| Eternal Father, strong to save,
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| Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
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| Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
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| Its own appointed limits keep;
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| Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
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| For those in peril on the sea!
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| O Christ! |
| Whose voice the waters heard
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| And hushed their raging at Thy word,
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| Who walked’st on the foaming deep,
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| And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
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| Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
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| For those in peril on the sea!
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| Most Holy Spirit! |
| Who didst brood
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| Upon the chaos dark and rude,
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| And bid its angry tumult cease,
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| And give, for wild confusion, peace;
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| Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
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| For those in peril on the sea!
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| O Trinity of love and power!
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| Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
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| From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
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| Protect them wheresoe’er they go;
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| Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
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| Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. |