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Psalm 103:2

Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

1By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,
3who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
4who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
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David tells his own soul to praise YHWH, and the words “don’t forget” expose how much praise depends on remembering what God has given.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has given to us, and the great goodness toward the …Both passages connect praise of the LORD with recalling the good he has given.
Psalm 116:12What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits toward me?Both speak of the LORD’s benefits and consider a response: praise in Psalm 103, a question about giving in Psalm 116.
Psalm 105:5Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,Both command remembrance, directing attention toward what God has done rather than letting his works or benefits fade from memory.
Luke 17:15–18One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.The healed man glorifies God for a benefit received, sharing the psalm’s connection between God’s gifts and praise.
Deuteronomy 6:12then beware lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Both warn against forgetting, with Deuteronomy naming the LORD’s rescue from slavery as the act to remember.
Deuteronomy 8:10You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.Both connect praise with God’s gifts; Deuteronomy names food and the good land as reasons to bless him.
Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.Psalm 103 warns against forgetting God’s benefits, while Deuteronomy rebukes people who have forgotten the God who gave them birth.
2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, Judah, and …Both concern responding to a benefit received from God; the psalm urges praise, while Hezekiah fails to respond as he should.
Deuteronomy 32:6Is this the way you repay the LORD, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.Both address the response owed to the LORD for his goodness, with Deuteronomy naming his making and establishing his people.
Psalm 106:21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,Psalm 106 describes the forgetting Psalm 103 warns against: God’s people lost sight of their Savior’s great deeds.
Psalm 106:7Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the …Both concern remembering God’s goodness; Psalm 106 recounts forgotten loving kindnesses, while Psalm 103 urges remembrance and praise.
Jeremiah 2:31–32Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will …Both address attention toward the LORD, though Jeremiah confronts people leaving him and Psalm 103 urges the soul to praise.
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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Name one remembered gift as you praise God

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Encouragement

Praise has something concrete to draw on: what God has given. The verses that follow name forgiveness and tender mercies among his benefits; there is substance to remember.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).