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Fifth Sunday in Lent.

Almighty God, before Thy throne in penitence we kneel: with merciful glance us own; Thyself to us reveal. As ships upon a stormy sea require the helmsman’s hand, more tempesttossed now are we, oft wrecked on passion’s strand. Creation’s Lord, the stormy winds obey Thy sovereign power: govern the gales of our minds when passion’s surges tower. Guide us past ev-- ery dangerous rock we may approach too near; Save us from all adverse shock in every earthly fear. Great is Thy goodness, great Thy love: preserve us evermore, to praise Thee at home above and Christ our Lord adore.

1 Almighty God,
before Thy throne
in penitence we kneel:
with merciful glance us own;
Thyself to us reveal.
2 As ships upon
a stormy sea
require the helmsman’s hand,
more tempesttossed now are we,
oft wrecked on passion’s strand.
3 Creation’s Lord,
the stormy winds
obey Thy sovereign power:
govern the gales of our minds
when passion’s surges tower.
4 Guide us past ev--
ery dangerous rock
we may approach too near;
Save us from all adverse shock
in every earthly fear.
5 Great is Thy goodness, great Thy love:
preserve us evermore,
to praise Thee at home above
and Christ our Lord adore.

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Text attr. Eliza Humphreys,
ad. A. Coles
Tune O Traurigkeit
melody and bass Himmlischer Lieder, 1641, alt.;
harm. The Bach Chorale Book, 1922

Fifth Sunday in Lent.

We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.