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What does Psalms 66:17 mean?

"I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue."

— Psalms 66:17 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

15

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

16

Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

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I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

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If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

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But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

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

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