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Psalm 66:20

Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

18If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
19But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
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Notice

The prayer God has heard becomes praise, with gratitude reaching beyond being heard to the loving kindness he has kept toward the speaker.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 86:12–13I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.Both speakers direct their praise to God, with Psalm 66 naming heard prayer and loving kindness as reasons.
Psalm 68:35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!Both bless God for what he gives: strength to his people in Psalm 68, loving kindness to the speaker in Psalm 66.
Psalm 51:11Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.Psalm 51 asks God not to cast the speaker away; Psalm 66 praises him for withholding neither attention nor kindness.
2 Samuel 7:14–15I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;Both describe God's relationship with a person, though Samuel speaks of fatherhood and discipline rather than hearing prayer.
Psalm 22:24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.Both affirm that God has heard a cry addressed to him rather than turning away from the speaker.
Where this verse fits

Answered prayer. gratitude. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

When you give thanks for a heard prayer, God's kindness belongs in that thanks too. The psalmist praises God for hearing him and keeping his loving kindness toward him.

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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).