Tuesday, 18 November 2008

The Lord's Prayer in the Old Testament

'Our father which art in heaven'
"O Lord, thou art our Father" Isiah 64:8. "For God is in heaven" Ecclesiastes 5:2

'Hallowed be thy name'
"Holy and reverend is his name" Pslam 111:9

'Thy kingdom come'
"The God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be detroyed" Daniel 2:14

'Thy will he done on earth'
"i delight to do thy will, O my God" Psalm 40:8. "Teach me to do Thy will"
Psalm 143:10

'As it is in heaven'
"Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word" Psalm 103:20

'Give us this day our daily bread'
"Feed me with bread convenient for me" Proverbs 30:8

'And forgive us our debts'
"Pardon out iniquity and our sin" Exodus 34:9

'As we forgive our debtors'
"Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people: but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" Leviticus 19:18

'And lead us not into temptation'
"And it came to pass... that God did tempt Abraham" Genesis 22:1

'But deliver us from evil'
"Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee" Psalm 50:15

'For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever'
"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine, thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all" I Chronicles 29:11

Amen

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