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Liturgies in Response to Terrorist Events
Spread Over Us Thy Shelter of Peace
Grant, Lord our God, that we lie down in peace,
And that we rise, O our King, to life.
Spread over us thy shelter of peace,
And direct us with good counsel of thy own.
Save us for thy name's sake; Shield us,
And remove from us every enemy and pestilence,
Sword and famine and grief;
Remove the adversary from before us
And from behind us;
Shelter us in the shadow of thy wings;
For thou art our protecting and saving God;
Thou are indeed a gracious and merciful
God and King.
Guard thou our going out and our coming in,
For life and peace, henceforth and forever;
Blessed art thou, O Lord,
Who guardest thy people Israel forever.
Courtesy of American Jewish Committee -- Long Island