With their lips a prayer is made to Him (in worship) but their hearts are deceptive in doing so
Matthew 15:9: This people honours me with their lips but their heart is far from me.
Restoring the mangled interpretation you give Matthew shows that neither prayer nor worship is mentioned in that verse.
A person who says "God be praised" is giving honour with his lips - he is not praying, he is praising.
If his statement is heartfelt, then of course the praise is being given as a form of worship... If not, no respect or honour is being given to God, and his words are not words of worship.
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