"Give us this day our daily bread"; that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body, [369] that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all good, [370] and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts, can profit us without thy blessing; [371] and therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it alone in thee. [372]

[369] Ps. 104:27, 28; Ps. 145:15, 16; Matt. 6:25, 26.

[370] James 1:17; Acts 14:17; Acts 17:27 , 28.

[371] 1:Cor. 15:58; Deut. 8:3; Ps. 37:3-5, 16; Ps. 127:1, 2.

[372] Ps. 55:23; Ps. 62:11; Ps. 146:3; Jer. 17:5, 7.