1. O God, Thou faithful God,
   Thou Fountain ever flowing,
   Who good and perfect gifts
   In mercy art bestowing,
   Give me a healthy frame,
   And may I have within
   A conscience free from blame,
   A soul unhurt by sin!

2. Grant Thou me strength to do,
   With ready heart and willing
   Whate’er Thou shalt command,
   My calling here fulfilling;
   To do it when I ought,
   With all my might, and bless
   The work I thus have wrought,
   For Thou must give success.

3. O let me never speak
   What bounds of truth exceedeth;
   Grant that no idle word
   From out my mouth proceedeth;
   And then, when in my place
   I must and ought to speak,
   My words grant pow’r and grace
   Lest I offend the weak.

4. If dangers gather round,
   Still keep me calm and fearless;
   Help me to bear the cross
   When life is dark and cheerless;
   And let me win my foe
   With words and actions kind.
   When counsel I would know,
   Good counsel let me find.

5. And let me with all men,
   As far as in me lieth,
   In peace and friendship live.
   And if Thy gift supplieth
   Great wealth and honor fair,
   Then this refuse me not,
   That naught be mingled there
   Of goods unjustly got.

6. If Thou a longer life
   Hast here on earth decreed me;
   If Thou through many ills
   To age at length wilt lead me,
   Thy patience on me shed.
   Avert all sin and shame
   And crown my hoary head
   With honor free from blame.

7. Let me depart this life
   Confiding in my Savior;
   Do Thou my soul receive
   That it may live forever;
   And let my body have
   A quiet resting-place
   Within a Christian grave;
   And let it sleep in peace.

8. And on that solemn Day
   When all the dead are waking,
   Stretch o’er my grave Thy hand,
   Thyself my slumbers breaking.
   Then let me hear Thy voice,
   Change Thou this earthly frame,
   And bid me aye rejoice
   With those who love Thy name.

O Gott, du frommer Gott
Johann Herrmann, 1630
Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858, alt.
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, No. 395