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Psalms 103
1Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits;
3who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
4who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
8Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;
18to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
21Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
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Afflictions and Adversities of Saints: Temporary Psalm 103:9
He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
Afflictions and Adversities: Always Less than Deserved Psalm 103:10
He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Psalm 103:13, 14
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. / For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
Afflictions of Saints, are but Temporary Psalm 103:9
He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
Afflictions: Always Less than we Deserve Psalm 103:10
He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
Allergies Psalm 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
Angel (A Spirit): A Celestial Spirit are Obedient Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Angel (A Spirit): A Celestial Spirit: Hosts Psalm 103:21
Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
Angel (A Spirit): A Celestial Spirit: Mighty Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Angel (A Spirit): Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Psalm 103:20, 21
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. / Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
Angels are Mighty Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Angels Helping Us Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Angels: Execute the Purposes of God Psalm 103:21
Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
Angels: Obey the Will of God Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Anger: Anger of God Psalm 103:8
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Being a Father Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Being a Good Father Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Being Focused Psalm 103:2–4
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, / who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Being Positive Psalm 103:2–4
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, / who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Being Sick Psalm 103:2, 3
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
Blessing: Temporal, from God Psalm 103:2–5
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, / who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Children of the Righteous, Blessed of God Psalm 103:17, 18
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— / to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
Church: His Kingdom Psalm 103:19
The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
Compared To Saints: Eagles Psalm 103:5
who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
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Psalms 103:1-5 Verses 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. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! God is still forgiving, as we are still sinning and repenting. The body finds the melancholy consequences of Adam's offence, it is subject to many infirmities, and the soul also. Christ alone forgives all our sins; it is he alone who heals all our infirmities. And the person who finds his sin cured, has a well-grounded assurance that it is forgiven. 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.
Psalms 103:6-14 Verses 6-14
Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. He always has been full of compassion. How unlike are those to God, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! What would become of us, if God should deal so with us? The Scripture says a great deal of the mercy of God, and we all have experienced it. The father pities his children that are weak in knowledge, and teaches them; pities them when they are froward, and bears with them; pities them when they are sick, and comforts them; pities them when they are fallen, and helps them to rise; pities them when they have offended, and, upon their submission, forgives them; pities them when wronged, and rights them: thus the Lord pities those that fear him. See why he pities. He considers the frailty of our bodies, and the folly of our souls, how little we can do, how little we can bear; in all which his compassion appears.
Psalms 103:15-18 Verses 15-18
How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flower of the field, to which life is here compared, is not only withering in itself, but exposed to the cold blasts, and liable to be cropt and trod on by the beasts of the field. Such is man. God considers this, and pities him; let him consider it himself. God's mercy is better than life, for it will outlive it. His righteousness, the truth of his promise, shall be unto children's children, who tread in the footsteps of their forefathers' piety. Then shall mercy be preserved to them.
Psalms 103:19-22 Verses 19-22
He who made all, rules all, and both by a word of power. He disposes all persons and things to his own glory. There is a world of holy angels who are ever praising him. Let all his works praise him. Such would have been our constant delight, if we had not been fallen creatures. Such it will in a measure become, if we are born of God. Such it will be for ever in heaven; nor can we be perfectly happy till we can take unwearied pleasure in perfect obedience to the will of our God. And let the feeling of each redeemed heart be, Bless the Lord, O my soul.