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Psalm 103

3 songs checked against Psalm 103. Each proof shows the passage, what the song does with it, and whether you can sing it. Read the whole chapter: Bible Gateway ↗ · Bible Hub ↗

Psalm 103:1-6 · “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” · Sovereign Grace Music

NOT A QUOTE “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” Sovereign Grace Music Psalm 103:1-6 Sing it. It quotes nothing, and every reason it hands your soul is one scripture supports. It is a sermon preached to the singer in the psalm's own shape. Read verse 6 for the turn outward the hymn does not take.

✓ Every reason it gives the soul is a checkable statement about God that scripture supports: He reigns, sustains, provides, defends

⚠ Hymnal indexes file it under Psalm 103, but the hymn cites nothing. The link is a resemblance editors catalogued, not something the hymn's words say

Psalm 103:1-5 · “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” · Matt Redman

NOT A QUOTE “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” Matt Redman Psalm 103:1-5 Sing it as a psalm-shaped song, not as a quotation. It never says it is quoting, its one borrowed line keeps the psalm's meaning, and everything else is the songwriters' own list of reasons.

✓ Never says it is quoting, so nothing is presented as scripture that is not

⚠ Many people now know Psalm 103:1 from this song rather than from the psalm. Read the next four verses, which name the specific reasons the song only gestures at

Psalm 103:11-12 · “East to West” · Casting Crowns

NOT A QUOTE “East to West” Casting Crowns Psalm 103:11-12 Sing it as the struggle it is honest about. Nothing here is quoting. The psalm states the removal as fact; the song asks Jesus to make that fact felt, and it lands where the psalm lands.

✓ Never says it is quoting: nothing in the lyric is framed as a verse, and the liner notes present Psalm 103 in a list of source passages, plainly labelled as sources

⚠ The chorus asks what the psalm declares. Psalm 103:12 is not a plea for reassurance; it is a settled report the psalmist tells his own soul not to forget. Sing the question knowing the answer is already on the page

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