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Psalm 113:2

Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

1Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.
2Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.
3From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.
4The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
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Notice

The phrase “from this time forward” sets praise in the present, while “forever more” stretches it beyond the span of a human life.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 121:8The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.Both use “from this time forward” and “forever more,” extending praise in Psalm 113 and the LORD’s keeping in Psalm 121.
Daniel 2:20Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.Both bless God’s name forever, with Daniel also naming wisdom and might as his.
Psalm 115:18but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!Both bless the LORD “from this time forward and forever more,” giving praise a present beginning and no end.
Psalm 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.Both pronounce blessing on the LORD without an endpoint, while Psalm 41 also names him as the God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 16:36Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD.Both declare enduring blessing to the LORD, and Chronicles records the people answering with “Amen” and praise.
Revelation 5:13I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and …Both speak of blessing without end; Revelation records every created thing blessing the one on the throne and the Lamb.
1 Chronicles 29:10–13Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said, “You are blessed, LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.Both speak blessing to the LORD forever, with David voicing that praise before the assembly.
John 11:53So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.Both mark a beginning that extends forward in time, though John describes a plot to kill rather than praise.
Ephesians 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.Both direct enduring praise to God, with Ephesians naming glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus across all generations.
Psalm 106:48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!Both declare blessing to the LORD without end, while Psalm 106 asks all the people to answer “Amen.”
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Speak Psalm 113:2 aloud at the start of each day

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Encouragement

You do not have to see what the coming years hold to bless YHWH today. His name is worthy of praise forever.

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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).