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31 When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,(A)

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14 When Judah turned, the battle was in front of them and behind them. They cried out to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets.(A)

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13 I was pushed hard,[a] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 118.13 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb You pushed me hard

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us;[a] on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,(A)

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  1. 1.10 Other ancient authorities read is rescuing us or lack the phrase

21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.

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When the ways of people please the Lord,
    he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.(A)

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Psalm 116

Thanksgiving for Recovery from Illness

I love the Lord because he has heard
    my voice and my supplications.(A)
Because he inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.(B)

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17 If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.(A)

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11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge.[a] Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 46.11 Or fortress

Psalm 46

God’s Defense of His City and People

To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present[a] help in trouble.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 46.1 Or well proved

The angel of the Lord encamps
    around those who fear him and delivers them.(A)

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11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man!”

At the time, I was cupbearer to the king.(A)

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27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem(A)

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End of the Babylonian Captivity

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:(A)

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God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs who lived in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.(A)

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11 Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is no difference for you between helping the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let no mortal prevail against you.”(A)

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10 As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord.(A)

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