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Lament and Petition Prayers

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Lament and Petition Prayers." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/prayer/lament-and-petition-prayers.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Lament and Petition Prayers. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/prayer/lament-and-petition-prayers

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-lament-and-petition-prayers,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Lament and Petition Prayers},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/prayer/lament-and-petition-prayers},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A prayer that combines lament, an expression of grief or distress, with petition, a request that the distress be answered, a common ancient Near Eastern form in which complaint and request are not separated as later prayer traditions tend to separate them.

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