[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 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:
  Eternal God, perfect in love, in truth, in justice, and in wisdom, we 
thank You for the prayer of King David, one of the greatest sovereigns 
of the ancient world.
  O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my 
downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all 
my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou 
knowest it altogether.
                                                       --Psalm 139:1-4.
  Lord, Thou knowest our future, collectively and individually, and 
Thou knowest our need of transcendent wisdom. Enable us to live and 
accomplish the work to which Thou hast called us in the wisdom of King 
David. Grant us confidence in the assurance of Your leading and the 
ability to follow it.
  We pray in the name of Him Who is the way, the truth, and the life. 
Amen.

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