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I Remember Biblical Review

By Nathaniel Bassey

Year
2021
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Themes
Biblical story and remembranceFaithfulnessMercy

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Mercy Lifts My Song

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The song is a testimony of remembering God’s enduring mercy, crying to him in distress, receiving salvation through Christ, and responding with continual praise and witness.

Central message

God’s unfailing mercy meets us in distress, lifts us from darkness and despair, saves us through Christ, and gives us a new song of praise.

Strengths

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  • It joins honest testimony in suffering with confidence that God hears, delivers, and remains worthy of praise.

  • It clearly attributes salvation to God’s mercy and grace through Christ, including deliverance, redemption, and forgiveness.

  • It turns remembered deliverance into continual praise, lifted hands, proclamation, and witness.

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    doctrinal assertionSupported

    Psalm 103 commands remembering God's benefits, Deuteronomy recalls his wilderness care, and Lamentations finds hope by remembering his unfailing mercies.

    Psalms 103:2–5
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    Psalm 103 commands the soul not to forget God's benefits, including mercy and care.

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    Psalms 103:1–7
    1By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! 2Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits, 3who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, 4who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, 5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. 7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 8:2–5
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    Deuteronomy recalls God's guidance, provision, discipline, and care during hardship.

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    Deuteronomy 8:1–7
    1You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers. 2You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth. 4Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. 5You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. 6You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
    Lamentations 3:21–23
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    Lamentations remembers affliction while grounding hope in God's unfailing mercies.

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    Lamentations 3:19–25
    19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. 20My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. 21This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. 22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. 23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. 24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.” 25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
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    personal testimonySupported

    Habakkuk rejoices amid severe loss, while Psalms 107 and 66 connect distress, God's deliverance, and praise. The displayed sample only partly covers the testimony's full journey.

    Habakkuk 3:17–19
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    Habakkuk resolves to rejoice in God despite failed crops, empty stalls, and approaching trouble.

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    Habakkuk 3:15–19
    15You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters. 16I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us. 17For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls, 18yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! 19GOD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
    Psalms 107:28–32
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    Psalm 107 describes God's rescue from storm distress and calls the delivered to praise him.

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    Psalms 107:26–34
    26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. 27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. 28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. 29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. 30Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. 31Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! 32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. 33He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, 34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
    Psalms 66:8–12
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    Psalm 66 remembers testing, oppression, God's preservation, and his bringing people into abundance.

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    Psalms 66:6–14
    6He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. 7He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. 8Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, 9who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. 10For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. 11You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. 12You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. 13I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, 14which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
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    devotional responseSupported

    Jeremiah speaks of everlasting love, Romans assures believers that nothing separates them from God's love in Christ, and 1 John grounds that love in the Son's atoning mission.

    Jeremiah 31:3
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    Jeremiah describes the LORD's everlasting love for Israel and his gracious restoration.

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    Jeremiah 31:1–5
    1“At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.” 2The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.” 3The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. 4I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry. 5Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.
    Romans 8:38–39
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    Romans declares that no created thing can separate believers from God's love in Christ.

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    Romans 8:36–39
    36Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    1 John 4:9–10
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    First John identifies God's love through sending his Son as the atoning sacrifice for sins.

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    1 John 4:7–12
    7Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. 9By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
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    personal testimonySupported

    Ephesians 2:4–9 attributes salvation to God’s mercy and grace, Luke 19:9–10 describes Christ seeking and saving the lost, and Colossians 1:13–14 describes deliverance, redemption, and forgiveness.

    Ephesians 2:4–9
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    Ephesians 2 presents people as spiritually dead and salvation as God’s gracious gift rather than human achievement.

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    Ephesians 2:2–11
    2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience. 3We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; 8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, that no one would boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. 11Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),
    Luke 19:9–10
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    Jesus identifies his mission as seeking and saving the lost, with salvation coming to Zacchaeus’s household.

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    Luke 19:7–12
    7When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.” 8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.” 9Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” 11As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately. 12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
    Colossians 1:13–14
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    Colossians describes God’s deliverance from darkness and redemption with forgiveness through Christ.

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    Colossians 1:11–16
    11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy, 12giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, 13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love, 14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
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    personal testimonySupported

    First Peter describes God's people as called from darkness to light for proclamation. Psalm 40 joins deliverance with a new song, and Acts 26 joins deliverance with witness.

    1 Peter 2:9–10
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    First Peter says God's people were called from darkness into light to proclaim his excellence.

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    1 Peter 2:7–12
    7For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,” 8and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. 9But 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 of darkness into his marvelous light. 10In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 12having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.
    Psalms 40:1–3
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    Psalm 40 describes being lifted from a pit and receiving a new song of praise.

