Hear my prayer, O heavenly Father,

Ere I lay me down to sleep:

Bid thy angels pure and holy,

Round my bed their vigil keep.

2 Great my sins are, but thy mercy

Far outweighs them every one;

Down before thy cross I cast them,

Trusting in thy help alone.

3 Keep me through this night of peril,

Underneath its boundless shade;

Take me to thy rest, I pray thee,

When my pilgrimage is made!

4 None shall measure out thy patience

By the span of human thought;

None shall bound the tender mercies

Which thy holy Son hath wrought.

5 Pardon all my past transgressions;

Give me strength for days to come;

Guide and guard me with thy blessing,

Till thine angels bid me home!