Safe upon the Billowy Deep

Safe upon the bil­lowy deep

Loving Lord

Thy serv­ants keep

Helpless

trust­ing pil­grims they

Guard them on their wa­te­ry way.

In the morn­ing fill their sails

’Mid the dark send fa­vor­ing gales;

If their sky be ov­er­cast

Calm the waves

and still the blast.

Let Thy sun­shine guide by day;

Send at eve the star­ry ray

Through the watch­es of the night

Be Thou

Lord

their shin­ing Light.

Thus

as hour by hour rolls by

Watch them with Thy sleep­less eye:

Guide with Thine al­migh­ty hand

Safe un­to the hav­en land.

And at last

life’s voy­age o’er

Take us to the heav­en­ly shore

Safe in port

to dwell with Thee

Where there shall be no more sea.