A prayer to Soma, the Maruts, Mitra, and Varuna, for protection

Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com

HYMN XX

A prayer to Soma, the Maruts, Mitra, and Varuna, for protection

1May it glide harmless by in this our sacrifice, O Soma, God!
  Maruts, be gracious unto us.
  Let not disaster, let not malison find us out; let not abominable
   guiles discover us.
2Mitra and Varuna, ye twain, turn carefully away from us
  The deadly dart that flies to-day, the missile of the wicked
   ones.
3Ward off from this side and from that, O Varuna, the deadly
   dart:
  Give us thy great protection, turn the lethal weapon far away.
4A mighty Ruler thus art thou, unconquered, vanquisher of
   foes,
  Even thou whose friend is never slain, whose friend is never over-
   come.