[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 32 (Friday, March 12, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H1073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Today, the United States, in solidarity with Spain, laments the many 
deaths and injuries inflicted upon innocent people by terrorists, and 
we pray with them some lines from Psalm 10.
  Lord, do not stand aloof. Why hide in times of distress? Proudly have 
wicked people harassed Your afflicted ones. In his pride the wicked 
say, ``He will not punish. There is no God.'' Such are his thoughts.
  His mouth is full of cursing, guile, and deceit; mischief and 
disaster lie under his tongue. He lurks in hiding to seize the 
passerby. His eyes spy upon the unfortunate. He springs like a lion and 
murders the innocent.
  Rise up, O Lord, lift up Your mighty arm. Forget not Your afflicted. 
You lovingly behold the misery and sorrow. Take them into Your hands.
  Break the strength of the wicked and all evildoers. Be a strong 
defense for Your faithful ones. And be Lord over all nations as their 
Savior King forever and ever.
  Amen.

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