Thanks to Kendall Harmon for bringing to my attention Walter Russell Mead’s comparison of the nations of the world to Belshazzar in Daniel 5.
Daniel 5:22 (AMP)
And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart and mind, though you knew all this [knew it and were defiant].
El Elyon, God Most High,
We lift up our eyes to the heavens and give praise and honor and glory to You who lives forever. Your dominion is an everlasting dominion. Your kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the people of the earth are nothing compared to You. You are sovereign over the angel armies and the inhabitants of the earth.
O King of heaven, we praise, honor, and glorify You. All Your acts are just and true. You are able to abase those that walk in pride.
As a citizen of the United States of America, I confess my nation’s consumerism. In our greed for wealth and power, we have dissembled our budgetary confinements and disguised the truth. Our lust and pride have lied to our hearts and minds.
We have been poor stewards of the great bounty You have bestowed upon us. We cry out for mercy as You weigh us in the balance.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Amen.
Daniel 4:34-37
