Eternal Father, strong to save,

Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,

Who bidd’st 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 saviour, whose almighty word

The winds and waves submissive heard,

Who walked’st on the foaming deep,

And calm amid its rage didst sleep:

O hear us when we cry to Thee

For those in peril on the sea!

O Sacred Spirit, who didst brood

Upon the chaos dark and rude,

Who bad’st its angry tumult cease.

And gravest light, and life, and peace

O hear us when we cry to Thee

For those in peril on the sea!

O Trinity of love and pow’r,

Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;

From rock and tempest, fire and foe,

Protect them wheresoe’er they go;

And ever let there rise to Thee

Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.