Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
"David and Absalom" by Rembrandt
Oh LORD, Our God,
How Excellent, How Glorious, How Majestic,
Is Your Name Over All The Earth!
The Earth is Yours,
The Heavens,
and the Vast Expanses of Space;
You Created it All;
And it is All Under Your Control.
How we grieve with King David in This Psalm,
As he cries out to You
Because his own son has betrayed him!
How we ache with his soul,
A Man after Your Own heart, Dear Abba,
because we too, are fathers and mothers,
sisters and brothers,
and as ofter as not,
rebellion comes from those beloved within our own household.
1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!
many are they that rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God. Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me;
my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice,
and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awakened;
for the LORD sustained me.
Gracious LORD,
You Alone are A Shield for Your people.
Surely, in spite of all the enemy has done,
Your people are still with us.
In spite of Diaspora, Persecutions, Pogroms,
Holocausts, and Expulsions,
Israel LIVES!
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
that have set themselves against me round about.
7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God:
for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;
thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
We Pray for Our Own Leaders in America,
May They Speak Comfort to Jerusalem.
May We NOT be Numbered Among Israel's Enemies, God Forbid!
We Pray For The American People,
May They NOT be Deceived by the Media.
May Their Eyes be Opened with regard to God's People Israel.
We pray for an END to Lies,
Slander, Blood Libel, Propaganda,
and Antisemitism against Your Beloved.
We Pray For an End to Slavery,
Hostage-Taking,
and Piracy wherever it is Practiced Around the World.
We Beseech You on Behalf of Our Captive Brethren,
Christians and Jews,
In Bondage in Hostile lands,
Especially in Egypt, Somalia, Sweden, Germany,and Iran.
We Plead For Israeli Control Over All the Holy Sites in Israel,
so that All Faiths may visit them.
We Pray For Bibi Netanyahu, and the Leaders of Israel
May They Receive Wisdom from You to do the Right Thing.
We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.
HALLELUJAH AND AMEN
Blessings to All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer
ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)
