1. My Maker, be Thou nigh
   The light of life to give
   And guide me with Thine eye
   While here on earth I live.
   To Thee my heart I tender
   And all my pow’rs surrender;
   Make it my one endeavor
   To love and serve Thee ever.
   Upon Thy promise I rely;
   My Maker, be Thou nigh.

2. My Savior, wash me clean
   With Thy most precious blood,
   That takes away all sin
   And seals my peace with God.
   My soul in peace abideth
   When in Thy wounds it hideth.
   There I find full salvation
   And freedom from damnation.
   Without Thee lost, defiled by sin,
   My Savior, wash me clean.

3. My Comforter, give pow’r
   That I may stand secure
   When in temptation’s hour
   The world and sin allure.
   The Son to me revealing,
   Inspire my thought and feeling,
   His Word of grace to ponder,
   Nor let me from Him wander.
   On me Thy gifts and graces show’r:
   My Comforter, give pow’r!

4. O Holy Trinity!
   To whom I all things owe,
   Thine image graciously
   Within my heart bestow.
   Choose me, though weak and lowly,
   To be Thy temple holy
   Where praise shall rise unending
   For grace so condescending.
   O heav’nly bliss, Thine own to be,
   O Holy Trinity!

Mein Schöpfer, steh mir bei
Johann J. Rambach, †1735
Tr. E. Taylor, 1925, alt.
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, No. 335