A prayer to Indra for protection

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

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HYMN XXI

A prayer to Indra for protection

1Lord of the clans, giver of bliss, fiend-slayer, mighty o'er the
   foe,
  May Indra, Soma-drinker, go before us, Bull, who brings us
   peace.
2Indra, subdue our enemies, lay low the men who fight with
   us:
  Down into nether darkness send the man who shows us enmity:
3Strike down the fiend, strike down the foes, break thou asunder
  Vritra's jaws.
  O Indra, Vritra-slayer, quell the wrath of the assailing foe.
4Turn thou the foeman's thought away, his dart who fain would
   conquer us:
  Grant us thy great protection; keep his deadly weapon far
   away.