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Prayer of Moses

 

Psalm 90

BOOK IV Psalms 90-106


1A prayer of Moses the man of God.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn men back to dust,
saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men."
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they are like the new grass of the morning-
6 though in the morning it springs up new,
by evening it is dry and withered.
7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
10 The length of our days is seventy years-
or eighty,  if we have the strength;
yet their span is but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.  
11 Who knows the power of your anger?
For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12 Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Relent, O LORD ! How long will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.
17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us-
yes, establish the work of our hands.

 

The prayer of Jesus the Son of God.


Matthew 6:9-13

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

 

Twenty-three Elements in the Lord's Prayer

1.   Relationship: Our Father

2.   Recognition: which art in heaven

3.   Adoration: Hallowed be thy name

4.   Anticipation: Thy kingdom come

5.   Consecration: Thy will be done

6.   Universality: in earth

7.   Conformity: as it is in heaven

8.   Supplication: Give us

9.   Definiteness: this day

10. Necessity: our daily bread

11. Penitence: And forgive us

12. Obligation: our debts

13. Forgiveness: as we forgive

14. Love and mercy: our debtors

15. Guidance: And lead us

16. Protection: not into temptation

17. Salvation: but deliver us

18. Righteousness: from evil

19. Faith: For thine is the kingdom

20. Humility: and the power

21. Reverence: and the glory

22. Timelessness: for ever

23. Affirmation: Amen

Note: the first 3 petitions of the prayer make 7 points concerning God; the last 4 petitions make 16 points concerning man.

 

Matthew 6:10

a  [Thy kingdom come] The prayer of believers for the coming kingdom and the second coming of Christ (Zech. 14; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 19:11-20:10; Matthew 25:31-46).

 

b  [Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven] Ten facts about God's will:

1.   Pray for it to be done on earth (Matthew 6:10).

2.   Make doing it our food (John 4:34).

3.   Seek it as Christ did (John 5:30).

4.   Understand it (Ephes. 5:17).

5.   Do it from the heart (Ephes. 6:6).

6.   Live it (1 Peter 2:11-17).

7.   For all to be saved (1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9).

8.   Not be conformed to world (Romans 12:2).

9.   Possess own body in holiness (1 Thes. 4:3-4; 1 Cor. 3:16-17; 1 Cor. 6:19-20).

10. To ask what you will (John 15:7).

[For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen] Some critics omit the doxology, but out of over 500 codices which contain this prayer only 8 omit it.
 

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