Friday, November 22

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Praise our God, all peoples,

    let the sound of his praise be heard;

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he has preserved our lives

    and kept our feet from slipping.

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For you, God, tested us;

    you refined us like silver.

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You brought us into prison

    and laid burdens on our backs.

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You let people ride over our heads;

    we went through fire and water,

    but you brought us to a place of abundance.

13 

I will come to your temple with burnt offerings

    and fulfill my vows to you—

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vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke

    when I was in trouble.

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I will sacrifice fat animals to you

    and an offering of rams;

    I will offer bulls and goats.

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Come and hear, all you who fear God;

    let me tell you what he has done for me.

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I cried out to him with my mouth;

    his praise was on my tongue.

18 

If I had cherished sin in my heart,

    the Lord would not have listened;

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but God has surely listened

    and has heard my prayer.

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Praise be to God,

    who has not rejected my prayer

    or withheld his love from me!