The faithful doubtless prayed in their adversities, and depended on such prophecies as we find in Ps 102, ???The day is now come to show mercy to Zion, and to build its walls; for thy servants pity her stones.??? Nor did the faithful pray thus presumptuously, but taking confidence, as though God had dictated a form of prayer by his own mouth, they dealt with God according to his promise, ???O Lord