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Here are 15 personal prayers quoted directly from the Bible:

 

  1. "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." - Psalm 51:10                                                          

  2. "Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long." - Psalm 25:5                                                                                                                                                                      

  3. "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!" - Psalm 139:23-24                                                                            

  4. "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul." - Psalm 23:1-3                                                                                                              

  5. "I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken." - Psalm 16:8        

  6. "Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name." - Psalm 86:11

  7. "Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by." - Psalm 57:1                                                                  

  8. "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." - Psalm 19:14                                                                                                                                   

  9. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." - Proverbs 3:5-6                                                        

  10. "Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old." - Lamentations 5:21         

  11. "Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul." - Psalm 143:8                                                                                                               

  12. "Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray." - Psalm 5:1-2                                                                                                            

  13. "Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me." - Psalm 119:133  

  14. "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!" - Psalm 139:23-24                                                                  

  15. "But I call to God, and the Lord will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice." - Psalm 55:16-17                                                                                               

These prayers from the Bible can serve as powerful expressions of personal devotion and communication with God.

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