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Psalm 103

Psa. 103:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Bless
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, O my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, and forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
not all his benefits
gmuwl (Hebrew #1576)
treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
KJV usage: + as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.
Pronounce: ghem-ool'
Origin: from 1580
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forget not.
Psa. 105:5• 5Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth: (Psa. 105:5)
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Psa. 106:7,21• 7Our fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.
 21They forgot *God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt, (Psa. 106:7,21)
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Psa. 116:12• 12What shall I render unto Jehovah, for all his benefits toward me? (Psa. 116:12)
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Deut. 8:2‑4,10‑14• 2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.
 3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
 4Thy clothing grew not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
 10And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
 11Beware that thou forget not Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day;
 12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
 13and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,
 14then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; (Deut. 8:2‑4,10‑14)
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Deut. 32:6,18• 6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?
 18Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten *God who brought thee forth. (Deut. 32:6,18)
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2 Chron. 32:25• 25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 32:25)
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Isa. 63:1,7• 1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?--I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
 7I will record the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed upon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses. (Isa. 63:1,7)
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Jer. 2:31‑32• 31O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?
 32Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number. (Jer. 2:31‑32)
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Luke 17:15‑18• 15And one of them, seeing that he was cured, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
 16and fell on his face at his feet giving him thanks: and *he* was a Samaritan.
 17And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but the nine, where are they?
 18There have not been found to return and give glory to God save this stranger. (Luke 17:15‑18)
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Eph. 2:11‑13• 11Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in the flesh done with the hand;
 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 13but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ. (Eph. 2:11‑13)
• {v.2-3} He presents a millennial picture of Israel blessed in their circumstances by the benefits of the Lord, with their sins forgiven and their diseases healed. In the days of His presentation to Israel, the Lord has forgiven sins and healed diseases, and thus, by putting forth the powers of the world to come, showed that the kingdom had drawn nigh. (“Psalms 103” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: