Christian Worship (1993) ‎#472

472. Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray

1 Rise, my soul, to watch and pray;
From your sleep awaken!
Be not by the evil day
Unawares o'ertaken.
For the foe, Well we know,
Is a harvest reaping
While the saints are sleeping.

2 Watch! Let not the wicked world
With its lies defeat you
Lest with bold deceptions hurled
It betray and cheat you.
Watch and see Lest there be
Faithless friends to charm you
Who but seek to harm you.

3 Watch against yourself, my soul,
Lest with grace you trifle;
Let not self your thoughts control
Nor God's mercy stifle.
Pride and sin Lurk within,
All your hopes to shatter;
Heed not when they flatter.

4 But while watching also pray
To the Lord unceasing.
God protects you day by day,
Strength and faith increasing,
So that still Mind and will
Shall unite to serve him
And forever love him.

Text Information

• First Line: Rise, my soul, to watch and pray
• Title: Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
• Author: Johann B. Freystein, 1671-1718 (abr.)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt.)
• Meter: 76 76 33 66
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Commitment

Tune Information

• Name: STRAF MICH NICHT
• Meter: 76 76 33 66
• Key: D Major
• Source: Hundert...geistlicher Arien, Dresden, 1694, alt.
• Notes: Alternate setting: 423