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1 Thanksgiving to God LORD, I thank you with all of my heart; because you heard the words that I spoke, I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.
2 I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.
3 When I called out, you answered me; you strengthened me.
4 LORD, all the kings of the earth will give you thanks, for they have heard what you have spoken.
5 They will sing about the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD!
6 Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.
7 Though I walk straight into trouble, you preserve my life, stretching out your hand to fight the vehemence of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
8 The LORD will complete what his purpose is for me. LORD, your gracious love is eternal; do not abandon your personal work in me.
139 1To the Music Director: A Davidic Song
God’s Knowledge and Presence LORD, you have examined me; you have known me.
2 You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.
3 You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.
4 Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely!
5 You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me.
6 Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.
7The Magnitude of GodWhere can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence?
8 If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!
9 If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon
10 your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me.
11 If I say, “Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,”
12 even darkness isn’t dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.
13 It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it.
15 My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.
17 How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!
18 Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.
19 God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,
20 who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.
21 I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?
22 With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies.
23 Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way.
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A Prayer for Deliverance Deliver me, LORD, from evil people, preserve me from violent men,
2 who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.
3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude
4 Protect me, LORD, from the control of evil people, from violent men who have planned to trip me.
5 The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
6 So I say to the LORD, “You are my God; listen to my voice as I plead for mercy, LORD.
7 LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have protected my head in the time of battle.
8 Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude
9 May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!
10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be cast into fire, and into miry pits, never to rise again.
11 Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.
12 I know that the LORD will act on behalf of the tormented, providing justice for the needy.
13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name, while the upright live in your presence.
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A Prayer for Maturity
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A Prayer for Deliverance
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A Prayer for Maturity