O Savior, Lord, to Thee We Pray

lyricist: 12th Century Latin
Composer: William Knapp, 1738

O Sav­ior

Lord

to Thee we pray

Whose love has kept us safe to­day

Protect us through the com­ing night

And ev­er save us by Thy might.

Be with us now

in mer­cy nigh

And spare Thy serv­ants when they cry;

Our sins blot out

our pray­ers re­ceive

Thy light through­out our dark­ness give.

Let not dull sleep the soul op­press

Nor secret foe the heart pos­sess;

Our flesh keep chaste

that it may be

A ho­ly tem­ple meet for Thee.

To Thee

who dost our hearts re­new

With fer­vent pray­er we hum­bly sue

That pure in thought and free from stain

We from our beds may rise again.

All praise to God the Fa­ther be

All praise

eter­nal Son

to Thee

Whom with the Spir­it we ad­ore

Forever and for­ev­er­more.

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