For thy mercy and thy grace,

Faithful through another year,

Hear our song of thankfulness,

Father, and Redeemer, hear!

2 In our weakness and distress,

Rock of strength! be thou our stay!

In the pathless wilderness

Be our true and living way!

3 Who of us death’s awful road

In the coming year shall tread?

With thy rod and staff, O God!

Comfort thou his dying head!

4 Keep us faithful, keep us pure,

Keep us evermore thine own!

Help, O help us to endure!

Fit us for the promised crown!

5 So, within thy palace gate,

We shall praise, on golden strings,

Thee, the only Potentate,

Lord of lords, and King of kings!