawning,
Wealth, peace, and gladness,
Comfort in sadness,
These are thy works; all the glory be thine!
Times without number,
Awake or in slumber,
Thine eye observes us,
From danger preserves us,
Causing thy mercy upon us to shine.

2 Father, O hear me,
Pardon and spare me;
Calm all my terrors,
Blot out my errors,
That by thine eyes they may no more be scanned.
Order my goings,
Direct all my doings;
As it may please thee
Retain or release me;
All I commit to thy fatherly hand.

3 Griefs of God's sending
Soon have an ending;
Clouds may be pouring,
Wind and wave roaring;
Sunshine will come when the tempest has past.
Joys still increasing
And peace never ceasing,
Fountains that dry not
And roses that die not,
Blooming in Eden, await me at last.

Text Information

• First Line: Evening and morning
• Translator: Richard Massie, 1800 - 87
• Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607 - 76
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church: Worship - Morning; The Church : Worship - The Day's Work

Tune Information

• Name: DIE GULDNE SONNE
• Composer: Johann Georg Ebeling, 1637 - 76
• Meter: 5 5, 5 5, 10, 5 6, 5 6, 10.
• Key: F Major