And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 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. He is not long angry; for (v. 9) he will not always chide, though we always offend and deserve chiding. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. Bless the Lord He calls on his soul, and all its faculties and powers, to magnify God for his mercies. Under such a weight of obligation the lips can do little; the soul and all its powers must be engaged. Think what the provocation was; it was iniquity, and yet pardoned; how many the provocations were, and yet all pardoned. He has revealed himself and his grace to us (v. 7): He made known his ways unto Moses, and by him his acts to the children of Israel, not only by his rod to those who then lived, but by his pen to succeeding ages. A Psalm of joyous praise, in which the writer rises from a thankful acknowledgment of personal blessings to a lively celebration of God's gracious attributes, as not only intrinsically worthy of praise, but as specially suited to man's frailty. II. All that is within me, bless his holy name . 147:3; [Is. They are his angels, and ministers of hishis, for he made them, and made them for himselfhis, for he employs them, though he does not need themhis, for he is their owner and Lord; they belong to him and he has them at his beck. Why do I feel discouraged? BibleGateway+ is less than $5/mo. (1.) How he stirs up himself to the duty of praise, Psalms 103:1; Psalms 103:2. God is a Father to those that fear him and owns them for his children, and he is tender of them as a father. When the cause is gone, namely, iniquity, the effect ceases. 1 Bless a the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! If we thoroughly forsake them, God will thoroughly forgive them. 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 as soon as you get to the South Pole, you are going north again. Here David begins his list of blessings received, which he rehearses as themes and arguments for praise. Worshipping the body. WebPsalms 103 COMMENTARY (Pulpit) < Go Back Bible Commentaries. 3:9; Heb. But you can start off tonight flying east, and you'll fly east the rest of your life, if you don't change directions. WebVerses 1-22. 5:10; Neh. (3.) Now we don't remember that ourselves often. The lives even of great men and good men are so, and neither their greatness nor their goodness can alter the property of them: As for man, his days are as grass, which grows out of the earth, rises but a little way above it, and soon withers and returns to it again. Forgiveness is first in the order of our spiritual experience, and in some respects first in value. 5. "Bless the Lord, O my soul." if any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. 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. A man may be in peril of life, not only by his crimes, or his diseases, but by the power of his enemies; and therefore here also we experience the divine goodness: Who redeemed thy life from destruction ( v. 4), from the destroyer, from hell (so the Chaldee), from the second death. First, They live a life of faith; for they keep God's covenant; having taken hold of it, they keep hold of it, fast hold, and will not let it go. Dust thou art. This is Old Testament. I thought I was Superman. Such is the purport of the blessing addressed to a congregation of worshippers. The prophet, by stirring up himself to gratitude, gives by his own example a lesson to every man of the duty incumbent upon him. 19The Lord has established His throne in heaven,And (P)His kingdom rules over all. 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. "He has pardoned thy sins (Psalms 103:3; Psalms 103:3); he has forgiven, and does forgive, all thy iniquities." 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. He cares for the oppressed and shows mercy on sinners (6-8). The description of those to whom this mercy belongs. It is a continued act; he is still forgiving, as we are still sinning and repenting. A PSALM of joy and thanksgiving for God's manifold mercies, especially for his loving kindness in forgiving sin and transgression (Psalms 103:3, Psalms 103:8-12, Psalms 103:17) passing into adoration of him upon his heavenly throne (Psalms 103:19), and a call on all creation to praise him (Psalms 103:20-22).The "title" assigns the I like the east and the west bit. The corruption of nature is the sickness of the soul; it is its disorder, and threatens its death. Till iniquity is forgiven, healing, redemption, and satisfaction are unknown blessings. Many are our faculties, emotions, and capacities, but God has given them all to us, and they ought all to join in chorus to his praise. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting ( Psalms 103:17 ). 2. 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. And the person who finds his sin cured, has a well-grounded assurance that it is forgiven. Soul music is the very soul of music. And His righteousness to childrens children. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. The Book of Psalms is part of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.In the slightly different numbering system of the Greek Septuagint 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! Where Christ is made righteousness to any soul he is made sanctification, 1 Cor 1 30. 2. This honour have all his saints. And the God of the New Testament is love, mercy, and grace." He is in a special manner good to Israel, to every Israelite indeed, that is of a clean and upright heart. [Note: Wiersbe, The . 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. I knew you were dust all the time." Oh, this body consciousness; everything is the body of man. For he knows our frame; and he remembers that we are dust ( Psalms 103:13-14 ). 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Let the holy angels praise him (v. 20, 21): Bless the Lord, you his angels; and again, Bless the Lord, all you his hosts, you ministers of his. 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. And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 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. Bless ye the LORD, ye angels, that excel in strength, and do his commandments, harkening to the voice of his word. 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. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at [emailprotected]. 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. "He has given thee true pleasure: He satisfies thy mouth with good things" (Psalms 103:5; Psalms 103:5); it is only the favour and grace of God that can give satisfaction to a soul, can suit its capacities, supply its needs, and answer to its desires. This is cured in sanctification; when sin is mortified, the disease is healed; though complicated, it is all healed. 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. Who c heals all your diseases, . Or was he now doubly sensible of the importance, the imperative necessity of adoration? 1. What is your problem? Bless, &c.when God is the object, praise. Now man in passing, we are dust, we are transient, we are passing, like the grass or the flower. It needs spurring to its duty, though that duty ought to be its delight. "He has pardoned thy sins (v. 3); he has forgiven, and does forgive, all thy iniquities." 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Think of the provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all pardoned! Now you have heard people say, "Well, there is the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament. Let others murmur, but do thou bless. 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. High as the heaven is above the earth. The God of the Old Testament is vengeful and wrathful and murderous and so forth. Also, the recently-discovered Ras Shamra texts reveal Aramaic elements (Aramaisms) dating back to 1500 to 1400 B.C. We think that we are the rock of Gibraltar. 5. Bless the Lord He calls on his soul, and all its faculties and powers, to magnify God for his mercies. 