KJV King James Version
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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Psalm 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
WEB World English Bible
Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
ASV American Standard Version
Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,
Surrounding context — Psalm 103
1 [A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
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Psalm 116:12What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me?Isaiah 63:7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.Psalm 105:5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;Luke 17:15-18And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,Deuteronomy 6:12[Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?Psalm 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done] unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.Deuteronomy 8:10-14When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.Psalm 106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.Deuteronomy 8:2-4And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Jeremiah 2:31-32O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?Ephesians 2:11-13Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;Isaiah 63:1Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
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