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Psalm 115:18

but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!

16The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
17The dead don’t praise the LORD, nor any who go down into silence,
18but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!
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Notice

The turn from death’s silence to “but we will bless the LORD” gives the closing pledge urgency: praise begins now and looks beyond the present moment.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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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,” describing the LORD’s keeping in one and his people’s praise in the other.
Revelation 19:1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both passages voice shared praise to God, with Revelation naming salvation, power, and glory as his.
Psalm 113:2Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.Both bless the LORD with the same time frame: “from this time forward and forever more.”
Daniel 2:20Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.Both speak of blessing God forever; Daniel also names wisdom and might as his.
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 voice blessing that extends forever, with Revelation describing every created thing praising the enthroned one and the Lamb.
Psalm 145:21My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.Both pair a pledge to praise the LORD with a summons to bless him, extending praise forever.
Psalm 131:3Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forward and forever more.Both use “from this time forward and forever more” for a response to the LORD: praise here and hope there.
1 Kings 8:15He said, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,Both speak blessing to the LORD; Kings names his fulfilled word to David as the reason for praise.
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Encouragement

Your praise today can join the shared pledge voiced here. Its starting point is the present; its horizon is “forever more.” YHWH deserves praise across that whole span.

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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).