Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
- KJV Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
- NKJV Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
- NASB Bless the Lord, my soul, And do not forget any of His benefits;
- NLT Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.
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Quick answer
David urges his own soul to praise the LORD and never forget the many benefits God gives. Gratitude guards us against the spiritual amnesia that breeds discontent.
Overview
The psalmist again addresses his inner self, calling himself to remember rather than forget God's good gifts. Forgetfulness of God's benefits was Israel's recurring sin, and it remains ours. The verses that follow unfold these benefits one by one, leading the believer from self-summons to wholehearted worship.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 116:12How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
- Isa 63:7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
- Ps 105:5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- Luke 17:15–18When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- Deut 6:12be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deut 32:18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- Deut 32:6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
- Ps 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- 2 Chr 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Deut 8:10–14When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- Ps 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- Deut 8:2–4Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Eph 2:11–13Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
- Jer 2:31–32You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
- Isa 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
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