You who send forth the light, 

    create the morning, 

    and make the sun rise on the good and the evil,

enlighten the blindness of our minds 

    with the knowledge of the truth:

Lift up the light of your countenance upon us,

    that in your light we may see light,

    and, at the end, be in the light of grace

    and in the light of glory.

 

Lancelot Andrewes, 1555-1626, English bishop, oversaw the KJV translation

The Westminster Collection of Christian Prayer lightly modified

 

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Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth
    and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.