My God was with me all the night,
And gave me sweet repose;
My God did watch e'en while I slept,
Or I had ne'er arose. How many groaned, and wished for sleep
Until they wished for day,
Measuring slow hours by their quick pain,
While I securely lay! While I did sleep all dangers slept:
No thieves did me affright;
No evening wolves, those beasts of prey,
Disturbers of the night; No raging flames nor winds did rend
The house that I was in;
I heard no dreadful cries without,
No doleful groans within. Sweet rest hath gained to me that strength
Which labor did devour;
My body lay in weakness down,
It rises in new power. Now for the mercies of the night
My daily thanks I pay,
And unto Thee I dedicate
The first-fruits of the day. May this day praise thee, O my God,
And so let all my days;
And O may my eternal day
Be thine eternal praise.