A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry (continued)
Make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people, and let all that burden themselves with it be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth should be gathered together against it; so let all your enemies perish, O Lord, but let them that love you be as the sun when he goes forth in his strength. Zechariah 12:3. Judges 5 (v. 31).
Lord, let the man of sin be consumed with the spirit of your mouth, and destroyed with the brightness of your coming: And let those be undeceived that have been long under the power of strong delusions to believe a lie, and let them receive the truth in the love of it. 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 8, 11, 10.
Let Babylon fall, and sink like a millstone into the sea; And let the kings of the earth, that have given their power and honor to the beast, be wrought upon at length to bring it into the new Jerusalem.
Revelation 18:2, 21. Revelation 17:17. Revelation 21:24.
9. FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CHURCHES, AND THE SUPPORT, COMFORT AND DELIVERANCE OF ALL THAT ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE.
We desire in our prayers to remember them that are in bonds for the testimony of Jesus, as bound with them, and them which suffer adversity, as being ourselves also in the body. O send from above, and deliver them from those that hate them, and bring them forth into a large place. Hebrews 13:3. Psalm 18:16, 17, 19.
O let not the rod of the wicked rest upon the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Psalm 125:3.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days, as in the generations of old, and make the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed of the Lord to pass over. Isaiah 51:9,
For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the needy, now do you arise, O Lord, and set them in safety from them that puff at them. Psalm 12:5.
O strengthen the patience and faith of your suffering saints, that they may hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Revelation 13:10. Lamentations 3.26.
O let the year of your redeemed come, and the year ofrecompences for the controversy of Zion. Isaiah 63:4. Isaiah 34:8.
O that the salvation of Israel had come out of Zion; and when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 14.7.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed but let the poor and needy praise your name. Psalm 74:21.
Lord, arise, and have mercy upon Zion, and let the time to favor her, yea the set time come; yea let the Lord build up Zion, and appear in his glory. Lord, regard the prayer of the destitute, and do not despise their prayer. Psalm 102:13, 16, 17.
O Lord God, cease we beseech you, bywhom shall Jacob arise, for he is small! O cause your face to shine upon that part of your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. Amos 7:5. Daniel