[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 298]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  O thou beginner of our yesterdays, mystery of our today, and the hope 
of our tomorrows, Lord, we sometimes take Your mercies for granted. 
Forgive us when we forget to be thankful for Your presence in our 
Nation and world.
  Thank You for the inauguration of our President and for this new 
chapter in our Nation's history. Bless President Barack Obama. May the 
last words of King David of Israel characterize the leadership and 
legacy of his Presidency: ``Those who rule over people must be just, 
ruling with Godly reverence. And they shall be as the light of the 
morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the Earth 
by clear shining after rain.''
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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