The Prayer of Jacob

The Prayer of Jacob

[A short prayer of invocation, preserved in fragmentary form.]

Father of the patriarchs, Father of all things, Father of the powers of the cosmos, Maker of all: hear me. [Text missing]

You who sit upon the holy mountain,

established upon the seas,

who hold the four winds in your hand,

who set the firmament as a vault

and the earth upon the waters;

you whose name the angels glorify

and tremble before your face:

hear me, and have mercy.

Fill me, I pray, with the wisdom that is from you. Make me strong, and fill my heart with what is good; make me a son of the covenant, that I may walk before you blamelessly. [Line damaged] Grant me your favor, and the blessing of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and bring me to the inheritance of the upright.

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