¹ Support me, O Unity of the Trinity,
Have mercy on me, O Trinity of Unity.
I beg you, support me as I stand
as if in peril on the great sea.

² Let not the mortality of this year
nor the vanity of the world
drag me down with them,
and I ask the same of the exalted virtues
of the celestial host.

³ May they not abandon me
to be torn apart by my enemies,
but defend me with strong arms
and march before me in the battle line
of the celestial army.

⁴ Let the Cherubim and Seraphim with their thousands,
and Michael and Gabriel with their peers,
go before me.

⁵ I call upon the living Thrones,
the Archangels,
the Principalities and Powers of the angelic ranks,
so that, defending me with their dense formation,
I may have the strength to cast down my enemies.

⁶ Then I invoke the rest of the valiant contenders:
the Patriarchs, four times four Prophets,
the Apostles—the prowsmen of Christ’s ship—
and all the martyrs, the champions of faith.

⁷ May salvation surround me through their intercession,
and may every evil perish away from me.
May Christ strike with me a firm covenant,
whose awe may terrify the gloomy hordes.

⁸ O God, with impenetrable protection,
defend me on every side by Your power.
Free all the limbs of my frame.

⁹ May a secure shield protect each part of me,
so that the vile demons
may not hurl their darts at my sides,
as they are wont to do.

¹⁰ Guard me against the Gygram, Cephalem with their spears,
and against Conas, Patham, Liganam,
Sennas, and Michinas.

¹¹ Shield me from the violent Madianites,
Talias, Bathma, Exugiam,
and the twofold Idumaeans.

¹² Therefore, upon my hair-covered head,
let the helmet of salvation be,
protecting my head,
my forehead, my eyes, and my brain,
my triple-formed face,
my mouth, lips, and cheeks,
my temples.

¹³ Protect my chin, my beard, my eyebrows,
my ears, cheeks, and jaw,
my nostrils and pupils,
my eyeballs and eyelids,
my gums and worn-down molars.

¹⁴ Shield my jaws and throat,
my teeth, tongue, mouth, and uvula,
my gullet and esophagus,
my neck, the top of my spine,
and the cartilage of my chest.

¹⁵ O Merciful One, be present with Your protection.
Then, let the breastplate be my surest defense
for my limbs and my inner parts.

¹⁶ Drive back from me the invisible
spikes and nails which the hateful ones fix.

¹⁷ Therefore, O God, with Your mighty breastplate,
shield my shoulders and shoulder blades,
my arms and forearms,
my elbows, hands,
fists, palms, fingers, and nails.

¹⁸ Shield my spine and ribs with their joints,
my back, loins, and bones,
protect my skin and blood with my kidneys,
my flanks, buttocks, and thighs.

¹⁹ Shield my calves, shins,
my leg armor, knees, and kneecaps,
my ankles, shins, and heels,
my legs, feet, soles, and toes.

²⁰ Shield my branching limbs tenfold,
and my paired nails fivefold.

²¹ Shield my throat, my chest,
my breasts, stomach, and navel,
protect my belly, loins, and genitals,
my spleen and the vital parts of my heart.

²² Shield my threefold liver and my loins,
my spleen, kidneys,
my diaphragm and its bonds,
my stomach, chest, and lungs,
my veins, fibers, gall, and bile.

²³ Protect my sinews with their marrow,
my twisted spleen and intestines,
my bladder, fat, and tissue,
and the countless orders of my sinews.

²⁴ Shield my hair and all remaining limbs,
whose names I may have perhaps omitted.

²⁵ Shield my whole being with my five senses. and my ten skillfully made gates,
so that from the soles of my feet to my crown,
I may not suffer affliction in any part,
neither outwardly nor inwardly.

²⁶ Let no plague, fever, illness,
or pain drive my life from me,
until, by God’s grace,
I grow old and atone for my sins through good works.

²⁷ So that, when departing from my flesh,
I may avoid the depths
and be able to soar to the heights,
and, by the mercy of God,
be joyfully carried to the refreshment
of the heavenly kingdom.
Amen.