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Verse 1 O Christ, our King, give ear!
O Lord and Maker, hear!
And guide our footsteps lest they stray.
Verse 2 Have mercy on us, Lord:
Have mercy on us, Lord,
And guide our footsteps lest they stray!
Verse 3 O ever Three and One,
Protect our course begun,
And lead us on our holy way!
Verse 4 Thy faithful guardian send,
Thy Angel, who may tend
And bring us to Thy holy seat!
Verse 5 Defend our onward path:
Protect from hostile wrath,
And to our land return our feet!
Verse 6 Thy Right Hand be stretched out,
Thy Left be round about,
In every peril that we meet!
Verse 7 And, O good Lord, at last,
Our many wanderings past,
Give us to see Thy realm of Light!
Verse 8 Glory to God on high
Be paid eternally,
And laud and majesty and might!
Amen.
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