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Remembering Saving Grace
The song is a grateful testimony that remembers God’s mercy, saving grace, faithful rescue, and enduring love, while calling believers to continual praise. Its personal language is strongest when describing salvation and testimony, but broader claims about life circumstances and prayer outcomes should remain carefully qualified.
Strengths
3It faithfully urges remembrance of God’s benefits and past leading rather than forgetfulness or complaint.
It presents grateful testimony of God’s rescue and sustaining presence amid suffering and loss.
It celebrates God’s enduring love, mercy, saving grace, and worthiness of praise.
Concerns
1- qualification
The song’s language about God turning around an “ugly situation” reaches beyond the clearly established saving work, and its claim that busyness diverts attention from God’s works is broader than the supporting themes. The repeated “when I came to pray” wording may suggest that prayer universally causes or guarantees a particular outcome, which the song should not present as a universal mechanism.
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doctrinal assertionSupportedPsalm 103 and Deuteronomy 8 call God's people to remember his benefits and past leading. Lamentations recalls God's mercies amid affliction, supporting the lyric's warning against forgetfulness and complaint.
Psalms 103:2–5WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPsalm 103 explicitly urges remembering God's benefits, forgiveness, healing, redemption, goodness, and mercies.
Passage · Psalms 103:1–7[Psalms 103:1] By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! [Psalms 103:2] Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits, [Psalms 103:3] who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, [Psalms 103:4] who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, [Psalms 103:5] who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. [Psalms 103:6] The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. [Psalms 103:7] He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 8:2–5WEB
Related themeMatches in contextDeuteronomy recounts God's wilderness leading and commands Israel to remember it during testing.
Passage · Deuteronomy 8:1–7[Deuteronomy 8:1] You 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. [Deuteronomy 8:2] You 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. [Deuteronomy 8:3] He 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. [Deuteronomy 8:4] Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. [Deuteronomy 8:5] You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. [Deuteronomy 8:6] You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. [Deuteronomy 8:7] For 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 3:21–23WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextLamentations recalls affliction while grounding hope in God's unfailing mercies and faithfulness.
Passage · Lamentations 3:19–25[Lamentations 3:19] Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. [Lamentations 3:20] My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. [Lamentations 3:21] This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. [Lamentations 3:22] It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. [Lamentations 3:23] They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. [Lamentations 3:24] “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.” [Lamentations 3:25] The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
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personal testimonySupportedHabakkuk rejoices in God amid threatened loss, while Psalm 66 describes testing followed by God's deliverance. Psalm 107 also joins distress, God's rescue, and praise, supporting the testimony's theology.
Habakkuk 3:17–19WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextHabakkuk resolves to rejoice in God despite barren fields, invasion, and impending trouble.
Passage · Habakkuk 3:15–19[Habakkuk 3:15] You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters. [Habakkuk 3:16] I 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. [Habakkuk 3:17] For 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, [Habakkuk 3:18] yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! [Habakkuk 3:19] GOD, 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 107:28–32WEB
Related themePartly matches in contextPsalm 107 describes distress, God's calming deliverance, and ensuing praise; its praise follows rescue.
Passage · Psalms 107:26–34[Psalms 107:26] They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. [Psalms 107:27] They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. [Psalms 107:28] Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. [Psalms 107:29] He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. [Psalms 107:30] Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. [Psalms 107:31] Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! [Psalms 107:32] Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. [Psalms 107:33] He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, [Psalms 107:34] and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Psalms 66:8–12WEB
Related themeMatches in contextPsalm 66 portrays testing through fire and water, God's preservation, and praise offered to him.
Passage · Psalms 66:6–14[Psalms 66:6] He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. [Psalms 66:7] He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. [Psalms 66:8] Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, [Psalms 66:9] who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. [Psalms 66:10] For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. [Psalms 66:11] You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. [Psalms 66:12] You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. [Psalms 66:13] I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, [Psalms 66:14] which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
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devotional responseSupportedRomans 8 grounds confidence in God's inseparable love in Christ. First John identifies God's love in sending the Son as an atoning sacrifice, establishing the response of remembering that love.
Romans 8:38–39WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextRomans 8 declares that nothing created can separate believers from God's love in Christ.
Passage · Romans 8:36–39[Romans 8:36] Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” [Romans 8:37] No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. [Romans 8:38] For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, [Romans 8:39] nor 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 4:9–10WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextFirst John explains God's love through sending his Son as atoning sacrifice for sins.
Passage · 1 John 4:7–12[1 John 4:7] Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. [1 John 4:8] He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. [1 John 4:9] By 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. [1 John 4:10] In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. [1 John 4:11] Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. [1 John 4:12] No 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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doctrinal assertionNeeds qualificationThe reviewed passages establish salvation by grace, rescue from darkness, and redemption. “Turned around my ugly situation” is broader than the passages’ clearly established saving work and needs qualification.
