Fraudes. Dolus.
Deliverance from Deceit
A prayer for protection against the hidden traps and betrayals of false friends.
O Lord, watch over your servant, for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid a trap for me. Be merciful to me, O Lord, and deliver me from them, so that I may know you favor me and that my enemies cannot triumph over me. Amen. Exalt yourself, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. For men have laid a net for my steps; they have pressed down my soul and dug a pit before me. Lord, I don’t want them to fall into the midst of it themselves, but I beseech you to keep me out and deliver me for the sake of your mercy. Amen.
Faith Amidst Persecution
An appeal for God's presence and strength when enemies believe the faithful have been forsaken.
My enemies are lying in wait for my soul, and they are plotting together; they pursue me because they think that you, O God, have forsaken me. But don't stay far from me, O God; my God, hurry to help me. Amen. O Lord, the proud have dug pits for me; they persecute me falsely. Please be my help. They had almost brought me to an end on earth, yet I beseech you, do not let me depart from your commandments for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Safety from the Wicked
A final plea for divine intervention and rescue from the snares of the wicked.
Lord, keep me safe from the traps wicked people have set for me, and from the snares of those who do evil. If they won't repent, let them fall into their own nets together, but let me always escape them. Amen. Lord, I pour out my complaints to you; please consider them, for I have been brought very low. Deliver me from those who persecute me, for they are too strong for me. Amen.
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O Lord, watch over thy servant; for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid wait for me. Be thou merciful unto me, O Lord, and deliver me from them: that even in this I may know thou favourest me, that mine Enemies are not able to triumph against me. Amen.
Exalt thy self, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory upon all the earth. For men have laid a net for my steps, they have pressed down my soul, they have digged a pit before me. Lord, I desire not that they should fall into the midst of it themselves, but I beseech thee keep me out and deliver me, for thy mercy sake. Amen.
Mine enemies lay wait for my soul, and take counsel together: They pursue me out of an opinion that thou, O God, hast forsaken me. But go not far from me, O God; my God, haste to help me. Amen.
O Lord, the proud have digged pits for me: They persecute me falsely, O be thou my help. They had almost made an end of me upon earth, yet suffer me not, I beseech thee, to depart from thy Commandments, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.
Lord, keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me, and from the traps of wicked doers. If they will not repent, let them fall into their own nets together, but let me ever escape them. Amen.
O Lord, I pour out my complaints before thee: Consider them, for I am brought very low. O deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. Amen.
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