Words: At­trib­ut­ed to An­a­tol­i­us, 7th Cen­tu­ry (Ζοφεράς τρικυμίας); trans­lat­ed from Greek to Eng­lish by , Hymns of the East­ern Church, 1862.

Music: St. Hel­ena (Al­len), , 1911. Al­ter­nate tunes:


Fierce was the billow wild, dark was the night;
Oars labored heavily, foam glimmered white.
Trembled the mariners; peril was nigh:
Then said the God of God, “Peace: it is I.”

Ridge of the mountain wave, lower thy crest;
Wail of the tempest wind, be thou at rest.
Sorrow can never be, darkness must fly,
Where saith the Light of light, “Peace: it is I.”

Jesus, Deliverer, near to us be;
Soothe thou my voyaging over life’s sea;
Thou, when the storm of death roars, sweeping by,
Whisper, O Truth of truth, “Peace: it is I.”