[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 28185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray, using the words of Psalm 46:

     God is our refuge and strength,
     a very present help in trouble.
     Therefore, we will not fear
     though the earth should change,
     though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
     though its waters roar and foam,
     though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
     There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
     the holy habitation of the Most High.
     God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
     God will help her right early.
     The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
     He utters His voice,
     the earth melts.
     The lord of hosts is with us;
     the God of Jacob is our refuge. Amen.

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