If I Die Before I Wake Prayer

But if you think about it it s not odd at all.

If i shall die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take. Over the years it s become one of the best loved rhymes ever written. It seems odd that little children in the springtime of life should mention death in their bedtime prayer. Now i lay me down to sleep.

Now i lay me down to sleep i pray the lord my soul to keep. Guide me safely through the night and wake me with the morning light. If i should die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take i. That god is awesome and infinitely all powerful this needs to presented in the context of god being all loving.

Now i lay me down to sleep i pray the lord my soul to keep. Now i lay me down to sleep i pray the lord my soul to keep. If i shall die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take all the angels watching over me. Angels watch me through the night and wake me with the morning light.

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It is questionable whether we would want to encourage children to contemplate their own death shortly before going to sleep. It is the third line that has always struck me as unusual. If i should die before i wake. If i should die before i wake i pray to god my soul to take.

Whilst we might want to cultivate a healthy fear of god in children e g. Amen now i lay me down to sleep i ll assume i ll rise rested and at peace. If i should die before i wake i pray thee lord my soul to take. If i should die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take.