As soon as my eyes dropped onto the text, I thought, “What a great prayer to pray for the men and women who are in governmental authority over us.”
Scripture call us to pray for our leaders (1Tim 2:1-2) and many of the petitions of this Psalm, particularly the opening petitions, seem like a wonderful example of prayer.
I have contemporized the Psalm, inserting modern language for ‘king’. What do you think? Is this a great prayer for our leaders or not?
Endow the [our elected officials] with your justice, O God, the [president, senators and representatives] with your righteousness. May [judges and justices] judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. May [our leaders] defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may [they] crush the oppressor. May [our government] endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. May [the president and all our elected leaders] be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth. In [their administration] may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
To my thinking this is a powerful prayer.
Lord, help me to pray like this for my governmental leaders. Amen.
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