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Plain text of Book 19, Hymn 15

O God the Mighty, give us security from that whereof we are afraid. Help us, O Bountiful One, let Thy succour grant us this: drive foes and enemies afar.

2 We call on God the Mighty, on the liberal giver: we will be prosperous in men and cattle. Let not the hosts of cruel fiends approach us. Drive off the spirits of mischief to every side, O God.

3 Best, making household wealth increase, our Saviour kills the foe. May He from outmost point be our protector, and from the centre and from west and eastward.

4 Lead us to ample room, O Thou who knowest, to happiness, security, and sunlight. Strong, O God, is the power of Thee the Mighty: may we betake us to its lofty shelter.

5 May air's mid-region give us peace and safety, safety may both these, heaven and earth, afford us. Security be ours from west, from eastward, from north and south may we be free from danger.

6 Safety be ours from friend and from the unfriendly, safety from what we know and what we know not. Safety be ours by night and in the day-time! Friendly to me be all my hopes and wishes!