Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Messenger of Allah (SAW), whenever He feared a certain people, said: Oh Allah! Truly I put you at their throats, and I seek refuge in you from their evils.
Al-Bayhaqi, Al-sunan Al-kubra [The Greater Compilation of Sunnah], The book of campaigns, Section: aversion towards wishing for confrontation with the enemy, and what He did and said in confrontation