I arise today

I arise today through
God's strength to pilot me
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's sheild to protect me,
God's host to save me
from snares of devils
from temptations of vices
from everyone who shall wish me ill,
afar and anear,
alone and in multitude

Christ with me
Christ before me
Christ behind me
Christ in me
Christ beneath me
Christ above me
Christ on my right
Christ on my left
Christ when I lie down
Christ when I sit down
Christ when I arise
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me
Christ in every eye that sees me
Christ in every ear that hears me

I arise today
through a mighty strength
the invocation of the Trinity
through belief in the threeness
through confession of the oneness
of the Creator of creation

-- St. Patrick