1. Night is upon us,
   Wakeful labor ceases;
   God guards the pious,
   Even as He pleases;
   Our rest we render
   To His care most tender,
   He our Defender.

2. Drive, Lord, far from us
   All the unclean spirits;
   Hold Thou the night-watch,
   Be Thou ever near us;
   Shield body and soul,
   ’Neath Thy wings keep us well,
   Send us Thine angel.

3. Let pious thoughts be
   Ours when sleep o’ertakes us,
   Our earliest thoughts be
   Thine when morning wakes us;
   All day serve Thee, in
   All that we are doing
   Thy praise pursuing.

4. Through Thy Beloved
   Soothe the sick and weeping,
   And bid the captive
   Lose his griefs in sleeping;
   Widows and orphans,
   We to Thee commend them,
   Do Thou befriend them.

5. We have no refuge,
   None on earth to aid us,
   Save Thee, O Father,
   Who Thine own hast made us;
   But Thy dear presence
   Will not leave them lonely
   Who seek Thee only.

6. Father, Thy name by
   Us be praised and cherished,
   Thy kingdom come, Thy
   Will be well established,
   Give bread, forgive sin,
   Turn from us temptation,
   O save us, Amen.

Die Nacht ist kommen
Petrus Herbert, 1566
Sts. 1–2, 6, tr. Christopher J. Neuendorf, 2015
Sts. 3–5, tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1863, alt.
Source: Sts. 3–5, Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1930, alt.