I arise today
\nThrough God’s strength to pilot me;
\nGod’s might to uphold me,
\nGod’s wisdom to guide me,
\nGod’s eye to look before me,
\nGod’s ear to hear me,
\nGod’s word to speak for me,
\nGod’s hand to guard me,
\nGod’s way to lie before me,
\nGod’s shield to protect me,
\nGod’s hosts to save me
\nFrom snares of the devil,
\nFrom temptations of vices,
\nFrom every one who desires me ill,
\nAfar and anear,
\nAlone or in a multitude. <\/p>\n
I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
\nAgainst every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
\nAgainst incantations of false prophets,
\nAgainst black laws of pagandom,
\nAgainst false laws of heretics,
\nAgainst craft of idolatry,
\nAgainst spells of women and smiths and wizards,
\nAgainst every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.
\nChrist shield me today
\nAgainst poison, against burning,
\nAgainst drowning, against wounding,
\nSo that reward may come to me in abundance.<\/p>\n
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
\nChrist in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
\nChrist on my right, Christ on my left,
\nChrist when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
\nChrist in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
\nChrist in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
\nChrist in the eye that sees me,
\nChrist in the ear that hears me. <\/p>\n
I arise today
\nThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
\nThrough a belief in the Threeness,
\nThrough a confession of the Oneness
\nOf the Creator of creation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I arise today Through God’s strength to pilot me; God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s hosts to … <\/p>\n