King David in prayer

King David in Prayer

Author : PIETER DE GREBBER
Date :1635-40

“Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Your presence the wretched misspender of another year which Your mercy has allowed me. O Lord, let me not sink into total depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me strength and perseverance to perform them. …grant that I may redeem the time lost, and that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and faithful obedience, I may finally attain everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.”
… Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Prayers and Meditations, London: Verner, Hood, and Sharpe, 1806, Jan. 1, 1766, p. 53-54