By night I lift up my hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

The Lord hath commanded His loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me and my prayer unto the God of my life.

I will bless Thee while I live, and lift up my hands in Thy name.

Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, the God of our fathers, Who hast ordained the changes of day and night, Who givest songs in the night, Who hast delivered us from the evil of this day, Who hast not cut off like a weaver my life, nor from day even to night made an end of me.

• Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)
• Found in the book “Lancelot Andrewes a Life of Prayer”