Psalm 17:1
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Psalm 17
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors
A Prayer of David.
1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry;
give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
Psalm 142:6
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6 Listen to my cry,
for I am brought very low.
Save me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me.(A)
Psalm 61:1
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Psalm 61
Assurance of God’s Protection
To the leader: with stringed instruments. Of David.
1 Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.(A)
1 John 3:21
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21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God,
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Matthew 15:8
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8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;(A)
Daniel 9:18-19
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18 Incline your ear, O my God, and hear. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that bears your name. We do not present our supplication before you on the ground of our righteousness but on the ground of your great mercies.(A) 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act and do not delay! For your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people bear your name!”(B)
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Psalm 145:18
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18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.(A)
John 1:47
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47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”(A)
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord said:
Because these people draw near with their mouths
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me
and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,(A)
Psalm 142:1
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Psalm 142
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors
A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer.
1 With my voice I cry to the Lord;
with my voice I make supplication to the Lord.(A)
Psalm 140:12
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12 I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy
and executes justice for the poor.(A)
Psalm 86:1
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Psalm 86
Supplication for Help against Enemies
A Prayer of David.
1 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.(A)
Psalm 66:19
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19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(A)
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