Psalms 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
BSB
ASV
Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
KJV
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his rewards. The Lord has bestowed many rewards upon us, he has bestowed great benefits upon us: for he made the heaven, the earth, all the elements for us. The sun itself and the moon and the stars and all the elements run and run back again for our sake. O wretched creatures that we are: the elements serve us, and we do not serve the Lord. It is a great thing, therefore, that God made for our sake all the things we see.
How is it that we are so listless and drowsy in the performance of this the chief exercise of true religion, if it is not because our shameful and wicked forgetfulness buries in our hearts the innumerable benefits of God, which are openly manifest to heaven and earth?
Bless the Lord, O my soul. He is in real earnest, and again calls upon himself to arise. Had he been very sleepy before? Or was he now doubly sensible of the importance, the imperative necessity of adoration? Certainly, he uses no vain repetitions, for the Holy Spirit guides his pen; and thus he shews us that we have need, again and again, to bestir ourselves when we are about to worship God, for it would be shameful to offer him anything less than the utmost our souls can render.
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Psalms 116:12How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
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you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
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Psalms 105:5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
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I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
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Isaiah 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…
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But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
