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Psalm 145:7
They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
5I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.
6Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
7They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
8The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
9The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
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The memory of God's great goodness becomes speech and song here, raising the question of which memories find a voice in your praise.
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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 speak of telling God's great goodness, with Isaiah naming his mercy toward the house of Israel.
Psalm 7:17I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.Both join God's righteousness with singing praise, making his character the reason for the song.
Psalm 101:1A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.Both describe singing to God about his character, naming goodness and righteousness here, loving kindness and justice in Psalm 101.
Psalm 36:10Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.God's righteousness appears in both: one passage celebrates it in song, while the other asks God to continue it.
Psalm 51:14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.Both speak of singing God's righteousness; Psalm 51 places that song within a plea for deliverance from bloodguilt.
2 Corinthians 9:11–12you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.Both describe praise directed to God, though Corinthians names generosity as the source of thanksgiving.
Revelation 19:1–3After 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 portray people voicing praise to God, celebrating his goodness here and his salvation, power, and glory in Revelation.
Isaiah 45:24–25They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in the LORD.’” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.Both portray people declaring God's righteousness; Isaiah also declares that righteousness and strength are found in the LORD alone.
Revelation 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …Both describe songs praising God's righteousness, with Revelation naming his ways as righteous and true.
1 Peter 2:9–10But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out …Both describe people proclaiming God's character: his great goodness in the psalm and his excellence in Peter.
Matthew 12:34–35You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.Speech is the shared thread: the psalm describes words of praise, while Jesus challenges evil people about what their mouths express.
Philippians 3:7–9However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.The connection is limited: the psalm celebrates God's goodness, while Paul describes counting former gains as loss for Christ.
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Your praise can begin with one remembered kindness. This song reaches beyond that single memory: God's goodness is great, and his righteousness deserves to be sung.
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