A SABBATH PRAYER

Welcome back.  Let's begin to rest, or if we cannot rest tomorrow or Sunday, let us find a day to turn aside from labor.

This Sabbath Prayer comes from The Standard Prayer Book  by Simeon Singer.

As you pray it with me, I hope you experience the great ethical and moral concern of the Jewish people.  

Often themes of family and just being plain good arise in Jewish prayers.  Let us pray:


Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed upon faithfulness. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid: for Jah the Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.

—O Sovereign of the universe, in thy holy words it is written, saying, He that trusteth in the Lord, lovingkindness shall compass him, about; and it is written, "And thou givest life to them all." 

O Lord God of truth, vouchsafe blessing and prosperity upon all the work of my hands, for I trust in thee that thou wilt so bless me through my occupation and calling, that I may be enabled to support myself and the members of my household with ease and not with pain, by lawful and not by forbidden means, unto life and peace. In me also let the scripture be fulfilled, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." Amen!


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