And every once in awhile the scientists come along and say, "Oh, we've just discovered a new quasar, or galaxy that is beyond anything we've ever known before. The height of it and the breadth of it. Web1 O my soul, come, praise the Eternal with all that is in mebody, emotions, mind, and willevery part of who I am praise His holy name. "O my soul! 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. Ps 103:1-22. thou hast blessed the Lord, sit down, and rest thee, but, Bless the Lord, O my soul! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, . "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? I trust that it wasn't so long ago that you have already forgotten how thankful you were. "Commentary on Psalms 103:1". Think what the provocation was; it was iniquity, and yet pardoned; how many the provocations were, and yet all pardoned. All rights reserved. Man, in his best estate, seems somewhat more than grass; he flourishes and looks gay; yet then he is but like a flower of the field, which, though distinguished a little from the grass, will wither with it. Worshipping the body. Christ alone forgives all our sins; it is he alone who heals all our infirmities. . They keep it as a treasure, keep it as their portion, and would not for all the world part with it, for it is their life. (1.) Psalm 103, a masterful and well-loved composition, is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm in which a single voice praises God for Gods goodness to or on behalf of that individual, usually for deliverance from some trying situation. Now you have heard people say, "Well, there is the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament. "Oh, I thought I was stronger than that, I thought I was better than that and all. 2. What would become of us if God should deal so with us? WebMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. Web12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 32:18; Jon. It is the soul that is to be employed in blessing God, and all that is within us. God requires submissive obedience not only of earthly beings, but also of heavenly beings (19-21). It is in his nature to be so (v. 8): The Lord is merciful and gracious; this was his way which he made known unto Moses at Mount Horeb, when he thus proclaimed his name ( Exod 34 6, 7), in answer to Moses's request (ch. How he furnishes himself with abundant matter for praise, and that which is very affecting: "Come, my soul, consider what God has done for thee." For he knows our frame; and he remembers that we are dust ( Psalms 103:13-14 ). He always has been full of compassion. NKJV, Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Third Edition, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Kingdom Equipping Through the Power of the Word, NKJV, Abide Bible, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. Nor do they delay, but fly swiftly: They do his commandments at hearing, or as soon as they hear the voice of his word; so Dr. Hammond. The superscription identifies this as a Psalm of David; and, "Nothing in it forbids the supposition that he was the author. Wisdom . 4. Psalms 103:1-22 , a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. WebNew King James Version Praise for the LORD's Benefits. The doctrine of universal providence laid down, v. 19. See Job 33:24; Job 33:28. "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities." Psalm 103 . God is a Father to those that fear him and owns them for his children, and he is tender of them as a father. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! He exhorteth all creatures to praise him, Psalm 103:20-22. Tools. Psalm 103:1 tn The verb praise is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line). Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! Who c heals all your diseases, . How glorious. (3.) Bible commentary on the Book of Psalms, chapter 103, by Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics. yet more and more. "He has given thee a prospect and pledge of long life: Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. But God knew me, He knew me better than I knew myself. 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. But you can start off tonight flying east, and you'll fly east the rest of your life, if you don't change directions. 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. "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high is His mercy over those that reverence Him. 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. The name of ingrate is one of the most shameful that a man can wear; surely we cannot be content to run the risk of such a brand. 3. 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. 147:3; [Is. It is God's glory that he has such attendants, but more his glory that he neither needs them nor is benefited by them. How unlike are those to God who always chide, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! They are able; for they excel in strength; they are mighty in strength (so the word is); they are able to bring great things to pass, and to abide in their work without weariness. He will not always chide: nor will he be angry for ever. The eagle is long-lived, and, as naturalists say, when she is nearly 100 years old, casts all her feathers (as indeed she changes them in a great measure every year at moulting time), and fresh ones come, so that she becomes young again. Sicknesses of body and soul came into the world by sin, and as sin is eradicated, diseases bodily, mental, and spiritual will vanish, till "the inhabitant shall no more say, I am sick." "So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle" (Psalms 103:5). 1.Bless Jehovah, O my soul! WebPsalm 103 Bless the LORD, O My Soul This psalm is simply titled A Psalm of David. WebThis psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. Though he signify his displeasure against us for our sins by the rebukes of Providence, and the reproaches of our own consciences, and thus cause grief, yet he will have compassion, and will not always keep us in pain and terror, no, not for our sins, but, after the spirit of bondage, will give the spirit of adoption. No one of his faculties or powers should be exempt from the duty and the privilege of praise. He says, "You didn't disappoint Me. As far as our days, we are as the grass: or like a flower in the field ( Psalms 103:15 ). 