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Mit deiner Huld und Güte, Als wie mit einem Wall, Umschirm, Herr, und behüte Mich und die Meinen all. Du bistʼs, deß wir uns trösten, Auch in der finstern Nacht: Vom Kleinsten bis zum Größten, O nimm uns All' in Acht! Als wie die Sterne droben Nun schimmern Bild an Bild, Sei über uns erhoben Dein Vaterauge mild! Und wie der Nachtwind gehet Erquickend durch das Thal, Sei Herz und Haus durchwehet Von deinem Geist zumal! Nimm's an auch, wenn wir danken, Wie's Jedes, Herr, vermag, Daß treu du ohne Wanken Uns bliebest Tag für Tag; Und laß nun unsern Schlummer In dir gesegnet sein, Laß' ohne Gram und Kummer Uns sehn den Morgenschein!
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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 239.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nachtgebet", appears in Liederbuch, in 3. Hauslieder, no. 268 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Geißler (1802 - 1868) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Nachtgebet", op. 157 no. 5 (1888) [ low voice and organ or piano ], from Sechs religiöse Gesänge, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Nachtgebet (in Abendgottesdienste)", op. 36 (Achtzehn leichte geistliche Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass zum Gebrauch in Kirche und Haus), Heft 2 no. 17, published 1885 [ satb quartet or chorus ], Dresden: Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Naggebed", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Prayer for the night", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Robert Schall
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 115
Lord, with your grace and goodness surround me like a wall, embrace and keep me safely, and my beloved all. With you, Lord, we find comfort, ev’n in the bleakest night, the strongest, like the weakest, we ask, hold in your sight: Just how the stars above us now glitter in the sky, keep you, Lord, now above us your gentle father’s-eye. And as the night’s wind rushes refreshing through the vale, may heart and home be filled with your spirit’s healing gale. Accept it when we thank you in our imperfect ways, that you, who never falters, stayed with us all our days. Send down upon our slumber your blessings like the dew, then, joyfully tomorrow, we see Your light anew!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nachtgebet", appears in Liederbuch, in 3. Hauslieder, no. 268
This text was added to the website: 2017-02-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 122