Hear my prayer, O Heavenly Father,
Ere I lay me down to sleep;
Bid Thine angels, pure and holy,
Round my bed their vigils keep.
Great my sins are, but Thy mercy
Far outweighs them every one;
Down before the Cross I cast them,
Trusting in Thy help alone.
Keep me through this night of peril
Underneath its boundless shade;
Take me to Thy rest, I pray Thee,
When my pilgrimage is made.
None can measure out Thy patience
By the span of human thought;
None can bound the tender mercies
Which Thy only Son has bought.
Pardon all my past transgressions,
Give ne strength for days to come;
Guide and guard me with Thy blessing,
'Till Thy angels bid me home.
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