Wach auf mein Herz! und singe.
1648. P. Gerhardt.
1722. J. C. Jacobi, a.
Moravian Hymn Book, #727
My soul, awake and render To God, thy great defender, The God of all the living, Thy prayer and thy thanksgiving. | When night had closed around me, The darkness helpless found me; But happy was my sleeping In his most gracious keeping. | With joy I still discover Thy light, O Lord, my Lover; My thanks shall be the spices Of morning sacrifices. | Be thou my only treasure, Fulfil in me thy pleasure, Thy word my spirit feeding, Thy light still onward leading. | Thy love, which once did find me, To thee shall ever bind me; My life to thee be tending Beginning, middle, ending. | |