liturgy

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

From An Order for Compline, The Book of Common Prayer (1979), paraphrased from a prayer by St. Augustine.