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2577 From this intimacy with the
faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast
love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his
intercession. He does not pray for himself but for 210
the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes
for ~hem during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to
obtain 2635 healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly
after their apostasy that oses
stands in the breach before God in order to save
the copie.25 The arguments of his
prayer for intercession is also a
ysterious battle will inspire the boldness of the
great intercessors mong the Jewish
people and in the Church: God is love; he is 214 erefore
righteous and faithful; he cannot contradict himself; he ust
remember his marvellous deeds, since his glory is at stake,
d he cannot forsake this people that bears his name. David and the prayer of the king 578 The prayer of the People of God flourishes in
the shadow of ods dwelling place, first the ark of the
covenant and later the emple. At first the leaders of the
people the shepherds and the rophets
teach them to pray. The infant Samuel must have arned from
his mother Hannah how to stand before the LORD
d from the priest Eli how to listen to his word:
Speak, LORD, for our servant is
iistening.~2ó Later, he will also know the cost and
nsequence of intercession: Moreover, as
for me, far be it from e that I
should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you;
d I will instruct you in the good and the right
way.27 79 David is par
excellence the king after Gods own
heart, the 709 epherd who prays for his people and
prays in their name. His bmission to the will of God, his
praise and his repentance, will be model for the prayer of
the people. His prayer, the prayer of ods Anointed, is
a faithful adherence to the divine promise and 436
presses a loving and joyful trust in God, the only King and
ord.28 In the Psalms David, inspired by the Holy Spirit,
is the first ophet ofJewish and e. The prayer of Christ, the
e Messiah and Son of David, will reveal and fulfil the
meaning this prayer. 8o The Temple of
Jerusalem, the house of prayer that David 583 anted to
build, will be the work of his son, Solomon. The prayer the
dedication of the Temple relies on Gods promise and
venant, on the active presence of his name among his People,
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