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{"content":[{"abbv":"wsc","answer":"In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.","citation":"WSC 101","long_citation":"Shorter Catechism 101","name":"Shorter Catechism","number":"101","prooftexts":{},"question":"What do we pray for in the first petition?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"In the first petition, (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God aright, we pray, that God would by his grace enable and incline us and others to know, to acknowledge, and highly to esteem him, his titles, attributes, ordinances, Word, works, and whatsoever he is pleased to make himself known by; and to glorify him in thought, word, and deed: that he would prevent and remove atheism, ignorance, idolatry, profaneness, and whatsoever is dishonorable to him; and, by his overruling providence, direct and dispose of all things to his own glory.","citation":"WLC 190","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 190","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"190","prooftexts":{},"question":"What do we pray for in the first petition?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wsc","answer":"In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known;<sup id='fnref:wsc1'><a href='#fn:wsc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.<sup id='fnref:wsc2'><a href='#fn:wsc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup>","citation":"WSC 101","long_citation":"Shorter Catechism 101","name":"Shorter Catechism","number":"101","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 67:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067001.17-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19067001-1\">67:1 </span>May God be gracious to us and bless us<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and make his face to shine upon us, <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span><br />\n that your way may be known on earth,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your saving power among all nations.<br />\n Let the peoples praise you, O God;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the peoples praise you!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 99:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19099003.01-2\">Let them praise your great and awesome name!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Holy is he!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 100:3-4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100003.01-3\">Know that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, he is God!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is he who made us, and we are his;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100004.01-3\">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his courts with praise!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Give thanks to him; bless his name! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Romans 11:33-36</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45011033.01-1\">Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!</p>\n <div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p45011034.01-1\">“For who has known the mind of the Lord,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>or who has been his counselor?”<br />\n “Or who has given a gift to him<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that he might be repaid?”</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p45011036.01-1\">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.</p>\n</div><h5>Revelation 4:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p66004011.01-2\">“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to receive glory and honor and power,<br />\nfor you created all things,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and by your will they existed and were created.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"What do we pray for in the first petition?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"In the first petition, (which is, Hallowed be thy name,<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup>) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God aright,<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> we pray, that God would by his grace enable and incline us and others to know, to acknowledge, and highly to esteem him,<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> his titles,<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> attributes,<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> ordinances, Word,<sup id='fnref:wlc6'><a href='#fn:wlc6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> works, and whatsoever he is pleased to make himself known by;<sup id='fnref:wlc7'><a href='#fn:wlc7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup> and to glorify him in thought, word,<sup id='fnref:wlc8'><a href='#fn:wlc8' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>8</a></sup> and deed:<sup id='fnref:wlc9'><a href='#fn:wlc9' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>9</a></sup> that he would prevent and remove atheism,<sup id='fnref:wlc10'><a href='#fn:wlc10' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>10</a></sup> ignorance,<sup id='fnref:wlc11'><a href='#fn:wlc11' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>11</a></sup> idolatry,<sup id='fnref:wlc12'><a href='#fn:wlc12' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>12</a></sup> profaneness,<sup id='fnref:wlc13'><a href='#fn:wlc13' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>13</a></sup> and whatsoever is dishonorable to him;<sup id='fnref:wlc14'><a href='#fn:wlc14' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>14</a></sup> and, by his overruling providence, direct and dispose of all things to his own glory.<sup id='fnref:wlc15'><a href='#fn:wlc15' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>15</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 190","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 190","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"190","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Matthew 6:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40006009.01-1\"><span class=\"woc\">Pray then like this:</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40006009.05-1\"><span class=\"woc\">“Our Father in heaven,<br />\nhallowed be your name.</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Luke 11:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42011002.01-2\">And he said to them, <span class=\"woc\">“When you pray, say:</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p42011002.10-2\"><span class=\"woc\">“Father, hallowed be your name.<br />\nYour kingdom come.</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Corinthians 3:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p47003005.01-1\">Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,</p>\n</div><h5>Psalm 51:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051015.01-2\">O Lord, open my lips,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my mouth will declare your praise. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 67:2-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067002.01-1\">that your way may be known on earth,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your saving power among all nations.<br />\n Let the peoples praise you, O God;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the peoples praise you!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 99:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19099001.07-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19099001-2\">99:1 </span>The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> reigns; let the peoples tremble!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!<br />\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is great in Zion;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he is exalted over all the peoples.<br />\n Let them praise your great and awesome name!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Holy is he! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 83:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083018.01-1\">that they may know that you alone,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>whose name is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>are the Most High over all the earth. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 86:10-13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19086010.01-1\">For you are great and do wondrous things;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you alone are God.<br />\n Teach me your way, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that I may walk in your truth;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>unite my heart to fear your name.<br />\n I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and I will glorify your name forever.<br />\n For great is your steadfast love toward me;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 86:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19086015.01-2\">But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Thessalonians 3:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p53003001.04-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v53003001-1\">3:1 </span>Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,</p>\n</div><h5>Psalm 147:19-20</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19147019.01-2\">He declares his word to Jacob,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>his statutes and rules to Israel.