Psalms 69:30-31 (KJV)
[30] I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
[31] This also shall please the Lord better
than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs
Psalm 40:1-17 (KJV)
[I] waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry.
[2] He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out
of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,
and established my goings.
[3] And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even
praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear,
and shall trust in the Lord.
[4] Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,
and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
[5] Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which
thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I
would declare and speak of them, they are
more than can be numbered.
[6] Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;
mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering
and sin offering hast thou not required.
[7] Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume
of the book it is written of me,
[8] I delight to do thy will, O my God:
yea, thy law is within my heart.
[9] I have preached righteousness in the great
congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips,
O Lord, thou knowest.
[10] I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation:
I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and
thy truth from the great congregation.
[11] Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me,
O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy
truth continually preserve me.
[12] For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that
I am not able to look up; they are more than the
hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
[13] Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me:
O Lord, make haste to help me.
[14] Let them be ashamed and confounded together
that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them
be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
[15] Let them be desolate for a reward of their
shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
[16] Let all those that seek thee rejoice and
be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation
say continually, The Lord be magnified.
[17] But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh
upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer;
make no tarrying, O my God.
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May He bless you richly, as you continue to
share His love!
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