My Inmost Heart Now Raises

My in­most heart now rais­es

In this fair morn­ing hour

A song of thank­ful prais­es

To Thine al­migh­ty pow­er;

O God

up­on Thy throne

To hon­or and ad­ore Thee

I bring my praise be­fore Thee

Through Christ

Thine on­ly Son.

For Thou from me hast ward­ed

All per­ils of the night;

From ev­ery harm hast guard­ed

My soul till morn­ing’s light;

To Thee I hum­bly cry

O Sav­ior

have com­pass­ion

And par­don my trans­gress­ion;

Have mer­cy

Lord most high!

And shield me from all ev­il

O gra­cious God

this day

From sin

and from the dev­il

From shame and from dis­may.

From fire’s con­sum­ing breath

From wa­ter’s de­vas­ta­tion

From need and con­ster­na­tion

From ev­il sudd­en death.

Let not Thine an­gel leave me

While here on earth I stay

Lest Sa­tan’s arts de­ceive me

And lead my soul as­tray.

Then keep Thine an­gel near

At night and each new mor­row

Lest soul and body sor­row

And fal­ter­ing cost me dear.

Amen! I say

not fear­ing

That God re­jects my pray­er

I doubt not He is hear­ing

And grant­ing me His care;

And so I go my way

And do not look be­hind me

But ply the task as­signed me

God’s help shall be my stay.