"He has cured thy sickness." Do you think God is dead or something? 19The Lord has established His throne in heaven,And (P)His kingdom rules over all. The work requires the inward man, the whole man, and all little enough. God has been merciful to us. He has forgiven all our trespasses. It is the soul that is to be employed in blessing God, and all that is within us. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. All rights reserved. 1031A Psalm of David. See Isa 40 6, 7. He says, "You didn't disappoint Me. "[2] As Paul T. Butler, a distinguished Christian Church scholar of Joplin, Missouri, wrote in 1968, "Aramaisms cannot be made a criterion for determining date, because they are found in both early and late Old Testament books. ], This popular Davidic psalm of individual thanksgiving reviews Gods mercies and expresses confident hope in His covenant promises. It contains no requests. 2023 Christianity.com. 86:15; Jer. Sin, sickness and the prospect of a hopeless death have been replaced by forgiveness, good health and a renewed enjoyment of life (3-5).The constant love of God for his people is seen in the history of Israel. Why do I feel blue? 9:17; Ps. [1.] "Bless the Lord, O my soul." There was an ancient fable of the eagle renewing its youth in old age, similar to the fable of the Phoenix; but as Briggs noted, "It is doubtful whether there is any allusion here to the fable; but at all events it is the fulness of the life and vigor of the eagle that is thought of."[5]. For the LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. A man may be in peril of life, not only by his crimes, or his diseases, but by the power of his enemies; and therefore here also we experience the divine goodness: Who redeemed thy life from destruction ( v. 4), from the destroyer, from hell (so the Chaldee), from the second death. It is out there, eight billion light years away, ten billion light years away." All rights reserved. And you better perhaps read the fourteenth chapter of the book of Revelation, when the cup of the indignation of the wrath of God is overflowing and He pours out His judgment upon this Christ-rejecting earth. Salem Media Group. What is the crown of glory but God's favour? "O my soul! 5. Why do I feel despondent? WebMatthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 103:1-4 Commentary on Psalm 103:1-5 (Read Psalm 103:1-5) By the pardon of sin, that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. "O my soul! And all that is within me, bless His holy name! The height of it and the breadth of it. WebPsalm 103. Try Bible Gateway Plus free today! 2 O my soul, come, praise the Etern He is not soon angry, v. 8. And as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us ( Psalms 103:11-12 ). Note, Divine revelation is one of the first and greatest of divine favours with which the church is blessed; for God restores us to himself by revealing himself to us, and gives us all good by giving us knowledge. Yet all this shall not excuse David from praising God, but rather excite him to do it the more cheerfully, that he may bear a part in this concert; for he concludes, Bless the Lord, O my soul! The corruption of nature is the sickness of the soul; it is its disorder, and threatens its death. II. It is a companion to He has never been rigorous and severe with us, but always tender, full of compassion, and ready to forgive. It can never be employed in a more appropriate or a more elevated act than when engaged in his praise. "And all that is within me, bless his holy name." 1 Bless a the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 bWho forgives all your iniquities, Who cheals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, dWho crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Man's life is not only wasting of itself, but its period may be anticipated by a thousand accidents. To "bless" is more than to The duty of universal praise inferred from it: if all are under God's dominion, all must do him homage. The doctrine of universal providence laid down, v. 19. Certainly, he uses no vain repetitions, for the Holy Spirit guides his pen; and thus he shews us that we have need, again and again, to bestir ourselves when we are about to worship God, for it would be shameful to offer him anything less than the utmost our souls can render. Because of His mercy. The corruption of nature is the sickness of the soul; it is its disorder, and threatens its death. Where Christ is made righteousness to any soul he is made sanctification, 1 Cor 1 30. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. "And so I like all these new discoveries, though I think a lot of them are just fanciful kind of interpreting of the data that they have with their own limited knowledge. When God, by the graces and comforts of his Spirit, recovers his people from their decays, and fills them with new life and joy, which is to them an earnest of eternal life and joy, then they may be said to return to the days of their youth, Job 33 25. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Till iniquity is forgiven, healing, redemption, and satisfaction are unknown blessings. For all the saints. