Psalm 71:6
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6 From my birth I have leaned upon you,
my protector since my mother’s womb.[a]
My praise is continually of you.(A)
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- 71.6 Q ms Gk Jerome: MT from my mother’s womb you took me
Psalm 22:9-10
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9 Yet it was you who took me from the womb;
you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.(A)
10 On you I was cast from my birth,
and since my mother bore me you have been my God.(B)
Jeremiah 1:5
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5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”(A)
Psalm 139:15-16
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15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.(A)
16 Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.[a]
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- 139.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Galatians 1:15
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15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(A)
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- 1.15 Other ancient authorities read God
Isaiah 49:5
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5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—(A)
Isaiah 46:3-4
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3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from your birth,
carried from the womb;(A)
4 even to your old age I am he;
even when you turn gray I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.(B)
Psalm 34:1
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Psalm 34
Praise for Deliverance from Trouble
Of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Isaiah 49:1
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The Servant’s Mission
49 Listen to me, O coastlands;
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born;
while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.(A)
Psalm 145:1-2
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Psalm 145
The Greatness and the Goodness of God
Praise. Of David.
1 I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.(A)
Jeremiah 3:4
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4 Have you not just now called to me,
“My Father, you are the friend of my youth—(A)
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Luke 1:31-32
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31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.(A) 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.(B)
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Psalm 71:14
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14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
Ephesians 5:20
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20 giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A)
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