<br />\n He has not dealt thus with any other nation;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they do not know his rules.<br />\nPraise the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 138:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19138001.08-3\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19138001-3\">138:1 </span>I give you thanks, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, with my whole heart;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>before the gods I sing your praise;<br />\n I bow down toward your holy temple<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you have exalted above all things<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your name and your word.<br />\n On the day I called, you answered me;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my strength of soul you increased.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>2 Corinthians 2:14-15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p47002014.01-4\">But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 145</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145001.11-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19145001-1\">145:1 </span>I will extol you, my God and King,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and bless your name forever and ever.<br />\n Every day I will bless you<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and praise your name forever and ever.<br />\n Great is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and greatly to be praised,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his greatness is unsearchable.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145004.01-1\">One generation shall commend your works to another,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shall declare your mighty acts.<br />\n On the glorious splendor of your majesty,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.<br />\n They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and I will declare your greatness.<br />\n They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145008.01-1\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is gracious and merciful,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.<br />\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is good to all,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his mercy is over all that he has made.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145010.01-1\">All your works shall give thanks to you, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and all your saints shall bless you!<br />\n They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and tell of your power,<br />\n to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.<br />\n Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and your dominion endures throughout all generations.</p>\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145013.14-1\">[The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is faithful in all his words<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and kind in all his works.]<br />\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> upholds all who are falling<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and raises up all who are bowed down.<br />\n The eyes of all look to you,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and you give them their food in due season.<br />\n You open your hand;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you satisfy the desire of every living thing.<br />\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is righteous in all his ways<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and kind in all his works.<br />\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to all who call on him in truth.<br />\n He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he also hears their cry and saves them.<br />\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> preserves all who love him,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but all the wicked he will destroy.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145021.01-1\">My mouth will speak the praise of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008001.17-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19008001-2\">8:1 </span>O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Lord,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>how majestic is your name in all the earth!<br />\nYou have set your glory above the heavens.<br />\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>Out of the mouth of babies and infants,<br />\nyou have established strength because of your foes,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to still the enemy and the avenger.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008003.01-2\">When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,<br />\n what is man that you are mindful of him,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the son of man that you care for him?</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008005.01-2\">Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and crowned him with glory and honor.<br />\n You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you have put all things under his feet,<br />\n all sheep and oxen,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and also the beasts of the field,<br />\n the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>whatever passes along the paths of the seas.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008009.01-2\">O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Lord,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>how majestic is your name in all the earth! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","8":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 103:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19103001.09-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19103001-1\">103:1 </span>Bless the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, O my soul,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and all that is within me,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>bless his holy name!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 19:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19019014.01-2\">Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>be acceptable in your sight,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, my rock and my redeemer. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","9":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Philippians 1:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p50001009.01-1\">And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,</p>\n</div><h5>Philippians 1:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p50001011.01-2\">filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.</p>\n</div><h5>Psalm 100:3-4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100003.01-3\">Know that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, he is God!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is he who made us, and we are his;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100004.01-3\">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his courts with praise!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Give thanks to him; bless his name! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","10":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 67:1-4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067001.17-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19067001-1\">67:1 </span>May God be gracious to us and bless us<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and make his face to shine upon us, <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span><br />\n that your way may be known on earth,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your saving power among all nations.<br />\n Let the peoples praise you, O God;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the peoples praise you!</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067004.01-1\">Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you judge the peoples with equity<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and guide the nations upon earth. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","11":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Ephesians 1:17-18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p49001017.01-1\">that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","12":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 97:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19097007.01-1\">All worshipers of images are put to shame,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who make their boast in worthless idols;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>worship him, all you gods! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","13":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 74:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19074018.01-1\">Remember this, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, how the enemy scoffs,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and a foolish people reviles your name.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 74:22-23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19074022.01-2\">Arise, O God, defend your cause;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!