Leader: O God, give our leaders your justice.
People: Give your righteousness to our leaders, our mamas and daddies, our local, regional and national officials, our aunts and uncles, our educators and legislators, our grandmas and grandpas.
Leader: May they judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
People: Blessed be the LORD God, who alone works wonders.
Leader: May they judge the doctors and the drug dealers, the addicted and the educated, the confident and conflicted, the comfortable and the afflicted, the wealthy and those struggling with justice.
People: May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
Leader: May our cites, our suburbs, rural areas teem with prosperity for all people.
People: Blessed be the LORD God, who alone works wonders.
Leader: May our law makers, law enforcers, and law defenders champion the cause of the poor, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor.
People: May our just and righteous leaders be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
Leader: In their days may righteousness flourish and peace abound. May our peace officers offer peace.
People: Blessed be the LORD God, who alone works wonders.
Leader: May our leaders deliver the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.
People: May they have pity on the weak and the needy, and save the lives of the needy.
Leader: May they redeem their lives from oppression and violence.
People: Blessed be the LORD God, who alone works wonders.
Leader: Blessed be the LORD, the God of all people, who alone does wondrous things.
All: Blessed be God's glorious name forever; may God's glory fill the whole earth. Amen and Amen.
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