God, that madest earth and heaven

General information

Lyricist: Reginald Heber

Settings by composers

• Joseph Barnby SATB
• Dudley Buck SATB (Uses text in square brackets)
• George Whitefield Chadwick SATB (Uses text in square brackets)
• Traditional Welsh tune SATB

Texts and Translations

English text

1  God, that[who] madest earth and heaven,
darkness and light;
who the day for toil hast given,
for rest the night;
may thine angel guards defend us,
slumber sweet thy mercy send us;
holy dreams and hopes attend us,
all through the night[this livelong night].

2  Guard us waking, guard us sleeping,
and when we die,
may we in thy mighty keeping
all peaceful lie;
when the last dread call shall wake us,
do not thou, our God, forsake us,
but to reign in glory take us
with Thee on high.