Ephesians 2:4–9WEB
Close paraphrasePartly matches in contextEphesians describes people dead in sin being made alive and saved by grace, establishing salvation without addressing every life situation.
Passage · Ephesians 2:2–11[Ephesians 2:2] in 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. [Ephesians 2:3] We 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. [Ephesians 2:4] But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, [Ephesians 2:5] even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— [Ephesians 2:6] and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, [Ephesians 2:7] that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; [Ephesians 2:8] for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, [Ephesians 2:9] not of works, that no one would boast. [Ephesians 2:10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. [Ephesians 2:11] Therefore 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 19:9–10WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextJesus explicitly says the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
Passage · Luke 19:7–12[Luke 19:7] When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.” [Luke 19:8] Zacchaeus 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.” [Luke 19:9] Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. [Luke 19:10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” [Luke 19:11] As 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. [Luke 19:12] He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
Colossians 1:13–14WEB
Related themeMatches in contextColossians describes deliverance from darkness, redemption, and forgiveness through Christ.
Passage · Colossians 1:11–16[Colossians 1:11] strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy, [Colossians 1:12] giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, [Colossians 1:13] who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love, [Colossians 1:14] in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. [Colossians 1:15] He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [Colossians 1:16] For 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 testimonyNeeds qualificationThe reviewed passages establish rescue from darkness into light and proclaiming God's excellence. The lyric's broader claim that busyness diverts attention from God's works is not directly addressed and needs qualification.
1 Peter 2:9–10WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPeter says God calls his people from darkness into light so they may proclaim his excellence.
Passage · 1 Peter 2:7–12[1 Peter 2:7] For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,” [1 Peter 2:8] and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. [1 Peter 2:9] But 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. [1 Peter 2:10] In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. [1 Peter 2:11] Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, [1 Peter 2:12] having 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 40:1–3WEB
Related themeMatches in contextThe psalm describes rescue from a pit, God's works, and a resulting song of praise.
Passage · Psalms 40:1–5[Psalms 40:1] For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry. [Psalms 40:2] He 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. [Psalms 40:3] He 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. [Psalms 40:4] Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies. [Psalms 40:5] Many, 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 26:16–18WEB
Close paraphrasePartly matches in contextJesus commissions Paul as a witness and describes turning people from darkness to light; this concerns Paul's specific mission.
Passage · Acts 26:14–20[Acts 26:14] When 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.’ [Acts 26:15] “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. [Acts 26:16] But 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; [Acts 26:17] delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, [Acts 26:18] to 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.’ [Acts 26:19] “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, [Acts 26:20] but 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 testimonyNeeds qualificationThe lyric's saving and mercy themes are established. “When I came to pray” may imply that prayer caused or guaranteed the outcome; the reviewed passages show prayer and divine deliverance without establishing that mechanism universally.
Psalms 116:1–9WEB
Close paraphrasePartly matches in contextPsalm 116 joins cries for mercy with God's gracious deliverance and saving action.
Passage · Psalms 116:1–11[Psalms 116:1] I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. [Psalms 116:2] Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. [Psalms 116:3] The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. [Psalms 116:4] Then I called on the LORD’s name: “LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul.” [Psalms 116:5] The LORD is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. [Psalms 116:6] The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. [Psalms 116:7] Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. [Psalms 116:8] For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. [Psalms 116:9] I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. [Psalms 116:10] I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” [Psalms 116:11] I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
Psalms 34:4–7WEB
Related themePartly matches in contextPsalm 34 describes seeking and crying to the LORD followed by deliverance from fears and troubles.
Passage · Psalms 34:2–9[Psalms 34:2] My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. [Psalms 34:3] Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together. [Psalms 34:4] I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. [Psalms 34:5] They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. [Psalms 34:6] This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. [Psalms 34:7] The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. [Psalms 34:8] Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. [Psalms 34:9] Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
Titus 3:4–7WEB
Related themeMatches in contextTitus attributes salvation to God's mercy and grace through regeneration and the Holy Spirit.
Passage · Titus 3:2–9[Titus 3:2] to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. [Titus 3:3] For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. [Titus 3:4] But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, [Titus 3:5] not 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, [Titus 3:6] whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; [Titus 3:7] that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. [Titus 3:8] This 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; [Titus 3:9] but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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personal testimonyNeeds qualificationGod's love, mercy, and saving grace are biblically established. “When I came to pray” may suggest a universal prayer-to-outcome mechanism, which these passages do not establish.
Psalms 116:1–9WEB
Close paraphrasePartly matches in contextPsalm 116 describes prayer for mercy followed by God's gracious salvation and deliverance.