<br />\n Do not forget the clamor of your foes,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","14":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Kings 19:15-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p12019015.01-1\">And Hezekiah prayed before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> and said: “O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and hear; open your eyes, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","15":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Chronicles 20:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p14020006.01-1\">and said, “O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.</p>\n</div><h5>2 Chronicles 20:10-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p14020010.01-2\">And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy— behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”</p>\n</div><h5>Romans 11:33-36</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45011033.01-3\">Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!</p>\n <div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p45011034.01-3\">“For who has known the mind of the Lord,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>or who has been his counselor?”<br />\n “Or who has given a gift to him<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that he might be repaid?”</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p45011036.01-3\">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.</p>\n</div><h5>Revelation 4:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p66004011.01-4\">“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to receive glory and honor and power,<br />\nfor you created all things,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and by your will they existed and were created.”</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 83</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083001.13-5\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19083001-5\">83:1 </span>O God, do not keep silence;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>do not hold your peace or be still, O God!<br />\n For behold, your enemies make an uproar;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>those who hate you have raised their heads.<br />\n They lay crafty plans against your people;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they consult together against your treasured ones.<br />\n They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”<br />\n For they conspire with one accord;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>against you they make a covenant—<br />\n the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Moab and the Hagrites,<br />\n Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;<br />\n Asshur also has joined them;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083009.01-5\">Do to them as you did to Midian,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,<br />\n who were destroyed at En-dor,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who became dung for the ground.<br />\n Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,<br />\n who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>of the pastures of God.”</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083013.01-5\">O my God, make them like whirling dust,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>like chaff before the wind.<br />\n As fire consumes the forest,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,<br />\n so may you pursue them with your tempest<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and terrify them with your hurricane!<br />\n Fill their faces with shame,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that they may seek your name, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.<br />\n Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let them perish in disgrace,<br />\n that they may know that you alone,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>whose name is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>are the Most High over all the earth.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 140:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19140004.01-6\">Guard me, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, from the hands of the wicked;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>preserve me from violent men,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who have planned to trip up my feet.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 140:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19140008.01-7\">Grant not, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the desires of the wicked;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"What do we pray for in the first petition?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Shorter Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>101.</em></span>\nWhat do we pray for in the first petition?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known;<sup id=\"fnref:wsc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wsc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.<sup id=\"fnref:wsc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wsc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 67:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067001.17-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19067001-1\">67:1\u00a0</span>May God be gracious to us and bless us\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and make his face to shine upon us, <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span>\n that your way may be known on earth,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your saving power among all nations.\n Let the peoples praise you, O God;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the peoples praise you!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 99:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19099003.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Let them praise your great and awesome name!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Holy is he!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 100:3-4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100003.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Know that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, he is God!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is he who made us, and we are his;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100004.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his courts with praise!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Give thanks to him; bless his name! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 11:33-36</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45011033.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!</p>\n <div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p45011034.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cFor who has known the mind of the Lord,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>or who has been his counselor?\u201d\n \u201cOr who has given a gift to him\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that he might be repaid?\u201d</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p45011036.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Revelation 4:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p66004011.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cWorthy are you, our Lord and God,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to receive glory and honor and power,\nfor you created all things,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and by your will they existed and were created.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n\n <h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>190.</em></span>\nWhat do we pray for in the first petition?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> In the first petition, (which is, Hallowed be thy name,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup>) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God aright,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> we pray, that God would by his grace enable and incline us and others to know, to acknowledge, and highly to esteem him,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> his titles,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> attributes,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> ordinances, Word,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc6\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> works, and whatsoever he is pleased to make himself known by;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc7\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup> and to glorify him in thought, word,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc8\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc8\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">8</a></sup> and deed:<sup id=\"fnref:wlc9\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc9\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">9</a></sup> that he would prevent and remove atheism,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc10\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc10\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">10</a></sup> ignorance,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc11\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc11\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">11</a></sup> idolatry,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc12\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc12\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">12</a></sup> profaneness,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc13\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc13\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">13</a></sup> and whatsoever is dishonorable to him;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc14\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc14\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">14</a></sup> and, by his overruling providence, direct and dispose of all things to his own glory.