Babes may praise the divine goodness, but fathers in grace magnify his holiness. It is a continued act; he is still forgiving, as we are still sinning and repenting. 1. Bibliographical Information Clarke, Adam. So I'm glad that he said as far as the east is from the west, rather than as far as the north is from the south, because I want my sins farther away than the north from the south. 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. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! I knew you were dust all the time." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. He hath a raven The soul of man was made to praise and bless God; to enjoy his friendship; to delight in his favor; to contemplate his perfections. Till iniquity is forgiven, healing, redemption, and satisfaction are unknown blessings. Because the north is only about 12,500 miles from the south. The scripture says a great deal of the mercy of God, and we may all set to our seal that it is true, that we have experienced it. 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, What is your problem? Psalm 103:1 sn Psalm 103.The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people. We dont know the circumstances in which it was written, but since David was a man who knew the grace and deliverance of God many times, it could have been written at many different Memory is very treacherous about the best things; by a strange perversity, engendered by the fall, it treasures up the refuse of the past and permits priceless treasures to lie neglected, it is tenacious of grievances and holds benefits all too loosely. I like God just removing completely my sins, my guilt from me. Many-sided is the character of our heavenly Father, for, having forgiven as a judge, he then cures as a physician. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. God is a Father to those that fear him and owns them for his children, and he is tender of them as a father. Psalm 103:12 King James Version (KJV 1900) 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. He has pardoned our sins, not only my iniquity (v. 3), but our transgressions, v. 12. "[3] This, of course, knocks the keystone out of the arch of critical devices for late-dating Old Testament writings. 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 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]. He desires the assistance of the holy angels, and all the works of God, in praising him, ver 20-22. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, . 1031A Psalm of David. 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. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. God looks down and says, "O man, just a bit of dust." ". Psalm 103 . Bless the Lord He calls on his soul, and all its faculties and powers, to magnify God for his mercies. 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. "Oh, I thought I was stronger than that, I thought I was better than that and all. "He has given thee a prospect and pledge of long life: Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. I thought I could I leap buildings with a single bound, and He knows my frame. David called on himself to bless the Lord wholeheartedly because of all His many blessings. See Isa 40 6, 7. He takes cognizance of all the inhabitants, and all the affairs, of this lower world, and disposes all persons and things according to the counsel of his will, to his own glory (Dan 4 35): His kingdom rules over all kings and all kingdoms, and from it there is no exempt jurisdiction. "He has pardoned thy sins (v. 3); he has forgiven, and does forgive, all thy iniquities." (2.) For the LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. "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. Psalm 103, attributed in the superscription to David, is a psalm of praise for the wonderful goodness of God directed toward His people. (2.) The transcendent riches of God's mercy (v. 11): As the heaven is high above the earth (so high that the earth is but a point to the vast expanse), so God's mercy is above the merits of those that fear him most, so much above and beyond them that there is no proportion at all between them; the greatest performances of man's duty cannot demand the least tokens of God's favour as a debt, and therefore all the seed of Jacob will join with him in owning themselves less than the least of all God's mercies, Gen 32 10. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. "And all that is within me, bless his holy name." Nothing but divine wisdom can undertake to fill its treasures (Prov 8 21); other things will surfeit, but not satiate, Eccl 6 7; Isa 55 2. 2. - Bless the Lord, O my soul. Webantithetic parallelism in psalms. Some groups of Christians (e.g., some Amish) give thanks to God at the end of their meals as well as at the beginning. And doubtless our slothfulness in this matter has need of continual incitement. 12:13; Is. 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! All that is within me, bless his holy name Let all my thoughts and affections be engaged, united, and raised to the highest pitch in and for this work. Then David lists several good things that God does for His people. Psalms 103:1-22 , a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. Jehovah is worthy to be praised by us in that highest style of adoration which is intended by the term bless - "All thy works praise thee, O God, but thy saints shall bless thee." Realizing how easily people forget God, David reminds himself of the many blessings, physical and spiritual, that God Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits ( Psalms 103:1-2 ): So quickly we forget the benefits of serving the Lord. 3. 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. It is the soul that is to be employed in blessing God, and all that is within us. II. Psalm 103:1. 2Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies. Who c heals all your diseases, . The Holy Spirit, by his mouth, indirectly upbraids us on account of our not being more diligent in praising God, and at the same time points out the remedy, that every man may descend into himself and correct his own sluggishness. Secondly, To their seed, which shall be kept up to the end of time (Ps 102 28): His righteousness, the truth of his promise, shall be unto children's children; provided they tread in the steps of their predecessors' piety, and keep his covenant, as they did, then shall mercy be preserved to them, even to a thousand generations. We are not to forget them. But the mercy of the LORD ( Psalms 103:16-17 ). And forget not all His benefit s: . The work requires the inward man, the whole man, and all little enough. The God of the Old Testament is vengeful and wrathful and murderous and so forth. 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. In one psalm, David, in talking to his soul, said, "Why are you cast down, O my soul? All right, keep searching man; you're only expanding the mercy of my God. 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. This is mentioned first because by the pardon of sin that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we are restored to the favour of God, which bestows good things on us. 20(Q)Bless the Lord, you His angels,Who excel in strength, who (R)do His word,Heeding the voice of His word.21Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,(S)You [c]ministers of His, who do His pleasure.22Bless the Lord, all His works,In all places of His dominion. WebFree Bible Study Tools. 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. 1. Now you have heard people say, "Well, there is the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament. The Lord has saved us with a great salvation, shall we render no recompense? Though there is no real connection between this psalm and the preceding one, this one expresses thanks for answered prayer, which Psalms 102 requested. Facts can't change. ; Psalm 103:2 tn Or his benefits (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the Lord). The superscription identifies this as a Psalm of David; and, "Nothing in it forbids the supposition that he was the author. This writer remembers from the prayers of his grandfather the employment of Psalms 103:10 verbatim as it appears in the King James Bible, and also an exclamation that, "The time and place that know us now, shall soon know us no more for ever," founded upon Psalms 103:16. Psalm 103:1 tn The verb praise is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line). 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. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. If God acted only according to his justice, all sinners would perish. of And secondly, He pities us, just like a father pities his child. Those angels that are the ministers of God, doing His will, His pleasure. And you'll find that the same God is revealed in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, who is a God of love, a God of mercy, a God of patience, but also a righteous, holy God who is absolutely just. And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 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. 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. 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 33:23. Psalm 103:2 New Century Version (NCV) 2 My whole being, praise the Lord and do not forget all his kindnesses. How quickly did he do him honour! The height of it and the breadth of it. (3.) Full Name. Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 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 of the holy angels, and all its faculties and powers to. 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