Passage · Psalms 116:1–11[Psalms 116:1] I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. [Psalms 116:2] Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. [Psalms 116:3] The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. [Psalms 116:4] Then I called on the LORD’s name: “LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul.” [Psalms 116:5] The LORD is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. [Psalms 116:6] The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. [Psalms 116:7] Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. [Psalms 116:8] For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. [Psalms 116:9] I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. [Psalms 116:10] I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” [Psalms 116:11] I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
Psalms 34:4–7WEB
Related themePartly matches in contextPsalm 34 connects crying to the LORD with deliverance, without making the sequence a universal guarantee.
Passage · Psalms 34:2–9[Psalms 34:2] My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. [Psalms 34:3] Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together. [Psalms 34:4] I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. [Psalms 34:5] They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. [Psalms 34:6] This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. [Psalms 34:7] The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. [Psalms 34:8] Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. [Psalms 34:9] Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
Titus 3:4–7WEB
Related themeMatches in contextTitus grounds salvation in God's kindness, mercy, grace, and renewal through the Spirit.
Passage · Titus 3:2–9[Titus 3:2] to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. [Titus 3:3] For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. [Titus 3:4] But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, [Titus 3:5] not 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, [Titus 3:6] whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; [Titus 3:7] that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. [Titus 3:8] This 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; [Titus 3:9] but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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devotional responseStrongly supportedPsalm 34 commends continual praise, Psalm 113 extends praise from sunrise onward, and Psalm 63 describes praise and raised hands during night watches.
Psalms 34:1–3WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPsalm 34 says God's praise will always be in the mouth and invites communal exaltation.
Passage · Psalms 34:1–5[Psalms 34:1] By 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. [Psalms 34:2] My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. [Psalms 34:3] Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together. [Psalms 34:4] I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. [Psalms 34:5] They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
Psalms 113:1–3WEB
Close paraphrasePartly matches in contextPsalm 113 calls for praise from the rising of the sun through its setting.
Passage · Psalms 113:1–5[Psalms 113:1] Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name. [Psalms 113:2] Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more. [Psalms 113:3] From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised. [Psalms 113:4] The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. [Psalms 113:5] Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,
Hebrews 13:15WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPsalm 63 joins remembering God in night watches with joyful praise and lifted hands.
Passage · Hebrews 13:13–17[Hebrews 13:13] Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach. [Hebrews 13:14] For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. [Hebrews 13:15] Through 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. [Hebrews 13:16] But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. [Hebrews 13:17] Obey 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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devotional responseStrongly supportedPsalm 136 celebrates God's enduring goodness and mercy. Revelation declares God worthy because he created all things, while Psalm 63 joins loving kindness, lifted hands, and praise.
Psalms 136:1–8WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPsalm 136 repeatedly declares God's goodness and enduring loving kindness while calling for thanksgiving.
Passage · Psalms 136:1–10[Psalms 136:1] Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. [Psalms 136:2] Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever. [Psalms 136:3] Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:4] to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:5] to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:6] to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:7] to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:8] the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:9] the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever; [Psalms 136:10] to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, for his loving kindness endures forever;
Revelation 4:8–11WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextRevelation 4 records heavenly worship declaring God holy, worthy, and deserving glory, honor, and power.
Passage · Revelation 4:6–11[Revelation 4:6] Before 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. [Revelation 4:7] The 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. [Revelation 4:8] The 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!” [Revelation 4:9] When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, [Revelation 4:10] the 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, [Revelation 4:11] “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 63:3–4WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPsalm 63 says God's loving kindness prompts praise and lifted hands, including during night remembrance.
Passage · Psalms 63:1–6[Psalms 63:1] A 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. [Psalms 63:2] So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. [Psalms 63:3] Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. [Psalms 63:4] So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. [Psalms 63:5] My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, [Psalms 63:6] when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
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personal testimonySupportedPsalm 40 describes God lifting someone from a pit. First Samuel portrays God raising the needy, while Titus grounds salvation in divine kindness, mercy, grace, and favor.
Psalms 40:1–3WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextPsalm 40 says the LORD brought the afflicted from a pit, established them, and prompted praise.
Passage · Psalms 40:1–5[Psalms 40:1] For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry. [Psalms 40:2] He 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. [Psalms 40:3] He 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. [Psalms 40:4] Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies. [Psalms 40:5] Many, 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 2:7–8WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextHannah's prayer attributes bringing low, lifting up, and raising the needy to the LORD.
Passage · 1 Samuel 2:5–10[1 Samuel 2:5] Those 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. [1 Samuel 2:6] “The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up. [1 Samuel 2:7] The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. [1 Samuel 2:8] He 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. [1 Samuel 2:9] He 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. [1 Samuel 2:10] Those 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 3:4–7WEB
Close paraphraseMatches in contextTitus attributes salvation to God's kindness, mercy, grace, and renewing work through Christ and the Spirit.
Passage · Titus 3:2–9[Titus 3:2] to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. [Titus 3:3] For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. [Titus 3:4] But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, [Titus 3:5] not 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, [Titus 3:6] whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; [Titus 3:7] that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. [Titus 3:8] This 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; [Titus 3:9] but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.