Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Parallel translations
- KJV Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
- BSB Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- NKJV Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
- NASB Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth,
- NLT Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
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Quick answer
Remember the marvelous works, wonders, and judgments God has done. Worship is grounded in recalling God's mighty acts.
Overview
The psalm urges Israel to keep God's wonders and righteous judgments in active memory, for forgetting leads to unbelief. Remembering anchors faith in what God has actually done in history. This call to remember points ahead to the church's remembrance of God's greatest work, the redemption accomplished in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 111:4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
- Ps 103:2Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
- Ps 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- Ps 119:137You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
- Rom 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
- Ps 119:75Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
- Ps 77:11I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.
- Ps 19:9The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
- Ps 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
- Ps 78:43how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
- Rev 19:2for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
- Rev 16:7I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”
- 1 Chr 16:8–9Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
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