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc15\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc15\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">15</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 6:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40006009.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">Pray then like this:</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40006009.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cOur Father in heaven,\nhallowed be your name.</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 11:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42011002.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And he said to them, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cWhen you pray, say:</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p42011002.10-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cFather, hallowed be your name.\nYour kingdom come.</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Corinthians 3:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p47003005.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 51:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051015.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">O Lord, open my lips,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my mouth will declare your praise. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 67:2-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067002.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">that your way may be known on earth,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your saving power among all nations.\n Let the peoples praise you, O God;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the peoples praise you!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 99:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19099001.07-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19099001-2\">99:1\u00a0</span>The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> reigns; let the peoples tremble!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is great in Zion;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he is exalted over all the peoples.\n Let them praise your great and awesome name!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Holy is he! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 83:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083018.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">that they may know that you alone,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>whose name is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>are the Most High over all the earth. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 86:10-13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19086010.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For you are great and do wondrous things;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you alone are God.\n Teach me your way, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that I may walk in your truth;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>unite my heart to fear your name.\n I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and I will glorify your name forever.\n For great is your steadfast love toward me;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 86:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19086015.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Thessalonians 3:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p53003001.04-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v53003001-1\">3:1\u00a0</span>Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 147:19-20</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19147019.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">He declares his word to Jacob,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>his statutes and rules to Israel.\n He has not dealt thus with any other nation;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they do not know his rules.\nPraise the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 138:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19138001.08-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19138001-3\">138:1\u00a0</span>I give you thanks, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, with my whole heart;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>before the gods I sing your praise;\n I bow down toward your holy temple\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you have exalted above all things\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your name and your word.\n On the day I called, you answered me;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my strength of soul you increased.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Corinthians 2:14-15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p47002014.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 145</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145001.11-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19145001-1\">145:1\u00a0</span>I will extol you, my God and King,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and bless your name forever and ever.\n Every day I will bless you\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and praise your name forever and ever.\n Great is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and greatly to be praised,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his greatness is unsearchable.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">One generation shall commend your works to another,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shall declare your mighty acts.\n On the glorious splendor of your majesty,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.\n They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and I will declare your greatness.\n They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145008.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is gracious and merciful,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is good to all,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his mercy is over all that he has made.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145010.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">All your works shall give thanks to you, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and all your saints shall bless you!\n They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and tell of your power,\n to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.\n Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and your dominion endures throughout all generations.</p>\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145013.14-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">[The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is faithful in all his words\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and kind in all his works.]\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> upholds all who are falling\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and raises up all who are bowed down.\n The eyes of all look to you,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and you give them their food in due season.\n You open your hand;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you satisfy the desire of every living thing.\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is righteous in all his ways\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and kind in all his works.\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to all who call on him in truth.\n He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he also hears their cry and saves them.\n The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> preserves all who love him,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but all the wicked he will destroy.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145021.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">My mouth will speak the praise of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008001.17-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19008001-2\">8:1\u00a0</span>O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Lord,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>how majestic is your name in all the earth!\nYou have set your glory above the heavens.\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>Out of the mouth of babies and infants,\nyou have established strength because of your foes,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to still the enemy and the avenger.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008003.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,\n what is man that you are mindful of him,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the son of man that you care for him?</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008005.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and crowned him with glory and honor.