[Note: Wiersbe, The . 160.]. This is Old Testament. Those angels that are the ministers of God, doing His will, His pleasure. 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. As far as our days, we are as the grass: or like a flower in the field ( Psalms 103:15 ). Bless the Lord, O my soul,. His better part, his soul, which comes immediately from God, and returns to him, which is immaterial and immortal, and of more worth than the world: God is to be served with the best we have; as with the best of our substance, so with the best of our persons; and it is the heart, or soul, which he requires to be given him; and such service as is performed with the soul or spirit is most agreeable to him; he being a Spirit, and therefore must be worshipped in spirit and in truth: unless the spirit or soul of a man, is engaged in the service of God, it is of little avail; for bodily exercise profiteth not; preaching, hearing, praying, and praising, should be both with the spirit, and with the understanding: here the psalmist calls upon his soul to "bless" the Lord; not by invoking or conferring a blessing on him, which as it is impossible to be done, so he stands in no need of it, being God, all sufficient, and blessed for evermore; but by proclaiming and congratulating his blessedness, and by giving him thanks for all mercies, spiritual and temporal: 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, Psalms 97:12. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. When he thus speaks to himself, it is as if, removed from the presence of men, he examined himself before God. David often was talking to his inward man, talking to his soul. The old body cult. Let others murmur, but do thou bless. And if they said if we evolved from the tadpole, surely they must know. 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. The distance of about 12,500 miles, that is, unless you are going straight through. All the creatures are his servants, but not as the angels that attend the presence of his glory. How unlike are those to God who always chide, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! Used by permission. WebFree Bible Study Tools. Psalm 103:2 American Standard Version (ASV) No one of his faculties or powers should be exempt from the duty and the privilege of praise. 15:26]; Ps. 50+ premium resources (>$2,400 value!). He considereth the frailty of man, Psalm 103:15,16; and showeth Gods everlasting mercy to his covenanted ones, Psalm 103:17-19. I trust that it wasn't so long ago that you have already forgotten how thankful you were. Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his pleasure. It is God's glory that he has such attendants, but more his glory that he neither needs them nor is benefited by them. Oh, this body consciousness; everything is the body of man. 38:17; 43:25; Zech. Or you can start flying due west, and you'll be flying west the rest of your life. 30:5; Is. 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. WebPsalm 103:812 New Century Version (NCV) 8 The Lord shows mercy and is kind. 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. 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. II. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. He always has been full of compassion. Nor punished us according to our iniquities. 2. Psalm 103, attributed in the superscription to David, is a psalm of praise for the wonderful goodness of God directed toward His people. Let others use only their tongues, but as for me I will cry, "Bless the Lord, O my soul." Web12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 3:9; Heb. 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 Reader, have we not cause enough at this time to bless him who blesses us? if any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. 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. 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. For our task our energies should be suitably called out. 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, . The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy ( Psalms 103:5-8 ). 4. 1. God's all cannot be praised with less than our all. He has not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities ( Psalms 103:9-10 ). Psalm 103 tells of God who deliversthe nation from bondage (7) and the individual from sin (10-13). The duty of universal praise inferred from it: if all are under God's dominion, all must do him homage. WebPsalms 103 COMMENTARY (Pulpit) < Go Back Bible Commentaries Psalm 103 Psalm 103:1 << Verse 1. 2 O my soul, come, praise the Etern 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. Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Bless the LORD, O my soul! a. Bless the LORD, you His angels: David began the psalm by telling his own soul to bless the Lord, but he knew the praise and honor to God should go beyond what he could give. It should extend all the way to the angels, and David boldly told them to also bless the LORD. For the LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. First, To their souls, which are immortal; to them the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting; from everlasting in the councils of it to everlasting in the consequences of it, in their election before the world was and their glorification when this world shall be no more; for they are predestinated to the inheritance (Eph 1 11) and look for the mercy of the Lord, the Lord Jesus, unto eternal life. Bless, &c.when God is the object, praise. But God knew me, He knew me better than I knew myself. "He has pardoned thy sins (v. 3); he has forgiven, and does forgive, all thy iniquities." Psalm 103 . 103:1-5 By the pardon of sin, that is 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)." He is in real earnest, and again calls upon himself to arise. See Job 33 24, 28. Remember how the Persian king, when he could not sleep, read the chronicles of the empire, and discovered that one who had saved his life had never been rewarded. (3.) 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. "He has not only saved thee from death and ruin, but has made thee truly and completely happy, with honour, pleasure, and long life." As a father pities his children, 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. 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." Observe, (1.) (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. It is out there, eight billion light years away, ten billion light years away." Man's life is not only wasting of itself, but its period may be anticipated by a thousand accidents. Psa 103:13. 