E-ter-nal Fa-ther, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bind the rest-less wave,
Who bidd'st the might-y o-cean deep
Its own ap-point-ed lim-its keep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in per-il on the sea.
O Sav-ior, whose al-might-y word
The winds and waves sub-mis-sive heard,
Who walk-edst on the foam-ing deep
And calm a-mid its rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in per-il on the sea.
O sa-cred Spir-it, who didst brood
Up-on the cha-os dark and rude,
Who badd'st its an-gry tu-mult cease,
And gav-est light and life and peace:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in per-il on the sea.
O Trin-i-ty of love and power,
Our breth-ren shield in dan-ger's hour;
From rock and tem-pest, fire and foe,
Pro-tect them where-so-e'er they go;
And ev-er let there rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.