Psalm 34:1-3
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Psalm 34
Praise for Deliverance from Trouble
Of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.(A)
3 O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together.(B)
Isaiah 49:5-6
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5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—(A)
6 he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”(B)
Acts 5:19-21
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19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out, and said,(A) 20 “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.”(B) 21 When they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and went on with their teaching.
When the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the council and the whole body of the elders of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought.(C)
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John 3:16-21
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16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.(A)
17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.(B) 18 Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.(C) 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(D) 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(E) 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”[a](F)
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Psalm 13:3
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3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,(A)
Psalm 13:5
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5 But I trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.(A)
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