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A Prayer for deliverance from the mischiefe of all wicked persons.
DEliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: and preserve me from the wicked man.
2 Which imagine mischiefe in their hearts: and stirre up strife all the day long.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poison is under their lips.
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the un∣godly: preserve me from the wicked men, which are purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and
spread a net abroad with cords: yea, and set traps in my way.
6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord.
7 O Lord God, thou strength of my health: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lord: let not his mischievous imagination prosper, least they be too proud.
9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them: that compasse me about.
10 Let hot burning coales fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire and into the pit, that they never rise up again.
11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth: evill shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him.
12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poore: and maintain the cause of the helplesse.
13 The righteous also shall give thankes un∣to thy name: and the iust shall continue in thy sight.
O Lord God, thou strength of our health, thou that avengest the poore, and maintainest the cause of the helples, deliver us, ô Lord, & preserve us from the evill & wicked man, that neither hi•• example may corrupt us, nor his counsels mislead
us, nor his prosperity scandalize us, nor his strife disquiet us, nor his mischiefe disturb our safety; but do thou cover our heads in the day of battle and contestation against all our bodily and ghostly enemies, that although they hunt us to overthrow us, yet we may prosper upon earth under thy fa∣vour and protection, and at last being removed from all fears, an sadnesse, and dangers, may con∣tinue in thy sight, amongst the Congregation of the just for ever, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.