'To the Lord' in the Bible
Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for his loving kindness endures forever:
Their heart cried to the Lord: wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no respite; don't let the apple of your eye cease.
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;
Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of Armies, "and my name is awesome among the nations."