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Blessed be the Lord,
    for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.(A)

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21 Blessed be the Lord,
    for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
    when I was beset as a city under siege.(A)
22 I had said in my alarm,
    “I am driven far[a] from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
    when I cried out to you for help.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 31.22 Heb mss: MT cut off

19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress;
20 he sent out his word and healed them
    and delivered them from destruction.(A)
21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.
22 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.(B)

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Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.(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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33 For the Lord hears the needy
    and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and everything that moves in them.(B)

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19 But truly God has listened;
    he has heard the words of my prayer.(A)

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

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