Psalm 19:14
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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)
Psalm 104:34
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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 51:15
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15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.(A)
Psalm 119:108
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108 Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
and teach me your ordinances.(A)
1 Peter 2:5
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5 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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- 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built
Psalm 66:18-20
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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)
Proverbs 15:8
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8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)
Psalm 18:1-2
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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:
1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 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)
Psalm 5:1-2
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Psalm 5
Trust in God for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
1 Listen to my words, O Lord;
attend to my sighing.(A)
2 Listen to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.(B)
Job 19:25
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- 19.25 Or redeemer
1 Peter 1:18-19
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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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Hebrews 11:4
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The Examples of Abel, Enoch, and Noah
4 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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Titus 2:14
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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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