Deliver me from ev­il,
Preserve me, Lord, from wrong;
Against the foes that ga­ther
Be Thou my help­er strong;
From those who plot to hurt me
And spread the trea­cher­ous snare,
Preserve me, Lord, and keep me
Safeguarded in Thy care.

O Lord, I have con­fessed Thee
To be my God alone;
O hear my sup­pli­ca­tion,
And be Thy mer­cy shown;
O God, my Lord and Sav­ior,
My shield amid the strife,
Let not the wick­ed tri­umph
Who plot against my life.

Let ev­il smite the ev­il,
And cause their ov­er­throw;
The needy and af­flict­ed
The Lord will help, I know;
Thy saints, re­deemed from ev­il,
Their thanks to Thee shall give;
The right­eous and the up­right
Shall in Thy pre­sence live.