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Psalm 119:108

Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.

106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
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The offerings here come from a mouth, and the same speaker who brings them still asks God to teach him how to live.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.Both prayers ask the LORD to accept the speaker's words, placing spoken prayer under God's judgment.
Hebrews 13:15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.Both passages describe words spoken to God as offerings, with Hebrews naming praise and allegiance as the fruit of lips.
Psalm 119:12Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.Both verses join words addressed to the LORD with a request that he teach the speaker his commands.
Hosea 14:2Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.Both prayers bring spoken offerings to the LORD and ask him to accept what is offered.
Numbers 29:39“‘You shall offer these to the LORD in your set feasts—in addition to your vows and your free will offerings—for your burnt offerings, your meal offerings, …Both passages speak of willing offerings to the LORD, though Numbers lists ritual offerings and the psalm offers words.
Psalm 119:169Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.Both prayers ask God to receive the speaker's plea and to grant instruction or understanding.
2 Chronicles 31:14Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, to distribute the LORD’s offerings and the most …Willing offerings link these texts: the psalm offers words, while Chronicles describes offerings entrusted to Kore for distribution.
Psalm 119:130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.The request for God's teaching shares its concern for understanding with the declaration that God's words give light.
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Encouragement

The surrounding lines speak of affliction and danger. Even there, the psalmist offers words to God and asks for instruction; hardship has not ended his prayer.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).