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Prayers from the Bible

Prayers from Old Testament

II Samuel 22: A Thanksgiving Prayer/Psalm by David
1And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2He said,
"Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3)My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence.
4"I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
5"For the waves of death encompassed me;
The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;
6The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
7"In my distress I called upon the Yahweh,
Yes, I cried to my God;
And from His temple He heard my voice,
And my cry for help came into His ears.
14"Yahweh thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15"And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,
Lightning, and routed them.
16"Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were laid bare
By the rebuke of Yahweh,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17"He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
18"He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
19"They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the LORD was my support.
20"He also brought me forth into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
21"The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
22"For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
And have not acted wickedly against my God.
23"For all His ordinances were before me,
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24"I was also blameless toward Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25"Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness before His eyes.
28"And You save an afflicted people;
But Your eyes are on the proud whom You abase.
29"For You are my lamp, O Yahweh;
And Yahweh illumines my darkness.
30"For by You I can run upon a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
31"As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the LORD is tested;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
32"For who is God, besides the LORD?
And who is a rock, besides our God?
33"God is my strong fortress;
And He sets the blameless in His way.
34"He makes my feet like hinds' feet,
And sets me on my high places.
A people whom I have not known serve me.
47" Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
49Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.
50"Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
51"He is a tower of deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever."

1 Kings 8:22-52: Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem

22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
23He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart,
24who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day.
25"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.'
26"Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
27"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!
28"Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today;
29that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward (J)the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.
30"Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
31"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,
32then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.
33"When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house,
34then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.
35"When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
36then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance.
37"If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
38whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house;
39then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,
40that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.
41"Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake
42(for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house,
43hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.
44"When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,
45then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
46"When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
47if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly';
48if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;
49then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
50and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them
51for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),
52that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

Psalm 23, the Shepherd’s Psalm.

A Psalm of David.
1The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.
4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. (NASB)

Psalm 67 The Nations Exhorted to Praise God.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
1God be gracious to us and bless us,
And cause His face to shine upon us-- Selah.
2That Your way may be known on the earth,
Your salvation among all nations.
3Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy;
For You will judge the peoples with uprightness
And guide the nations on the earth. Selah.
5Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
6The earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, blesses us.
7God blesses us,
That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

I Chronicles 4:9-10: The Prayer of Jabez

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “O, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep [me] from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. NKJV

Prayers from the New Testament

The Lord’s Prayer (from Matthew 6:9-13)

Old English Version
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thy is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory forever.
Amen.

Current English Version
Our Father who reigns in heaven,
Holy [sanctified] is your name.
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory forever.
Amen.

John 17: Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer
1Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
2even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
3"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
4"I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
5"Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
6"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
7"Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;
8for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
9"I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;
10and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
11"I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
12"While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
The Disciples in the World
13"But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
14"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
16"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17"Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
18"As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19"For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
20"I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;
21that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Their Future Glory
22"The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;
23I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.
24"Father, I desire that )they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
25"O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;
26and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."