Psalm 116:1
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Psalm 116
Thanksgiving for Recovery from Illness
1 I love the Lord because he has heard
my voice and my supplications.(A)
1 John 4:19
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19 We love[a] because he first loved us.
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- 4.19 Other ancient authorities add him or God
Psalm 66:19-20
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19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(A)
20 Blessed be God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me.(B)
John 16:24
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24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.(A)
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1 John 5:2-3
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2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(A)
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Psalm 34:3-4
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3 O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together.(A)
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.(B)
Mark 12:33
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33 and ‘to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(A)
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Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)
Psalm 40:1
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Psalm 40
Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.(A)
Psalm 119:132
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132 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is your custom toward those who love your name.(A)
Genesis 35:2
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2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes;(A)
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John 21:17
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17 He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.(A)
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Psalm 31:22-23
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22 I had said in my alarm,
“I am driven far[a] from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
when I cried out to you for help.(A)
23 Love the Lord, all you his saints.
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.(B)
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- 31.22 Heb mss: MT cut off
Psalm 18:1-6
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Psalm 18
Royal Thanksgiving for Victory
To the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.(A)
3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
so I shall be saved from my enemies.(B)
4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(C)
5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(D)
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.(E)
1 Samuel 1:26
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26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence praying to the Lord.(A)
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