[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray using the words of Psalm 147.
``Praise the Lord!
``How good it is to sing praises to our God; for He is gracious, and a 
      song of praise is fitting.
``The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
``He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
``He determines the numbers of the stars; He gives to all of them their 
      names.
``Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond 
      measure.
``The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; He casts the wicked to the ground.
``The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in 
      his steadfast love.'' Amen.

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