[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 47 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1709]
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 85:
  Lord, Thou wast favorable to Thy land; Thou didst restore the 
fortunes of Jacob. Thou didst forgive the iniquity of Thy people; Thou 
didst pardon all their sin. Thou didst withdraw all Thy wrath; Thou 
didst turn from Thy hot anger. Restore us again, O God of our 
salvation, and put away Thy indignation toward us. Wilt Thou be angry 
with us forever? Wilt Thou prolong Thy anger to all generations? Wilt 
Thou not revive us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee? Show us 
Thy steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us Thy salvation.
  Amen.

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