[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray using the words of Psalm 121:

I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where is my help to come?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved and He who watches over you will not 
    fall asleep.
Behold, He who keeps watch over Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep;
The Lord himself watches over you; the Lord is your shade at your right 
    hand,
So that the sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; it is He who shall keep you 
    safe.
The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in, from this 
    time forth forevermore.

  Amen.

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