Terms in St. Patrick breastplate prayer

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I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead, His eye to watch, His might to stay, His ear to hearken to my need: the wisdom of my God to teach, His hand to guide, His shield to ward; the Word of God to give me speech, His heavenly host to be my guard.

What does bind mean? What does hold mean?
 
Binding means uniting together. So he is saying that he is making an act of the will to unite himself with the things mentioned. To hold means that he does not intend to let them go.
 
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