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Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
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Spiritual Sacrifices
Commentators unanimously explain that the 'freewill-offerings of my mouth' are not literal sacrifices but spiritual ones. This includes prayers, praise, thanksgiving, and verbal testimony. The psalmist offers his words to God as an act of worship, coming freely from a willing heart, not from compulsion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Accept, I beseech you, the free-will offerings of my mouth - Or, the meaning of the word here rendered "free-will," see the notes at Psalm 1…
19th Century
Anglican
Freewill offerings of my mouth — that is, thanks and praise.
Baptist
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD—
My prayers, my praises, my testimonies, my ministries, accept t…
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16th Century
Protestant
O Jehovah! I ask you, let the free-will-offerings of my mouth be acceptable. This verse may be read as one connected sentence, or it can b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Accept, I beseech you, the freewill offerings of my mouth , O Lord Not sacrifices out…
The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with …
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