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Psalm 71:8

My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.

6I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
7I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
9Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
10For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
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Notice

A mouth filled with praise suggests a whole day shaped by God's honor, even as the surrounding prayer speaks of failing strength and enemies.

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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 34:1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be …Both speakers commit their mouths to God's praise through the whole span of the day.
Psalm 141:3Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.Both concern the mouth before God: one pledges praise, while the other asks God to guard speech.
Psalm 35:28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.Both describe spoken praise lasting all day, with the mouth or tongue devoted to honoring God.
Psalm 84:4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.Both describe sustained praise to God, one throughout the day and the other among those dwelling in God's house.
1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in the LORD! My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your …Both prayers speak of the mouth while honoring God; Hannah's words name her joy in his salvation.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. wanting a steady prayer habit. aging.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Speak one sentence of praise to God at midday

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Encouragement

Praise here comes from someone who also asks God for help as strength fails. Your words of honor can share a day with pleas for help; both belong in 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).