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. d Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender my soulmyself (Ps 3:3; 25:1), with allusion to the act, as one of intelligence. For our task our energies should be suitably called out. 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. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. He says, "You didn't disappoint Me. - Bless the Lord, O my soul. 34 May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. Though it is of our own benefit, by the pardoning mercy of God, that we are to take the comfort, yet of the benefit others have by it we must give him the glory. 86:15; Jer. WebPsalm 103 . God's all cannot be praised with less than our all. 103 1 A Psalm of David. 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. He desires the assistance of the holy angels, and all the works of God, in praising him, ver 20-22. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. How he stirs up himself to the duty of praise, v. 1, 2. (2.) Gratefully, he praises God for them all (1-2). This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. 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. and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Psalm 103:1 tn The verb praise is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line). to those that reverence him ( Psalms 103:17 ). How unlike are those to God who always chide, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! 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! The facts are changing, the facts of science seem to often change, but that is totally inconsistent. WebPsalm 103 Bless the LORD, O My Soul This psalm is simply titled A Psalm of David. Have you ever been at the place where you didn't understand your own feelings? And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 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. And so science is changing. Christ alone forgives all our sins; it is he alone who heals all our infirmities. He began with Bless the Lord, O my soul! I like God just removing completely my sins, my guilt from me. The flower of the garden is commonly more choice and valuable, and, though in its own nature withering, will last the longer for its 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 cropped and trodden on by the beasts of the field. WebNew King James Version Praise for the LORD's Benefits. He satisfies thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. "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? "As high is the heavens is above the earth." Some of the critical writers would assign this psalm to the times of the exile, or afterward, depending upon the occurrence of certain Aramaisms; but as Leupold observed, "Aramaisms are never a sure index of date. As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. We were driving down to Newport Beach the other night and this place down there. 2. WebPsalm 103 Bless the Lord, O My Soul. WebPsalm 103 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. All rights reserved. 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. Proud member 103Bless (A)the Lord, O my soul;And all that is within me, bless His holy name!2Bless the Lord, O my soul,And forget not all His benefits:3(B)Who forgives all your iniquities,Who (C)heals all your diseases,4Who redeems your life from destruction,(D)Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,5Who satisfies your mouth with good things,So that (E)your youth is renewed like the eagles. 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 No one of his faculties or powers should be exempt from the duty and the privilege of praise. The sins of believers shall be remembered no more, shall not be mentioned unto them; they shall be sought for, and not found. He has secured the happiness of his peculiar people by promise and covenant, but the order of mankind, and the world in general, he secures by common providence. Reader, have we not cause enough at this time to bless him who blesses us? Hitherto the psalmist had only looked back upon his own experiences and thence fetched matter for praise; here he looks abroad and takes notice of his favour to others also; for in them we should rejoice and give thanks for them, all the saints being fed at a common table and sharing in the same blessings. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all 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. 1. 12:13; Is. "Commentary on Psalms 103:1". Repeated in ver. He will not always chide: nor will he be angry for ever. Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! See Isa 40 6, 7. 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. 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. The duty of universal praise inferred from it: if all are under God's dominion, all must do him homage. 53:5]; Jer. How short man's life is and of what uncertain continuance. Interesting that he said as far as the east is from the west, rather than as far the north is from the south. WebPsalm 103 . A Psalm of David.. 1 Bless a the Lord, O my soul; . God's mercy is better than life, for it will out-live it. In one psalm, David, in talking to his soul, said, "Why are you cast down, O my soul? [2.] He has perpetuated his covenant-mercy and thereby provided relief for our frailty, v. 15-18. 1. All rights reserved. (2.) 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. 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 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. Bible commentary on the Book of Psalms, chapter 103, by Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics. 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. I'm so excited with all of the positive aspects of serving the Lord that the negative doesn't really come into mind much. And forget not all His benefit s: . Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. David begins by talking with Praise for the Lord s Mercies. 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. If he had not been a God of patience, we should have been in hell long ago; but he has not rewarded us after our iniquities; so those will say who know what sin deserves. Every mortal life has received countless benefits at the hand of the Lord, has been healed of many diseases, has received forgiveness of sins, has experienced the redemption of his life from destruction threatened by many dangers seen and unseen, and has enjoyed countless satisfactions from the good things which the Lord has provided. For less than $5/mo. - Bless the Lord, O my soul. Looking at the negative aspects, when in reality there are far more positive aspects to it than the negative aspects. Note the many references to "all" and its equivalents in this psalm. This is a perfect psalm, suitable to all times and situations. Praise for the Lord s Mercies. The Lord has a throne of his own, a throne of glory, a throne of government. 3. It is a Psalm of inimitable sweetness and excellence; contains the most affectionate sentiments of gratitude to God for his mercies; and the most consoling motives to continue to trust in God, and be obedient to him. They are willing to do their work: They do his commandments ( v. 20); they do his pleasure (v. 21); they dispute not any divine commands, but readily address themselves to the execution of them. Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.". and, when he had penned and sung this excellent hymn to his honour, he does not say, Now, O my soul! 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. ; Psalm 103:3 tn This relatively rare All Rights Reserved. 9 He will not always accuse us, and he will not be angry forever. 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.". He concludes by invoking all creatures to unite in his song. Psalm 103, attributed in the superscription to David, is a psalm of praise for the wonderful goodness of God directed toward His people. get to know the Bible better! 3. 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. And God looks down upon us and He is, number one, merciful, because we reverence Him. Observe, I. 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