The Day is Past and Over - #555 - John Mason Neale Translation

"The Day is Past and Over"
Translated by John M. Neale, 1818-1866

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 joys of day are over;
I lift my heart to Thee
And ask Thee that offenseless
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight
And guard me through the coming night.

3. The toils of day are over:
I raise the 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.

4. Lord, that in death I sleep not,
And lest my Foe should say
"I have prevailed against him,"
Lighten mine eyes, I pray.
O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight
And guard me through the coming night.

5. 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, oh, hear my call
And guard and save me from them all.

Hymn #555
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Ps. 13:3
Author: unknown, c. 600
Translated by: John M. Neale, 1853, alt
Titled: "Tehn hehmeran dielthohn"
Composer: Arthur H. Brown, 1862
Tune: "St. Anatolius"