Sol 5.6

  1. How could I fear calamities, when

    Your protection, O my Creator, has ever been my fortress?

  2. Your safeguarding is my refuge, O Preserver, and my defense;

    Thus I have never feared the blows of time in dread.

  3. I entrust my affairs, my dire need, and my tribulation

    To an everlasting Omnipotent, who dispels every grave affliction—

  4. One who encompasses every aspect of my helplessness and all that overwhelms me.

    O Powerful One, swiftly remove my weakness and frailty.

  5. Remove the weakness of my condition, O Strong One, with a power

    Divine and majestic, in which I may remain arrayed.

  6. I seek refuge in the Compeller of the heavens, hoping

    That He will mend my brokenness, as I submit in humble abasement.

  7. O Able One, exchange my helplessness for a power

    Divine, through which I may manifest justice among all creation.

  8. Hearer of prayer, hear my plea and my complaint;

    O Reliever of care, spare me harm and affliction.

  9. I have called with the cry of one seeking refuge, and You, O

    Near One, see what has touched my side and grown grievous.

  10. Answer, O Answerer, the prayers I have poured forth,

    And grant relief to a servant who has come to You relying upon You.

  11. You see my ill fortune, O Great One, and my humiliation;

    O Most Exalted, raise my lot to the heights.

  12. Then I shall fear no humiliation, for my strength shall be

    In Your stronghold—an honor, O Almighty One, and a refuge.

  13. Could oppression overtake me while You are my helper? Whoever has

    You as his supporter, my Lord, becomes the honored one.

  14. You see how my people have wronged me, O Guardian;

    So unsheathe against them a cutting sword from among Your sharp blades.

  15. By Your might, O Glorious One, exalt the awe I inspire,

    That my stubborn foe may remain humbled before it.

  16. Thwart, O Loving One, whoever has assailed me with his scheming;

    May Your counter-scheme against the enemies never cease to strike them down.

  17. By the mystery of Your Name, active throughout all things, grant me

    The effective reach of every power in deed and word, made complete.

  18. By Your might, O Possessor of strength, ward off the harm done to me;

    Strengthen my fortunes, O Firm One, and perfect them.

  19. O One ever true to His word, fulfill my hope,

    For I have never ceased to hope for fulfillment from You.

Sol 5.6