2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 b Who forgives all your iniquities, Who c heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, d Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies 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. Because of His mercy. Babes may praise the divine goodness, but fathers in grace magnify his holiness. 4. The height of it and the breadth of it. Psalms 103:1-22 , a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. WebPsalm 103 . He has perpetuated his covenant-mercy and thereby provided relief for our frailty, v. 15-18. We make nothing of our religious performances if we do not make heart-work of them, if that which is within us, nay, if all that is within us, be not engaged in them. 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. 1. Come, let us read our diaries and see if there be not choice favours recorded there for which we have rendered no grateful return. And the person who finds his sin cured, has a well-grounded assurance that it is forgiven. Or it may be understood of those who have not yet received the spirit of adoption, but are yet trembling at his word; those he pities, Jer 31 18, 20. The facts are changing, the facts of science seem to often change, but that is totally inconsistent. 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. WebPsalm 103 New King James Version Praise for the Lords Mercies A Psalm of David. 5. And forget not WebPsalm 103 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. WebFootnotes. II. I'm so excited with all of the positive aspects of serving the Lord that the negative doesn't really come into mind much. How quickly did he do him honour! Let all my thoughts and affections be engaged, and united, and stirred up to the highest pitch in and for this work. WebPsalm 103:15 The New King James Version 1 Bless athe Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Praise for the Lord s Mercies. Dust thou art. Here David begins his list of blessings received, which he rehearses as themes and arguments for praise. Psalm 103:2 American Standard Version (ASV) 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. 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. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle". He has never been rigorous and severe with us, but always tender, full of compassion, and ready to forgive. 2; also at the end of the psalm; and again in Psalm 104:1, 35. Now man in passing, we are dust, we are transient, we are passing, like the grass or the flower. What is your problem? (2.) They are such as fear God, such as are truly religious, from principle. Praise for Gods mercy to individuals 103:1-5, "The four psalms that close Book Four of the book of Psalms (90-106) emphasize praise to the Lord for several reasons: His benefits to His people (103), His care of His creation (104), His wonderful acts on behalf of Israel (105), His longsuffering with His peoples rebellion (106)." The continuance of the mercy which belongs to such as these; it will last them longer than their lives on earth, and therefore they need not be troubled though their lives be short, since death itself will be no abridgment, no infringement, of their bliss. A Psalm of David.. 1 Bless a the Lord, O my soul; . [Note: Brueggemann, p. This is a perfect psalm, suitable to all times and situations. Though there is no real connection between this psalm and the preceding one, this one expresses thanks for answered prayer, which Psalms 102 requested. Bless the LORD, O my soul ( Psalms 103:1 ): Now this is a command of David, or a command of David, the psalmist to himself. 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, Psalm 103:12 New Living Translation (NLT) 12 He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. Now we don't remember that ourselves often. Then David lists several good things that God does for His people. 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. "And forget not all his benefits." He says, "You didn't disappoint Me. And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Man's life is not only wasting of itself, but its period may be anticipated by a thousand accidents. II. God's mercy is better than life, for it will out-live it. Repeated in ver. 2. 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. Compare Numbers 6:23-27. "Bless the Lord, O my soul." The God of the Old Testament is vengeful and wrathful and murderous and so forth. (a) He wakens his dulness to praise God, showing that both understanding and affections, mind and heart, are too little to set forth his praise. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! All Rights Reserved. The psalmist, I. Stirs up himself and his own soul to 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, . And forget not all His benefit s: . Psalm 103, attributed in the superscription to David, is a psalm of praise for the wonderful goodness of God directed toward His people. 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. 19The Lord has established His throne in heaven,And (P)His kingdom rules over all. February 27, 2023. II. Bless ye the LORD, ye angels, that excel in strength, and do his commandments, harkening to the voice of his word. I haven't been down to Newport for a long time. The distance of about 12,500 miles, that is, unless you are going straight through. 32:18; Jon. Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 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! For our task our energies should be suitably called out. Verse Psalms 103:1. Facts can't change. Proud member A Psalm of David.. 1 Bless a the Lord, O my soul; . 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. Password. Bibliographical Information Clarke, Adam. Note the many references to "all" and its equivalents in this psalm. WebBridgeway Bible Commentary. God is portrayed as loving with motherly affection (4, 13) as well "O my soul! He is slow to anger, not extreme to mark what we do amiss nor ready to take advantage against us. We are not to forget them. He is not soon angry, v. 8. 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. Oh God, I am so sorry I disappointed You." 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. 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. Those angels that are the ministers of God, doing His will, His pleasure. 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. I like the east and the west bit. 1031A Psalm of David. Bless, &c.when God is the object, praise. Verse Psalms 103:5. Who satisfieth thy mouth . Bless the LORD, all his works in all of the places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul ( Psalms 103:17-22 ). Why are you cast down? 33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. if any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. 2. ; 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). 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. Why he pitiesfor he knows our frame. 2. 17:14, [Ex. and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Let us awake then, and with intense enthusiasm bless Jehovah. 3. 276. Now it's another vein, "Bless the Lord, O my soul.". All these guys working out in the windows, standing there, curling, you know. Psalm 103 tells of God who deliversthe nation from bondage (7) and the individual from sin (10-13). Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the ". Observe that he calls all that is within him to remember all the Lord's benefits. The word soul here is equivalent to mind or heart: my mental and moral powers, as capable of understanding and appreciating his favors. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His All rights reserved. Now you have heard people say, "Well, there is the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament. "He has given thee a prospect and pledge of long life: Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." 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. 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