Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!

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Praise be to the Lord,(A)
    for he has heard my cry for mercy.(B)

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21 Blessed be the Lord,
For (A)He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a [a]strong city!
22 For I said in my haste,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:21 fortified

21 Praise be to the Lord,(A)
    for he showed me the wonders of his love(B)
    when I was in a city under siege.(C)
22 In my alarm(D) I said,
    “I am cut off(E) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry(F) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

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19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 (A)He sent His word and (B)healed them,
And (C)delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 (D)Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And (E)declare His works with [a]rejoicing.

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  1. Psalm 107:22 joyful singing

19 Then they cried(A) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them(B) from their distress.
20 He sent out his word(C) and healed them;(D)
    he rescued(E) them from the grave.(F)
21 Let them give thanks(G) to the Lord for his unfailing love(H)
    and his wonderful deeds(I) for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings(J)
    and tell of his works(K) with songs of joy.(L)

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(A)I called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and (B)set me in a broad place.

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When hard pressed,(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.(B)

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Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

116 I (A)love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

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Psalm 116

I love the Lord,(A) for he heard my voice;
    he heard my cry(B) for mercy.(C)
Because he turned his ear(D) to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

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33 For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise (A)His prisoners.

34 (B)Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas (C)and everything that moves in them.

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33 The Lord hears the needy(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(B)

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19 But certainly God (A)has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer,
Nor His mercy from me!

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19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard(A) my prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected(B) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

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