Psalms 19:14
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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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There are two excellent books which the great God has published for the instruction and edification of the children of men; this psalm treats of them both, and recommends them both to our diligent study. I. The book of the creatures, in which we may easily read the power and godhead of the Creator (Psa 19:1-6). II. The book of the scriptures, which makes known to us the will of God concerning our duty. He shows the excellency and usefulness of that book (Psa 19:7-11) and then teaches us how to improve it (Psa 19:12-14). To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Open source ↗19:14 words of my mouth . . . meditation of my heart: The psalmist desires to please God in everything he says and thinks (see Luke 6:45; Rom 12:1-2).
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The Hebrew and Greek words behind this passage, with Strong's numbers — from openscriptures (CC BY-SA).
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May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.