Prayer for Wisdom

The following is a prayer for wisdom. It is the opening prayer for
meetings of the International Nazarene Beit Din and is placed here as a
reminder to us to seek YHWH’s wisdom. It is taken by a prayer of
Solomon for Wisdom given in the Wisdom of Solomon:

1: O Elohim of my fathers, and YHWH of mercy, who has made all
things with Your Word,
2: And ordained man through Your wisdom, that he should have
dominion over the creatures which You have made,
3: And order the world according to equity and righteousness, and
execute judgment with an upright heart:
4: Give me wisdom, that sits by your throne; and reject me not from
among thy children:
5: For I Your servant and son of Your handmaid am a feeble person,
and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment
and laws.
6: For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men,
yet if Your wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
7: You have chosen me to be … a judge of Your sons and
daughters….
9: And wisdom was with You: which knows Your works, and was
present when You made the world, and knew what was acceptable in
Your sight, and right in Your commandments.
10: O send her out of Your set-apart heavens, and from the throne of
Your glory, that being present she may labor with me, that I may know
what is pleasing unto you.
11: For she knows and understands all things, and she shall lead me
soberly in my doings, and preserve me in her power.
12: So shall my works be acceptable, and then shall I judge Your
people righteously, …
13: For what man is he that can know the counsel of Elohim? or who
can think what the will of YHWH is?
14: For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are
but uncertain.
15: For the corruptible body presses down the soul, and the earthy
tabernacle weighs down the mind that muses upon many things. 8
16: And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and
with labor do we find the things that are before us: but the things that
are in heaven who has searched out?
17: And Your counsel who has known, except You give wisdom, and
send Your Ruach HaKodesh from above?
18: For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed,
and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto You, and were
saved through wisdom.
(Wisdom 9:1-18)