The day is past and over

The day is past and over;
All thanks, O God, to you!
We pray you that offenseless
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep us in your sight,
And guard us through the com----ing night.

The joys of day are over;
We lift our hearts to you,
And call on you that sinless
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, make their darkness light,
And guard us through the com----ing night.

Christ, 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 your sight,
And guard me through the com----ing night.

The toils of day are over;
We raise our hymn to you,
And ask that free from peril
The hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep us in your sight,
And guard us through the com----ing night.

Be you our souls' preserver,
O God, for you do know
How many are the perils
Through which we have to go.
O Jesus Christ, O hear our call
And guard and save us from-- them-- all.

Words: Unknown, probably 6th Century; trans. by John Mason Neale, 1853
Music: "Du Freidensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ," Bartholomaus Gesius, 1601; harm. by Johann Sebastian Bach