3. We think that we are the rock of Gibraltar. 1. ", "This [Psalms 103] is perhaps the best-known and best-loved of all the hymns." 15As for man, (L)his days are like grass;As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.16(M)For the wind passes over it, and it is [b]gone,And (N)its place remembers it no more.17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlastingOn those who fear Him,And His righteousness to childrens children,18(O)To such as keep His covenant,And to those who remember His commandments to do them. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! All these guys working out in the windows, standing there, curling, you know. The redemption of the soul is precious; we cannot compass it, and therefore are the more indebted to divine grace that has wrought it out, to him who has obtained eternal redemption for us. 2 O my soul, come, praise the Etern 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. It is the Lord that is to be blessed and spoken well of; for he is the fountain of all good, whatever are the channels or cisterns; it is to his name, his holy name, that we are to consecrate our praise, giving thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. (1.) Let others murmur, but do thou bless. WebPsalm 103. Now it's another vein, "Bless the Lord, O my soul.". A Psalm of David.. 1 Bless a the Lord, O my soul; . And we are challenging so oftentimes Satan to do battle with us. He will not keep his anger for ever against his own people, but will gather them with everlasting mercies, Isa 54 8; 57 16. Is It Ok for Christians to Follow Zodiac Signs? 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. But to his justice he adds his mercy, by which sinners may be forgiven (9-12). 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. Here David begins his list of blessings received, which he rehearses as themes and arguments for praise. Psalm 103:1 sn Psalm 103.The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people. 3:9; Heb. He cares for the oppressed and shows mercy on sinners (6-8). He that made all rules all, and both by a word of power: He has prepared his throne, has fixed and established it that it cannot be shaken; he has afore-ordained all the measures of his government and does all according to the counsel of his own will. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. He soliloquizes, holds self-communion and exhorts himself, as though he felt that dulness would all too soon steal over his faculties, as, indeed, it will over us all, unless we are diligently on the watch. 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. I like the east and the west bit. [2.] How he pitiesas a father pities his children, and does them good as there is occasion. And all that is within me, bless His holy name! He has reason to know our frame, for he framed us; and, having himself made man of the dust, he remembers that he is dust, not only by constitution, but by sentence. 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. Come, let us read our diaries and see if there be not choice favours recorded there for which we have rendered no grateful return. (2.) 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. Interesting that he said as far as the east is from the west, rather than as far the north is from the south. 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. Who c heals all your diseases, . He has perpetuated his covenant-mercy and thereby provided relief for our frailty, v. 15-18. New King James Version (NKJV). 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 is all things to us, as our needs call for him, and our infirmities do but reveal him in new characters. The duty of universal praise inferred from it: if all are under God's dominion, all must do him homage. The psalmist, I. Stirs up himself and his own soul to praise God ( ver 1, 2 ) for his favour to him in particular ( ver 3-5 ), to the church in general, and to all good men, to whom he is, and will be, just, and kind, and constant ( ver 6-18 ), and for his government of the world, ver 19. II. 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! Oh God, I am so sorry I disappointed You." If God acted only according to his justice, all sinners would perish. The corruption of nature is the sickness of the soul; it is its disorder, and threatens its death. 2 O my soul, come, praise the Etern This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. Have you ever been at the place where you didn't understand your own feelings? I thought I could I leap buildings with a single bound, and He knows my frame. WebCommentary 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 He has not inflicted the judgments which we have merited, nor deprived us of the comforts which we have forfeited, which should make us think the worse, and not the better, of sin; for God's patience should lead us to repentance, Rom 2 4. 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 (Proverbs 8:21); other things will surfeit, but not satiate,Ecclesiastes 6:7; Isaiah 55:2. Our crimes were capital, but God saves our lives by pardoning them; our diseases were mortal, but God saves our lives by healing them. Let all his works praise him (v. 22), all in all places of his dominion; for, because they are his works, they are under his dominion, and they were made and are ruled that they may be unto him for a name and a praise. 1. EXPOSITION. WebCommentary 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 my soulmyself (Ps 3:3; 25:1), with allusion to the act, as one of intelligence. 2. See Isa 40 6, 7. To "bless" is more than to If the law of justice demanded all our heart and soul and mind for the Creator, much more may the law of gratitude put in a comprehensive claim for the homage of our whole being to the God of grace. Now wait a minute. So David calls the angels, the heavenly hosts, in to the praising of God. A Psalm of David .Doubtless by David; it is in his own style when at its best, and we should attribute it to his later years when he had a higher sense of the preciousness of pardon, because a keener sense of sin, than in his younger days. 12:13; Is. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. WebPsalms 103 COMMENTARY (Pulpit) < Go Back Bible Commentaries Psalm 103 Psalm 103:1 << Verse 1. 