<Li> TobyMac paraphrases the lyric as "If I should die before I wake / I pray the Lord my soul to take / And if I should get a peaceful sleep / I wanna wake at my Father's feet" in his song "Captured" </Li> <Li> The Civil Wars paraphrase the lyric as "Still can't lay me down to sleep / If I die before I wake / I know the Lord my soul won't take" in their song Barton Hollow . </Li> <Li> In the 1984 slasher movie A Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy Thompson, played by Heather Langenkamp, recites the prayer before going to sleep to confront Freddy Krueger in the Dream World . </Li> <Li> A little girl recites the prayer to keep herself safe from the monster she sees in the 1986 slasher movie Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives . </Li>

Now i lay me down to sleep childrens prayer