Lord, the wind and sea ob­ey Thee,
Moon and stars their hom­age pay Thee;
Listen to us, as we pray Thee,
Who on Thee for all de­pend.

Bless all tra­vel­ers and stran­gers,
Safely keep the ocean rang­ers,
Guide them in the midst of dan­gers:
All to Thee we now com­mend.

Bless the friends we’ve left be­hind us;
Closer may our part­ing bind us:
May they dear­er, bet­ter, find us,
When we reach our jour­ney’s end.

On our way, dear Lord, di­rect us;
Where we err do Thou cor­rect us;
From the pow­ers of ill pro­tect us,
From all per­ils us de­fend.

May we know Thy pre­sence o’er us,
See Thy guid­ing hand be­fore us,
Till Thou safe­ly dost re­store us,
Love to love and friend to friend.

Holy God, in mer­cy bend­ing,
Human souls with love be­friend­ing,
Fit us all for joy un­end­ing,
When this earth­ly course doth end.