\n You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you have put all things under his feet,\n all sheep and oxen,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and also the beasts of the field,\n the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>whatever passes along the paths of the seas.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19008009.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Lord,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>how majestic is your name in all the earth! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:8\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 103:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19103001.09-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19103001-1\">103:1\u00a0</span>Bless the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, O my soul,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and all that is within me,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>bless his holy name!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 19:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19019014.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>be acceptable in your sight,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, my rock and my redeemer. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:9\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Philippians 1:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p50001009.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Philippians 1:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p50001011.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 100:3-4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100003.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Know that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, he is God!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>It is he who made us, and we are his;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19100004.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Enter his gates with thanksgiving,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and his courts with praise!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Give thanks to him; bless his name! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:10\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 67:1-4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067001.17-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19067001-1\">67:1\u00a0</span>May God be gracious to us and bless us\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and make his face to shine upon us, <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span>\n that your way may be known on earth,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>your saving power among all nations.\n Let the peoples praise you, O God;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the peoples praise you!</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19067004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you judge the peoples with equity\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and guide the nations upon earth. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:11\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ephesians 1:17-18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p49001017.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:12\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 97:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19097007.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">All worshipers of images are put to shame,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who make their boast in worthless idols;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>worship him, all you gods! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:13\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 74:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19074018.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Remember this, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, how the enemy scoffs,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and a foolish people reviles your name.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 74:22-23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19074022.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Arise, O God, defend your cause;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!\n Do not forget the clamor of your foes,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:14\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Kings 19:15-16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p12019015.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And Hezekiah prayed before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> and said: \u201cO <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and hear; open your eyes, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:15\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Chronicles 20:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p14020006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and said, \u201cO <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Chronicles 20:10-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p14020010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy\u2014 behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 11:33-36</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45011033.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!</p>\n <div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p45011034.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cFor who has known the mind of the Lord,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>or who has been his counselor?\u201d\n \u201cOr who has given a gift to him\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that he might be repaid?\u201d</p>\n</div>\n <p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p45011036.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Revelation 4:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p66004011.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cWorthy are you, our Lord and God,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to receive glory and honor and power,\nfor you created all things,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and by your will they existed and were created.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 83</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083001.13-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19083001-5\">83:1\u00a0</span>O God, do not keep silence;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>do not hold your peace or be still, O God!\n For behold, your enemies make an uproar;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>those who hate you have raised their heads.\n They lay crafty plans against your people;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they consult together against your treasured ones.\n They say, \u201cCome, let us wipe them out as a nation;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let the name of Israel be remembered no more!\u201d\n For they conspire with one accord;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>against you they make a covenant\u2014\n the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Moab and the Hagrites,\n Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;\n Asshur also has joined them;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083009.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Do to them as you did to Midian,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,\n who were destroyed at En-dor,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who became dung for the ground.\n Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,\n who said, \u201cLet us take possession for ourselves\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>of the pastures of God.\u201d</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19083013.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">O my God, make them like whirling dust,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>like chaff before the wind.\n As fire consumes the forest,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,\n so may you pursue them with your tempest\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and terrify them with your hurricane!\n Fill their faces with shame,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that they may seek your name, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.\n Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let them perish in disgrace,\n that they may know that you alone,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>whose name is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>are the Most High over all the earth.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 140:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19140004.01-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Guard me, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, from the hands of the wicked;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>preserve me from violent men,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who have planned to trip up my feet.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 140:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19140008.01-7\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Grant not, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the desires of the wicked;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"What do we pray for in the first petition?"}