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All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night

Tune: Tallis` Canon · Meter 8 8 8 8

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1 All praise to Thee, my God, this night, For all the blessings of the light! Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, Beneath Thine own almighty wings.

2 Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done, That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

3 Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the judgment day.

4 O may my soul on Thee repose, And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close, Sleep that may me more vig'rous make To serve my God when I awake.

5 When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply; Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No pow'rs of darkness me molest.

Words: Thomas Ken (1637–1711)
Music: Thomas Tallis (1505–1585); setting by unknown
Scripture: Ps 17:8, Ps 92:1-2, Ps 4:8, Ps 91:1-16
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.