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Psalm 145:21

My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20The LORD preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.
21My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
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Notice

A single mouth opens into a call for all flesh to praise, stretching the scope of worship beyond one voice and one lifetime.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!Both verses call for praise beyond a single speaker, extending it to all flesh and everything that has breath.
Psalm 84:4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.Both passages describe praise without an endpoint: forever in Psalm 145, and always among those dwelling in God's house in Psalm 84.
Psalm 71:8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.Both speakers commit their mouths to God's praise, with Psalm 71 naming praise that fills the whole day.
Psalm 35:28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.The mouth in Psalm 145 and the tongue in Psalm 35 express a resolve to speak God's praise.
Revelation 5:11–14I looked, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of …Both passages widen the view beyond one speaker: all flesh in the psalm, countless angels around the throne in Revelation.
Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in the LORD’s name, and rely on his …Both passages name the LORD's name as worthy of response: blessing in the psalm, trust amid darkness in Isaiah.
James 3:9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.Both texts speak of blessing God with human speech; James also names the contradiction of using that speech to curse people.
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 145:21 aloud before breakfast each day this week

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Encouragement

Your voice has a place in this call for all flesh to bless God. The praise reaches beyond your lifetime: his holy name deserves honor forever.

Now put it in your words.

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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).