Question 125

Which is the fourth petition?

“Give us this day our daily bread”; that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body,³⁶⁹³⁶⁹    Ps. 104:27, 28; Ps. 145:15, 16; Matt. 6:25, 26. that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all good,³⁷⁰³⁷⁰    James 1:17; Acts 14:17; Acts 17:27 , 28. and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts, can profit us without thy blessing;³⁷¹³⁷¹    1 Cor. 15:58; Deut. 8:3; Ps. 37:3–5, 16; Ps. 127:1, 2. and therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it alone in thee.³⁷²³⁷²    Ps. 55:23; Ps. 62:11; Ps. 146:3; Jer. 17:5, 7.