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Psalm 41:13

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

11By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
12As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
Notice

The doubled amen gives this blessing a firm close, while “from everlasting and to everlasting” stretches praise beyond the span of any human life.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 72:18–19Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.Both passages praise the LORD as the God of Israel; Psalm 72 also names the marvelous deeds that he alone does.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,Both begin with a blessing of God; Ephesians names him as the Father of Jesus Christ and praises his blessings in Christ.
Revelation 5:9–14They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every …Both passages voice praise; the psalm blesses Israel’s God, while the song honors the one slain who bought people for God.
Revelation 4:8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is …Both praise the Lord across all time, expressed through everlasting in the psalm and past, present, and future in Revelation.
Psalm 89:52Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.Both bless the LORD forever and close with a doubled amen.
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 bless the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting, with Psalm 106 asking all the people to say amen.
Revelation 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”Both offer blessing to God forever and affirm that praise with repeated amens.
Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;Both bless the Lord as the God of Israel; Luke names his visit and redemption of his people as grounds for praise.
1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore 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 bless the LORD as the God of Israel forever, with Chronicles recording David speaking this praise before the assembly.
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 bless the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting, and join that blessing with amen.
Matthew 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’Both close with praise directed to God forever and seal that praise with amen.
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Your praise today joins words that reach beyond your own lifetime: YHWH, the God of Israel, is blessed from everlasting to everlasting.

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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).