1. O Holy Ghost, eternal God,
   Thou Comfort on my weary road,
   With all my heart I pray to Thee:
   Hear my entreaty graciously.

2. Oh, be my Comfort and my Trust,
   Else in my sins despair I must;
   Defend me from the snares of hell,
   Grant that in Jesus Christ I dwell!

3. So shall I ever ready be
   To serve this Master faithfully
   And with a faith both true and pure
   Confess Him as my Savior sure.

4. Lead me upon the narrow way
   Lest from the Christian life I stray,
   That when this mortal frame I leave,
   Eternal joys I may receive.

O Heilger Geist, du ewger Gott
Barthold Helder, d. 1635
Tr. August Crull, alt.
Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1927, No. 251, alt.