When Israel was defeated at Ai because of Achan’s greed, Joshua uttered a most impassioned plea also on the basis of Jehovah’s name.
दाऊद के अनेक भजन गंभीर प्रार्थनाओं के रूप में हैं, और एक विशेषतः प्रभावी उदाहरण भजन ५१ है ।