The Lord has heard my (A)plea;
    the Lord accepts my prayer.

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The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;(A)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.

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Deliver Me, O Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.

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Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord(A) in my distress,(B)
    and he answers me.

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19 But truly (A)God has listened;
    he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God,
    because he has not rejected my prayer
    or removed his steadfast love 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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(A)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, (B)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (C)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (D)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (E)For the sake of Christ, then, (F)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (G)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.(A) But he said to me, “My grace(B) is sufficient for you, for my power(C) is made perfect in weakness.(D)(E) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(F) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(G) in persecutions,(H) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(I)

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My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

40 I (A)waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and (B)heard my cry.
He drew me up from (C)the pit of destruction,
    out of (D)the miry bog,
and (E)set my feet upon a rock,
    (F)making my steps secure.

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Psalm 40[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

I waited patiently(B) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.(C)
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,(D)
    out of the mud(E) and mire;(F)
he set my feet(G) on a rock(H)
    and gave me a firm place to stand.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.

When my life was fainting away,
    I remembered the Lord,
(A)and my prayer came to you,
    into your holy temple.

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“When my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered(A) you, Lord,
and my prayer(B) rose to you,
    to your holy temple.(C)

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On the day I called, you answered me;
    my strength of soul you increased.[a]

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  1. Psalm 138:3 Hebrew you made me bold in my soul with strength

When I called,(A) you answered me;(B)
    you greatly emboldened(C) me.

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(A)Out of my distress I (B)called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me (C)free.

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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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10 (A)He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. (B)On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 11 (C)You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf (D)for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.

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10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(A) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(B) that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers.(C) Then many will give thanks(D) on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

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saying,

(A)“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
    and he answered me;
(B)out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
    (C)and you heard my voice.

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He said:

“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.

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I Love the Lord

116 I (A)love the Lord, because he has (B)heard
    my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he (C)inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on 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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I (A)cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he (B)answered me from his (C)holy hill. Selah

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I call out to the Lord,(A)
    and he answers me from his holy mountain.(B)

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22 I had said in my (A)alarm,[a]
    “I am (B)cut off from (C)your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
    when I cried to you for help.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:22 Or in my haste

22 In my alarm(A) I said,
    “I am cut off(B) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry(C) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

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