Deliver Me from Evil

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.