The word of God to speak for me,[1]1 Pet. iv. 11.
The hand of God to protect me,
The way of God to lie before me,[2]
The shield of God to shelter me,Psa. xviii. 1, 2.
The host of God to defend me,2 Kings vi. 17.
Against the snares of demons,
Against the temptations of vices,
Against [the lusts[3]] of nature, Eph. vi. 10-17.
Against every man who meditates injury to me,
Whether far or near,
Alone and in a multitude.[4]
6.
I summon to-day[5] around me all these powers,
Against every hostile merciless power directed against my body and my soul.Jude 20.
Against the incantations of false prophets,Acts xiii. 8–12.
Against the black laws of heathenism,
Against the false laws of heretics,[6]
Against the deceit of idolatry,1 John v. 21.
Against the spells of women, and smiths, and Druids,
Against all knowledge which hath defiled man's body and soul.[7]Jude 10.
7.
Christ protect me to-day,
Against poison, against burning, Mark xvi. 18.
Against drowning, against wound, Acts xxviii. 22–25.
