Hide not Thy face, O Lord of Grace;
Thou who hast tast­ed woe;
Thro’ er­ror’s night lend Thou Thy light
To guide me as I go!
Guide me, guide me, in this world of woe;
Thro’ er­ror’s night lend Thou Thy light
To guide me as I go!

On Cal­v’ry’s tree a thief to Thee
Turned his re­pent­ant eyes,
And for the gloom of death’s dark doom
Thou gav­est pa­ra­dise!
Guide me, guide me, guard me with Thine eyes,
And for the gloom of death’s dark doom
Thou gav­est pa­ra­dise!

E’en so thro’ tears of bur­dened years
Earth’s child­ren cry to Thee,
Whose blood was spilt that hu­man guilt
Be par­doned, full and free!
Guide me, guide me, hear my cry to Thee,
Whose blood was spilt that hu­man guilt
Be par­doned, full and free!

Contrite they plead their ev­ery need,
Thy grace will e’en ful­fill,
To life’s last breath, thro’ gloom of death,
Guide Thou the way­ward still!
Guide me, guide me, that I do Thy will,
To life’s last breath, thro’ gloom of death,
Guide Thou the way­ward still!