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Psa 103:13. Psalm 103, attributed in the superscription to David, is a psalm of praise for the wonderful goodness of God directed toward His people. Psalm 103:1 sn Psalm 103.The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people. Wisdom . Now man in passing, we are dust, we are transient, we are passing, like the grass or the flower. If we do not give thanks for them, we do forget them; and that is unjust as well as unkind, since in all God's favours there is so much that is memorable. The description of those to whom this mercy belongs. David stirreth up himself to bless God, Psalm 103:1,2; who forgiveth his sins, Psalm 103:3, redeemeth and satisfieth his soul, Psalm 103:4,5; for other manifold mercies to himself and the church, Psalm 103:6-14. WebPsalm 103:1-3. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Verse Psalms 103:5. Who satisfieth thy mouth . This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. d Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender They continually praise him in the upper world; they began betimes to do it (Job 38 7), and it is still their business, from which they rest not day nor night, Rev 4 8. 10 He has not punished us as our sins should be punished; he has not repaid us for the evil we have done. And forget not all His benefit s: . (1.) [2.] Why he pitiesfor he knows our frame. his holy name(Ps 5:11), His complete moral perfections. That is one dimension of it, but from another dimension, it's from everlasting to everlasting, from the vanishing point to the vanishing point, God's mercy. (1.) Let others use only their tongues, but as for me I will cry, "Bless the Lord, O my soul." To obey is better than sacrifice; for angels obey, but do not sacrifice. How true that is. He considers the frailty of our bodies and the folly of our souls, how little we can do, and expects accordingly from us, how little we can bear, and lays accordingly upon us, in all which appears the tenderness of his compassion. We think that we are the rock of Gibraltar. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! In order to our return of praises to God, there must be a grateful remembrance of the mercies we have received from him: Forget not all his benefits. II. The pardon granted is a present one - forgiveth; it is continual, for he still forgiveth; it is divine, for God gives it; it is far reaching, for it removes all our sins; it takes in omissions as well as commissions, for both of these are in-equities; and it is most effectual, for it is as real as the healing, and the rest of the mercies with which it is placed. my soulmyself (Ps 3:3; 25:1), with allusion to the act, as one of intelligence. (2.) We were driving down to Newport Beach the other night and this place down there. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. 160.]. Web2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Psalm 103:2 New Living Translation (NLT) 2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. All rights reserved. He has made known his acts and his ways (that is, his nature, and the methods of his dealing with the children of men), that they may know both what to conceive of him and what to expect from him; so Dr. Hammond. He always has been full of compassion. 2 Bless the Lord, O He bears long with those that are very provoking, defers punishing, that he may give space to repent, and does not speedily execute the sentence of his law; and he could not be thus slow to anger if he were not plenteous in mercy, the very Father of mercies. David had been stirring up himself and others to praise God, and here, in the close, he calls upon the angels to do it; not as if they needed any excitement of ours to praise God, they do it continually; but thus he expresses his high thoughts of God as worthy of the adorations of the holy angels, thus he quickens himself and others to the duty with this consideration, That it is the work of angels, and comforts himself in reference to his own weakness and defect in the performance of this duty with this consideration, That there is a world of holy angels who dwell in God's house and are still praising him. Handed down. "He has given thee true honour and great honour, no less than a crown: He crowns thee with his lovingkindness and tender mercies;" and what greater dignity is a poor soul capable of than to be advanced into the love and favour of God? . 12:13; Is. And forget not all His benefit s: . He considereth the frailty of man, Psalm 103:15,16; and showeth Gods everlasting mercy to his covenanted ones, Psalm 103:17-19. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. I don't know how high the heaven is above the earth, but however it is, that's just how high God's mercy is towards me. God's praise is a subject that will never be exhausted, and therefore we must never think this work done till we come to heaven, where it will be for ever in the doing. continuedTHE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a thankful commemoration and celebration of Gods mercies to the psalmist himself, and to the people of Israel, and to all good men. WebMatthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 103:1-4 Commentary on Psalm 103:1-5 (Read Psalm 103:1-5) By the pardon of sin, that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. and his righteousness to the children's children [that's my grandkids]; And to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 3. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! Not content with calling upon his soul (by which he unquestionably means the seat of the understanding and affections) to bless God, the prophet expressly adds his inward parts, addressing as it were his own mind and heart, and all the faculties of both. He exhorteth all creatures to praise him, Psalm 103:20-22. if any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. He desires the assistance of the holy angels, and all the works of God, in praising him, ver 20-22. Looking at the negative aspects, when in reality there are far more positive aspects to it than the negative aspects. Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! WebMatthew Henry's Commentary Psalm 103:1 << A Psalm of David.>> Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. God's mercy is better than life, for it will out-live it. They had all kinds of ideas concerning Saturn and the rings, all kinds of scientific data that was in the astronomy books, and now they have to revise all of the books on Saturn. 4:2; James 5:11, [Ps. He has revealed himself and his grace to us (v. 7): He made known his ways unto Moses, and by him his acts to the children of Israel, not only by his rod to those who then lived, but by his pen to succeeding ages. WebPsalm 103:812 New Century Version (NCV) 8 The Lord shows mercy and is kind. 2; also at the end of the Half-hearted, ill-conceived, unintelligent praises are not such as we should render to our loving Lord. The word soul here is equivalent to mind or heart: my mental and moral powers, as capable of understanding and appreciating his favors. Those only shall have the benefit of God's promises that make conscience of his precepts. First, They live a life of faith; for they keep God's covenant; having taken hold of it, they keep hold of it, fast hold, and will not let it go. Dust thou art. The sins of believers shall be remembered no more, shall not be mentioned unto them; they shall be sought for, and not found. and all that is within me, bless his holy name; meaning not only all within his body, his heart, reins, lungs, &c. but all within his soul, all the powers and faculties of it; his understanding, will, affections, and judgment; and all the grace that was wrought in him, faith, hope, love, joy, and the like; these he would have all concerned and employed in praising the name of the Lord; which is exalted above all blessing and praise; is great and glorious in all the earth, by reason of his works wrought, and blessings of goodness bestowed; and which appears to be holy in them all, as it does in the works of creation, providence, and redemption; at the remembrance of which holiness thanks should be given; for he that is glorious in holiness is fearful in praises, Psalm 97:12. WebPsalms 103 COMMENTARY (Pulpit) < Go Back Bible Commentaries Psalm 103 Psalm 103:1 << Verse 1. 57:16]; Jer. Thus fairly does God deal with us. Such is the purport of the blessing addressed to a congregation of worshippers. 3. WebThis psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. When the flower is in its perfection a blasting wind, unseen, unlooked for, passes over it, and it is gone; it hangs the head, drops the leaves, dwindles into the ground again, and the place thereof, which was proud of it, now knows it no more. [Note: Brueggemann, p. See who those are that have a good memory, as well as a good understanding (Ps 111 10), those that remember God's commandments, not to talk of them, but to do them, and to be ruled by them. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Secondly, They live a life of obedience; they remember his commandments to do them, else they do not keep his covenant. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Also, the recently-discovered Ras Shamra texts reveal Aramaic elements (Aramaisms) dating back to 1500 to 1400 B.C. Nothing but divine wisdom can undertake to fill its treasures (Proverbs 8:21); other things will surfeit, but not satiate,Ecclesiastes 6:7; Isaiah 55:2. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, . By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. to thy shame be it spoken, thou hast forgotten many of his benefits; but surely thou wilt not forget them all, for thou shouldst not have forgotten any.". Praise for the Lord s Mercies. Bless the Lord, O my soul - The word bless, as applied to God, means to praise, implying always a strong affection for him as well as a sense of gratitude. WebVerses 1-22. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. WebPsalm 103 NKJV 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! New King James Version (NKJV). Psalms 103:1-22 , a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. The idea is, that God is worthy of all the praise and adoration which the entire man can render. (2.) Or by his ways we may understand his precepts, the way which he requires us to walk in; and by his acts, or designs (as the word signifies), his promises and purposes as to what he will do with us. WebMatthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 103:1-4 Commentary on Psalm 103:1-5 (Read Psalm 103:1-5) By the pardon of sin, that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. God requires submissive obedience not only of earthly beings, but also of heavenly beings (19-21). Where Christ is made righteousness to any soul he is made sanctification, 1 Corinthians 1:30. 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