put on the breast-plate of righteousness". Summary The first five sections of the prayer or hymn begin atomruig indiu "I bind unto myself today", followed by a list of sources of strength that the prayer calls on for support. The text is conventionally divided into eleven sections: invocation of the Trinity. invocation of Christ's baptism, death, resurrection, ascension and future return on the last day. invocation of the virtues of angels, patriarchs, saints and martyrs. invocation of the virtues of the natural world: the sun, fire, lightning, wind, etc. invocation of various aspects of God – his wisdom, his eye, his ear, his hand, etc. lists of the things against which protection is required, including false prophets, heathens, heretics, witches and wizards (druids) brief invocation of Christ for protection repeated invocation of Christ to be ever present (Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, etc.) continuation of the theme of Christ within every man repetition of the first verse short stanza in Latin (invoking Psalm 3:8, "Salvation is the Lord's") Text The text as edited by is here shown alongside the literal translation due to Todd. Translations and adaptations John Colgan published a Latin translation in his Acta Triadis Thaumaturgae (1647). In the early 19th century, Irish scholars George Petrie and John O'Donovan misanalyzed the first word atomruig as containing Temur, for Temoria or Tara. This is followed by James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), whose translation begins "At Tarah to-day, in this awful hour, I call on the Holy Trinity!". The literal translation by recognized this error and gives the translation "I bind to myself to-day". In 1889, the prayer was adapted into the hymn I Bind Unto Myself Today by C. F. Alexander. A number of other adaptations have been made. Several different modern English versions of the prayer can be found. For example, some render the beginning atomruig indiu of each major section more freely as "I clasp unto my heart today" rather than the literal "I bind/join to myself today." Various other trivial variants are found, such as the verse "Against spells of women, and smiths, and druids" as "Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards". There is another class of free or poetic translations which deviate from the original meaning, e.g. replacing the verse "Christ in the fort, Christ in the chariot seat, and Christ in the poop [deck]" with "Christ when I lie