to the (A)place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram (B)called on the name of the Lord.

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12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you.

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(A)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (B)“To your [a]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (C)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and (D)called on the name of the Lord.

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  1. Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed

18 (A)praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, (B)being watchful to this end with all perseverance and (C)supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, (D)that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.

“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The [a]pointing of the finger, and (A)speaking wickedness,

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  1. Isaiah 58:9 Lit. sending out of

“For then I will restore to the peoples (A)a pure [a]language,
That they all may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him with one accord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit. lip

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

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Praise to God for His Salvation and Providence

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

65 Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the [a]vow shall be performed.
O You who hear prayer,
(A)To You all flesh will come.

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  1. Psalm 65:1 A promised deed

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who (A)are [a]sanctified in Christ Jesus, (B)called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ (C)our Lord, (D)both theirs and ours:

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:2 set apart

18 (A)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him (B)in truth.

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17 I will offer to You (A)the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the Lord.

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15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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BOOK FIVE

Psalms 107–150

Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance

107 Oh, (A)give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His [a]mercy endures forever.

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  1. Psalm 107:1 Heb. same as goodness, vv. 8, 15, 21, 31, and lovingkindness, v. 43

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather [a]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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  1. Psalm 84:10 stand at the threshold

BOOK TWO

Psalms 42–72

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
(A)My soul thirsts for God, for the (B)living God.
When shall I come and [c]appear before God?

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  1. Psalm 42:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 42:1 Lit. longs for
  3. Psalm 42:2 So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg. I see the face of God

(A)Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. (A)On[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

84 How (B)lovely [b]is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
(C)My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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  1. Psalm 84:1 Heb. Al Gittith
  2. Psalm 84:1 are Your dwellings

Lord, (A)I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place [a]where Your glory dwells.

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  1. Psalm 26:8 Lit. of the tabernacle of Your glory

Jacob’s Return to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, (B)who appeared to you (C)when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

And Jacob said to his (D)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (E)the foreign gods that are among you, (F)purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, (G)who answered me in the day of my distress (H)and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”

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18 (A)Then Abram moved his tent, and went and (B)dwelt by [a]the terebinth trees of Mamre, (C)which are in Hebron, and built an (D)altar there to the Lord.

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  1. Genesis 13:18 Heb. Alon Mamre

26 And as for Seth, (A)to him also a son was born; and he named him [a]Enosh. Then men began (B)to call on the name of the Lord.

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  1. Genesis 4:26 Gr. Enos, Luke 3:38

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