Psalm 116:1-4

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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.
²Because he ^(C)inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
³^(D)The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.
⁴Then ^(E)I called on the name of the Lord:
    “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

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Psalm 116:12-19

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¹²What shall I ^(A)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
¹³I will lift up ^(B)the cup of salvation
    and ^(C)call on the name of the Lord,
¹⁴I will ^(D)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵^(E)Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his ^(F)saints.
¹⁶O Lord, I am your ^(G)servant;
    I am your servant, ^(H)the son of your maidservant.
    You have ^(I)loosed my bonds.
¹⁷I will ^(J)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and ^(K)call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸I will ^(L)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹in ^(M)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
^(N)Praise the Lord!

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Isaiah 26:1-4

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You Keep Him in Perfect Peace

26 In that day ^(A)this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;
    he sets up ^(B)salvation
    as walls and bulwarks.
²^(C)Open the gates,
    that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
³^(D)You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.
⁴Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

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1 Peter 1:13-16

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Called to Be Holy

¹³Therefore, ^(A)preparing your minds for action,^[a] and ^(B)being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴As obedient children, ^(C)do not be conformed to the passions ^(D)of your former ignorance, ¹⁵but ^(E)as he who called you is holy, you also be holy ^(F)in all your conduct, ¹⁶since it is written, ^(G)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”