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May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
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Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
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Psalm 142
A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
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Psalm 143
A psalm of David.
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
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The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
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The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
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If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
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Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!
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When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
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Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
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Hezekiah’s Prayer
Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
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“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.
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these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
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Praise and Prayer
I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us— yes, the many good things he has done for Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses.
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Jeremiah’s Prayer
Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.
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Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
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You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
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Daniel’s Prayer
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom—
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So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
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“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.
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while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
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Jonah’s Prayer
Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
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Prayer and Praise
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, which lives by itself in a forest, in fertile pasturelands. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago.
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Habakkuk’s Prayer
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.
