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Psalm 66:16
Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
14which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
15I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.
16Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
17I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
18If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
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“Come and hear” turns a personal account of what God has done into something shared with others who fear him, giving gratitude an audience.
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Mark 5:19He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on …Both passages concern telling others what God has done for a person; Jesus directs the man to his house and friends.
Psalm 34:11Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Both begin by asking people to come and listen, and both name the fear of God.
Psalm 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.Both speakers intend to tell what God has done, with Psalm 71 naming his righteousness and salvation.
Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the …Both passages describe speech among people who fear God; Malachi also records that the LORD hears their conversation.
Psalm 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to …Both speakers want to declare God’s work to others; Psalm 71 names the next generation as the audience.
1 John 1:3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, …Both passages declare personal experience to others; John also states the purpose of fellowship with those who hear.
Psalm 66:5Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men.Both summon others to attend to God’s deeds: one says to come and see, the other to come and hear.
Luke 2:17When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.Both describe sharing an account with others, though Luke concerns a saying about the child and the psalm concerns God’s deeds.
2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are …Both connect what someone receives from God with others: an account to hear in the psalm, comfort in Corinthians.
1 Timothy 1:15–16The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.Both speakers make their account personal; Paul names himself among the sinners Christ Jesus came to save.
1 Corinthians 15:8–10and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.Both speakers recount a personal experience; Paul’s brief statement describes an appearance, while the psalm names what God has done.
Daniel 4:2It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.Both speakers choose to tell others what God has done for them; Daniel’s passage names signs and wonders.
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Your account does not need to sound impressive. The speaker gathers listeners around what God has done; God’s action is the substance of what he has to tell.
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