O Lord Be, With Us When We Sail

 

VERSE 1

O Lord, be with us when we sail

Upon the lonely deep,

Our Guard, when on the silent deck

The midnight watch we keep.

 

VERSE 2

We need not fear, though all around

’Mid rising winds we hear

The multitude of waters surge;

For Thou, O God, art near.

 

VERSE 3

The calm, the breeze, the gale, the storm,

That pass from land to land,

All, all are Thine, are held within

The hollow of Thy hand.

 

VERSE 4

If duty calls from threatened strife

To guard our native shore,

And shot and shell are answering

The booming cannon’s roar,

 

VERSE 5

Be Thou the Mainguard of our host,

Till war and dangers cease;

Defend the right, put up the sword,

And through the world make peace.

 

VERSE 6

Across this troubled tide of life

Thyself our Pilot be,

Until we reach that better land,

The land that knows no sea.

 

VERSE 7

To Thee the Father, Thee the Son,

Whom earth and sky adore,

And Spirit moving on the deep,

Be praise forevermore.

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