O Lord our God, as Thou art good and the Lover of mankind, forgive me
wherein I have sinned today in word, deed, and thought. Grant me peaceful
and undisturbed sleep; send Thy guardian angel to protect and keep me
from evil. For Thou art the Guardian of our souls and bodies, and unto Thee
do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer VI
O Lord our God, in Whom we believe and Whose Name we invoke above
every name, grant us, as we go to sleep, relaxation of soul and body, and
keep us from all dreams, and dark pleasures; stop the onslaught of the
passions and quench the burnings that arise in the flesh. Grant us to live
chastely in deed and word, that we may obtain a virtuous life, and not fall
away from Thy promised blessings; for blessed art Thou for ever. Amen.
Prayer VII, of St. John Chrysostom, according to the number of hours
of day and night:
O Lord, deprive me not of Thy heavenly good things.
O Lord, deliver me from the eternal torments.
O Lord, if I have sinned in mind or thought, in word or deed, forgive me.
O Lord, deliver me from all ignorance, forgetfulness, faint-heartedness, and
stony insensibility.
O Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
O Lord, enlighten my heart which evil desire hath darkened.
O Lord, as a man I have sinned, but do Thou, as the compassionate God,
have mercy on me, seeing the infirmity of my soul.