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14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    be acceptable to you,
    O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.(A)

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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.

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15 O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.(A)

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108 Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
    and teach me your ordinances.(A)

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like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened.(A)
19 But truly God has listened;
    he has heard the words of my prayer.(B)

20 Blessed be God,
    who has not rejected my prayer
    or removed his steadfast love from me.(C)

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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)

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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:

I love you, O Lord, my strength.
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)

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Psalm 5

Trust in God for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

Listen to my words, O Lord;
    attend to my sighing.(A)
Listen to the sound of my cry,
    my King and my God,
    for to you I pray.(B)

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25 For I know that my vindicator[a] lives
    and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;(A)

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  1. 19.25 Or redeemer

18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.(A)

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The Examples of Abel, Enoch, and Noah

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable[a] sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith[b] he still speaks.(A)

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  1. 11.4 Gk greater
  2. 11.4 Gk through it

14 He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.(A)

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16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.(A)

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Our Redeemer—the Lord of hosts is his name—
    is the Holy One of Israel.(A)

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15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.(A)

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10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(A)

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14 Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and break down all the bars,
    and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.[a](A)

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  1. 43.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain

and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,(A) but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.(B)

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Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,
    and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
I am the first, and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.(A)

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For your Maker is your husband;
    the Lord of hosts is his name;
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
    the God of the whole earth he is called.(A)

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They sing a new song:

“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
    saints from[a] every tribe and language and people and nation;(A)

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  1. 5.9 Gk ransomed for God from