[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 43 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  In a moment of silence, let us all pray for the Official Reporter, 
Mary Jane McCarthy, and her family, in the loss of her mother.
  As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after 
thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall 
I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, 
while they continally say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember 
these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the 
multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy 
and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Why art thou cast down, 
O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I 
shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.--Psalm 42:1-5.
  The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down 
in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth 
my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's 
sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 
will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff they 
comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine 
enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely 
goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will 
dwell in the house of the Lord forever.--Psalm 23. Amen.

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