Psalms 51:15

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“O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.”

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BSBPD

“O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 51:15 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 44:16“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
  2. Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  3. 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  4. Psalms 9:14that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
  5. Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  6. Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
  7. Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
  8. Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
  9. Ezekiel 29:21In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  10. Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  11. Matthew 22:12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
  12. Mark 7:34And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
  13. Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  14. Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

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