Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm has bound the restless wave,
Who bade the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea.
O Savior, whose almighty word,
The wind and waves submissive heard,
Who walked upon the foaming deep,
And calm amidst rage did sleep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea.
O Holy Spirit, Who did brood
Upon the chaos wild and rude,
And bade its angry tumult cease,
And gave, for fierce confusion, peace:
O hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea.
O Trinity of love and power,
All travelers guard in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad praise from air and land and sea.