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Psalm 106:45

He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

43He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
45He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
46He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
47Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
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God remembered his covenant after his people had rebelled, a turn that makes his abundant kindness stand out against the weight of their failure.

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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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Lamentations 3:22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.Both passages trace God's mercy toward his people to the abundance and endurance of his loving kindnesses.
Psalm 51:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your …Both passages make God's loving kindness and abundant mercy the grounds for mercy toward those who have sinned.
Exodus 2:24God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.Both passages say God remembered his covenant, linking that remembrance with his response to his people's distress.
Psalm 119:49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.Both passages connect God's remembrance with his pledged word, expressed as a covenant in Psalm 106.
Exodus 32:14So the LORD turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.Both passages describe God turning away from judgment against his people.
Psalm 105:8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,Both passages say God remembered his covenant, with Psalm 105 stressing its reach across generations.
Numbers 14:19Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until …Both passages appeal to the greatness of God's loving kindness in dealing with his people's sin.
Psalm 74:20Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.Both passages connect God's covenant with hope for his intervention amid his people's suffering.
Nehemiah 9:19yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; …Both passages describe abundant divine mercy expressed in God's continued care for his people.
2 Kings 13:23But the LORD was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and favored them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy …Both passages connect God's compassion toward his people with his remembrance of the covenant.
Joel 2:13Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and …Both passages link God's abundant loving kindness with his relenting from judgment.
Luke 1:72to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,Both passages join mercy toward God's people with his remembrance of his covenant.
Where this verse fits

Guilt and confession. feeling distant from God. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 106:43–46 aloud, pausing at the word “covenant”

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Encouragement

Here, “repented” describes God relenting from judgment. His people had rebelled, yet he heard their cry and acted in keeping with his covenant and abundant loving kindness.

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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).