Baruch’s Prayer for Enlightenment
1And I asked the Mighty One and said:
You alone, O Lord, knew the heights of the world beforehand and that which will happen in the times which you bring about by your word. And against the works of the inhabitants of the earth you hasten the beginnings of the times. And the ends of the periods you alone know. 2You are the one…
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Enoch’s Prayer before the Flood
1 Enoch 84:1–6
Then I raised up my hands in righteousness and blessed the Holy and Great One; and I spoke with the breath of my mouth and the tongue of flesh which God has made for the children of the flesh, the…
Noah’s Prayer for His Sons
Jubilees 10:1–6
During the third week of this jubilee [1583–1589], impure demons began to mislead Noah’s grandchildren, to make them act foolishly and to destroy them. Then Noah’s sons came to their father Noah and…
Abraham’s Prayer for Protection and Good Counsel
Jubilees 12:19–21
That night he prayed and said:My God, my God, God Most High,You alone are my God.You have created everything:Everything that was and has been is the product of your hands.You and your lordship I…
Abraham’s Prayer for Isaac’s Descendants
Targum Neofiti on Genesis 22:14
And Abraham worshipped and prayed in the name of the Memra of the Lord and said: “I beseech by the mercy that is before you, O Lord:—everything is manifest and known before you—that there was no…
Moses’ Prayer to See the Land
Targum Neofiti on Deuteronomy 3:23–25
And I prayed and besought mercy from before the Lord in that hour saying:
“Lord, I beseech you, by the mercy that is before you, Lord, you have begun to show your servant…
David’s Prayer for Deliverance
Psalm 152
Spoken by David After Fighting Against the Lion and the Wolf Which Took Sheep from His Flocks.
O God, O God, come to my…