[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 92 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Paul E. Lavin, offered the following prayer:
  A reading from the Psalms of David.
  Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with 
gladness; come before Him with song.
  Know the Lord is God; He made us, His we are; His people, the flock 
He tends.
  Enter His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise; Give 
thanks to Him; bless His Name.
  For He is good; the Lord, whose kindness endures forever, and His 
faithfulness to all generations.--Psalm 100.
  Almighty and eternal God, You have revealed Your glory to all 
nations. God of power and might, wisdom and justice, through You 
authority is rightly administered, laws enacted, and judgment decreed. 
Let the light of Your divine wisdom direct the men and women of the 
Senate and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws framed for our 
rule and government. May they seek to preserve peace, promote national 
happiness, and continue to bring us the blessings of liberty and 
equality.
  We also pray for all the citizens of the United States, that we may 
be blessed in the knowledge and sanctified in the observance of Your 
holy law. May we be preserved in union and that peace which the world 
cannot give; and, after enjoying the blessings of this life, be 
admitted to those which are eternal. We pray to You who are Lord and 
God, forever and ever. Amen.

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