Bible Cross References
prayer
Psalm 86:1-17
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Listen to me, LORD, and answer me, for I am helpless and weak.
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Save me from death, because I am loyal to you; save me, for I am your servant and I trust in you.
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You are my God, so be merciful to me; I pray to you all day long.
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Make your servant glad, O Lord, because my prayers go up to you.
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You are good to us and forgiving, full of constant love for all who pray to you.
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Listen, LORD, to my prayer; hear my cries for help.
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I call to you in times of trouble, because you answer my prayers.
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There is no god like you, O Lord, not one has done what you have done.
9
All the nations that you have created will come and bow down to you; they will praise your greatness.
10
You are mighty and do wonderful things; you alone are God.
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Teach me, LORD, what you want me to do, and I will obey you faithfully; teach me to serve you with complete devotion.
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I will praise you with all my heart, O Lord my God; I will proclaim your greatness forever.
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How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.
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Proud people are coming against me, O God; a cruel gang is trying to kill me--- people who pay no attention to you.
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But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.
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Turn to me and have mercy on me; strengthen me and save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.
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Show me proof of your goodness, LORD; those who hate me will be ashamed when they see that you have given me comfort and help.
Psalm 90:1-17
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O Lord, you have always been our home.
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Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever.
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You tell us to return to what we were; you change us back to dust.
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A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night.
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You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,
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that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up and die in the evening.
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We are destroyed by your anger; we are terrified by your fury.
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You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.
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Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.
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Seventy years is all we have--- eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.
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Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?
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Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.
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How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O LORD, on your servants!
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Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life.
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Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us during all our years of misery.
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Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might.
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Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!
upon Shigionoth
Psalm 7:1-17
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O LORD, my God, I come to you for protection; rescue me and save me from all who pursue me,
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or else like a lion they will carry me off where no one can save me, and there they will tear me to pieces.
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O LORD, my God, if I have wronged anyone, if I have betrayed a friend or without cause done violence to my enemy --- if I have done any of these things---
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then let my enemies pursue me and catch me, let them cut me down and kill me and leave me lifeless on the ground!
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Rise in your anger, O LORD! Stand up against the fury of my enemies; rouse yourself and help me! Justice is what you demand,
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so bring together all the peoples around you, and rule over them from above.
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You are the judge of all people. Judge in my favor, O LORD; you know that I am innocent.
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You are a righteous God and judge our thoughts and desires. Stop the wickedness of evildoers and reward those who are good.
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God is my protector; he saves those who obey him.
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God is a righteous judge and always condemns the wicked.
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If they do not change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He bends his bow and makes it ready;
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he takes up his deadly weapons and aims his burning arrows.
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See how wicked people think up evil; they plan trouble and practice deception.
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But in the traps they set for others, they themselves get caught.
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So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.
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I thank the LORD for his justice; I sing praises to the LORD, the Most High.