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    Psalms 40:1–5
    1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry. 2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. 3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies. 5Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
    Acts 26:16–18
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    Acts 26 records Christ sending Paul to open Gentile eyes and proclaim the move from darkness to light.

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    Acts 26:14–20
    14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you; 17delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ 19“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
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    personal testimonySupported

    Psalm 116 records crying to God and receiving deliverance, while Psalm 34 describes answered prayer. Titus grounds salvation in God's mercy and grace through Christ.

    Psalms 116:1–9
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    Psalm 116 describes calling on God, his mercy, and deliverance from death and sorrow.

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    Psalms 116:1–11
    1I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. 2Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. 4Then I called on the LORD’s name: “LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul.” 5The LORD is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. 6The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. 7Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. 8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” 11I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
    Psalms 34:4–7
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    Psalm 34 describes seeking God, crying to him, and receiving deliverance.

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    Psalms 34:2–9
    2My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together. 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. 9Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
    Titus 3:4–7
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    Titus attributes salvation to God's kindness, mercy, grace, and renewal through the Spirit.

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    Titus 3:2–9
    2to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; 7that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you insist confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; 9but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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    personal testimonySupported

    Psalm 116 records prayer and deliverance, Psalm 34 records answered cries, and Titus identifies salvation as God's merciful work through grace and the Spirit.

    Psalms 116:1–9
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    Psalm 116 connects love for God with his hearing cries, mercy, and saving deliverance.

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    Psalms 116:1–11
    1I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. 2Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. 4Then I called on the LORD’s name: “LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul.” 5The LORD is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. 6The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. 7Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. 8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” 11I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
    Psalms 34:4–7
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    Psalm 34 connects seeking God and crying to him with answered prayer and deliverance.

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    Psalms 34:2–9
    2My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together. 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. 9Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
    Titus 3:4–7
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    Titus presents salvation as God's merciful and gracious work through Christ and the Holy Spirit.

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    Titus 3:2–9
    2to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; 7that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you insist confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; 9but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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    Psalm 34 praises God continually, Psalm 113 calls for praise from sunrise to sunset, and Hebrews commands continual praise as the fruit of lips.

    Psalms 34:1–3
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    Psalm 34 says the LORD will be blessed at all times and praise will remain in the mouth.

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    Psalms 34:1–5
    1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. 2My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together. 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
    Psalms 113:1–3
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    Psalm 113 calls for God's name to be praised from sunrise to sunset.

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    Psalms 113:1–5
    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. 5Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,
    Hebrews 13:15
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    Hebrews commands offering God a continual sacrifice of praise through proclaiming lips.

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    Hebrews 13:13–17
    13Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach. 14For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. 15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name. 16But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
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    Psalm 136 praises God's goodness and enduring mercy, Revelation declares God worthy, and Psalm 63 joins remembered lovingkindness with lifted hands and praise.

    Psalms 136:1–8
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    Psalm 136 repeatedly declares God's goodness and enduring lovingkindness.

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    Psalms 136:1–10
    1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever. 3Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever; 4to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever; 5to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness endures forever; 6to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever; 7to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever; 8the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever; 9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever; 10to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, for his loving kindness endures forever;
    Revelation 4:8–11
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    Revelation records heavenly worship declaring God worthy of glory, honor, and power.

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    Revelation 4:6–11
    6Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 7The first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. 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 the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!” 9When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
    Psalms 63:3–4
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    Psalm 63 remembers God's lovingkindness and responds with lifted hands and joyful praise.

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    Psalms 63:1–6
    1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 2So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. 3Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. 4So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. 5My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, 6when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
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    personal testimonySupported

    Psalm 40 describes God lifting someone from a pit, First Samuel describes God lifting the needy, and Titus grounds salvation in God's mercy, kindness, and grace.

    Psalms 40:1–3
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    Psalm 40 describes God bringing a person from a pit to firm ground and giving a new song.

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    Psalms 40:1–5
    1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry. 2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. 3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies. 5Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
    1 Samuel 2:7–8
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    Hannah's prayer declares that the LORD lifts the poor and needy, within a broader statement of his sovereignty.

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    1 Samuel 2:5–10
    5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes. 6“The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up. 7The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. 8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s. He has set the world on them. 9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength. 10Those who strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
    Titus 3:4–7
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    Titus attributes salvation to God's kindness, mercy, grace, and renewing work through Christ and the Spirit.

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    Titus 3:2–9
    2to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; 7that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you insist confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; 9but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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