O Lord, the maker of all thing

General information

A translation of Te lucis ante terminum.

Settings by composers

• Anonymous SATB
• William Mundy SAATB

Text and translations

English text

1  O Lord, the maker of all thing,
We pray thee now in this evening
Us to defend through thy mercy
From all deceit of our enemy.
2  Let neither us deluded be,
Good Lord, with dream or fantasy;
Our hearts waking in thee thou keep
That we in sin fall not on sleep.
3  O Father, through thy blessed Son,
Grant us this our petition,
To whom, with the Holy Ghost always,
In heaven and earth be laud and praise.