A Traditional Prayer for Night Now, I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. — 18th Century English Prayer ...

The best known and most common bedtime prayer is, of course, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” ...

It went, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guide me safely through the night, wake me with the morning light." It seemed a kinder and gentler way to say that prayer.

So I said, “Let’s get down on our knees and say this prayer with me.” Then I began the traditional prayer, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

The best-known and most common bedtime prayer is, of course, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” ...