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. "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? The Psalmist strikes the best key-note when he begins with stirring up his inmost self to magnify the Lord. How he pitiesas a father pities his children, and does them good as there is occasion. Now man in passing, we are dust, we are transient, we are passing, like the grass or the flower. And he declares, "Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, plenteous in mercy." And they are as willing as they are able; they are willing to know their work; for they hearken to the voice of his word; they stand expecting commission and instructions from their great Lord, and always behold his face (Matt 18 10), that they may take the first intimation of his mind. Soldiers, and seamen, and all good subjects, serve the king, but not as the courtiers do, the ministers of state and those of the household. 14:18]; Deut. David begins by talking with The corruption of nature is the sickness of the soul; it is its disorder, and threatens its death. Its terminology has entered into the speech of all generations. csfa league table. Who is it who cannot make the spirit of this worship his own? Because of His mercy. It is my way, says God, to pardon sin. WebPsalm 103 NKJV 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! WebFor as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; Tools. 5:10; Neh. Had he been very sleepy before? The body finds the melancholy consequences of Adam's offence, it is subject to many infirmities, and the soul also. [Ex. 86:15; Jer. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 9:17; Ps. . He didn't understand his own feelings. For all the saints. This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. Why are you cast down? I like the east and the west bit. Gratefully, he praises God for them all (1-2). As used with reference to people, the word implies a wish that they may be blessed or happy, accompanied often with a prayer that they may be so. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Psalm 103 Psalm 103 Bless the LORD, O My Soul This psalm is simply titled A Psalm of David. 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 times of his life. Repeated in ver. 7:18], [2 Sam. He is not soon angry, v. 8. 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. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, . Psalm 103:1 tn The verb praise is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line). WebIn both fire and water, those two raging elements that have no mercy, he shows mercy; delivers us from both in both. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! The Christian life is far from a negative experience and too many people are only emphasizing the negative aspects. 1. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. 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. But God remembers it's just dust. WebPsalms 103 1 A Psalm of David. Who c heals all your diseases, . And so oftentimes I am so disappointed with myself, and I weep because of my disappointment over myself. 2; also at the end of the psalm; and again in Psalm 104:1, 35. ], This popular Davidic psalm of individual thanksgiving reviews Gods mercies and expresses confident hope in His covenant promises. We've learned so much from this flyby of our little satellite recently. 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. He will not always chide: nor will he be angry for ever. Many-sided is the character of our heavenly Father, for, having forgiven as a judge, he then cures as a physician. And secondly, He pities us, just like a father pities his child. He desires the assistance of the holy angels, and all the works of God, in praising him, ver 20-22. "He has not only saved thee from death and ruin, but has made thee truly and completely happy, with honour, pleasure, and long life." 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities." 1. Half-hearted, ill-conceived, unintelligent praises are not such as we should render to our loving Lord. 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. Bible commentary on the Book of Psalms, chapter 103, by Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics. - Bless the Lord, O my soul. He calls the fowls, and they come; the beasts, and they hear: the trees, and they spring to obey him. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His 4. 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. Mirrors, all over the walls. God's mercy is better than life, for it will out-live it. We have found him so; we, for our parts, must own that he has not dealt with us after our sins, v. 10. To "bless" is more than to (2.) . We were driving down to Newport Beach the other night and this place down there. You can only go north until you get to the North Pole, then you are going south. ". 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 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. The inscription in the Hebrew, and in all the Versions, gives this Psalm to David; and yet many of the ancients believed it to refer to the times of the captivity, or rather to its conclusion, in which the redeemed Jews give thanks to God for their restoration. The work requires the inward man, the whole man, and all little enough. 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. And doubtless our slothfulness in this matter has need of continual incitement. But in the midst of this universal praise, each individual has special cause to praise him (22). [1.] Truly God is good to all (v. 6): He executes righteousness and judgment, not only for his own people, but for all that are oppressed; for even in common providence he is the patron of wronged innocency, and, one way or other, will plead the cause of those that are injured against their oppressors. 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. For less than $5/mo. get to know the Bible better! WebPsalm 103 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. This is cured in sanctification; when sin is mortified, the disease is healed; though complicated, it is all healed. 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. 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. They are such as fear God, such as are truly religious, from principle. 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.". 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. He knows our frame; He knows we are but dust.Which means that God doesn't really expect as much out of me as I expect out of myself. "For He crowns thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies. 2. He concludes by invoking all creatures to unite in his song. He is all things to us, as our needs call for him, and our infirmities do but reveal him in new characters. 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