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. Psalm 103 tells of God who deliversthe nation from bondage (7) and the individual from sin (10-13). God remembers that.Man has a tendency to magnify his body. It is the soul that is to be employed in blessing God, and all that is within us. 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. David is here communing with his own heart, and he is no fool that thus talks to himself and excites his own soul to that which is good. And all that is within me, bless His holy name! And as soon as you get to the South Pole, you are going north again. 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. Gratefully, he praises God for them all (1-2). Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. This body made out of the dust. WebFree Bible Study Tools. This honour have all his saints. [1.] The repetition renders his language still more emphatic, as if he thereby intended to reprove his own slothfulness. And forget not Let me at Satan, you know." But the mercy of the LORD ( Psalms 103:16-17 ). This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. He is not long angry; for (v. 9) he will not always chide, though we always offend and deserve chiding. God understands human weakness and he is kind to those who fear him (13-14).Life is short and uncertain, but people can enjoy the everlasting blessings of Gods steadfast love if they are faithfully obedient (15-18). 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. The prophet, by stirring up himself to gratitude, gives by his own example a lesson to every man of the duty incumbent upon him. Email. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! And all that is within me - All my powers and faculties; all that can be employed in his praise: the heart, the will, the affections, the emotions. He is slow to anger, not extreme to mark what we do amiss nor ready to take advantage against us. Realizing how easily people forget God, David reminds himself of the many blessings, physical and spiritual, that God And so oftentimes I am so disappointed with myself, and I weep because of my disappointment over myself. 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 Who is it who cannot make the spirit of this worship his own? He considereth the frailty of man, Psalm 103:15,16; and showeth Gods everlasting mercy to his covenanted ones, Psalm 103:17-19. 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. Let others use only their tongues, but as for me I will cry, "Bless the Lord, O my soul." Why he pitiesfor he knows our frame. These two go together; for, as for God, his work is perfect and not done by halves; if God take away the guilt of sin by pardoning mercy, he will break the power of it by renewing grace. Observe, (1.) Psalm 103:2 American Standard Version (ASV) (2.) The angels occasionally serve God in this lower world; they do his commandments, go on his errands (Dan 9 21), fight his battles (2 Kings 6 17), and minister for the good of his people, Heb 1 14. Though there is no real connection between this psalm and the preceding one, this one expresses thanks for answered prayer, which Psalms 102 requested. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. The soul of man was made to praise and bless God; to enjoy his friendship; to delight in his favor; to contemplate his perfections. The sins of believers shall be remembered no more, shall not be mentioned unto them; they shall be sought for, and not found. WebPsalm 2 is the second psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Why do the heathen rage".In Latin, it is known as "Quare fremuerunt gentes".Psalm 2 does not identify its author with a superscription, but Acts 4:2426 in the New Testament attributes it to David. Psalm 103:2 New Century Version (NCV) 2 My whole being, praise the Lord and do not forget all his kindnesses. "He has pardoned thy sins (Psalms 103:3; Psalms 103:3); he has forgiven, and does forgive, all thy iniquities." How true that is. 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, they may then be said to return to the days of their youth, Job 33:25. "He has rescued thee from danger." Then all of his works, all of the places of God's dominion. And here he is commanding himself, commanding his soul to bless the Lord, "Bless the Lord, my soul." Verse Psalms 103:1. He has pitied our sorrows, v. 13, 14. God has been merciful to us. How quickly did he do him honour! 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. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! Nor punished us according to our iniquities. 35 May sinners be consumed from the earth, Our very life and essential self should be engrossed with this delightful service, and each one of us should arouse his own heart to the engagement. 103:1-5 By the pardon of sin, that is WebIn both fire and water, those two raging elements that have no mercy, he shows mercy; delivers us from both in both. Observe, (1.) God looks down and says, "O man, just a bit of dust." Here is, I. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. Forget not all his Our crimes were capital, but God saves our lives by pardoning them; our diseases were mortal, but God saves our lives by healing them. 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. This is Old Testament. They are such as fear God, such as are truly religious, from principle. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). 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. So it must be that the scientists were wrong. It is instructive to note how the Psalmist dwells upon the holy name of God, as if his holiness were dearest to him; or, perhaps, because the holiness or wholeness of God was to his mind the grandest motive for rendering to him the homage of his nature in its wholeness. Verse 1. All rights reserved. A Psalm of David.. 1 Bless a the Lord, O my soul; . Praise for the Lord s Mercies. WebHe touches the hills, and they smoke. and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless, &c.when God is the object, praise. Handed down. 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. 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. It is a companion to II. Now we don't remember that ourselves often. 160.]. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. 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