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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”
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“Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.
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Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel.
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“Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?
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I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
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When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”
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Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.”
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David’s Prayer
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
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And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human!
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“What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord.
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“How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
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Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
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Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”
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To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.”
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For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
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Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.
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For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
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I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
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But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
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But you, Sovereign Lord, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
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Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
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But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
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Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘It will not take place, it will not happen,
