Why do I feel upset? "And all that is within me, bless his holy name." Our crimes were capital, but God saves our lives by pardoning them; our diseases were mortal, but God saves our lives by healing them. 53:5]; Jer. A Psalm of David.. 1 Bless a the Lord, O my soul; . Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. All right, keep searching man; you're only expanding the mercy of my God. How unlike are those to God who always chide, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! - Bless the Lord, O my soul. The repetition renders his language still more emphatic, as if he thereby intended to reprove his own slothfulness. Here David begins his list of blessings received, which he rehearses as themes and arguments for praise. 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. ; Psalm 103:3 tn This relatively rare Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He will not keep his anger for ever against his own people, but will gather them with everlasting mercies, Isa 54 8; 57 16. It is as the apple tree among the trees of the wood, and its golden fruit has a flavour such as no fruit ever bears unless it has been ripened in the full suushine of mercy. And you'll find that the same God is revealed in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, who is a God of love, a God of mercy, a God of patience, but also a righteous, holy God who is absolutely just. 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. Such a thing is man: God considers this, and pities him; let him consider it himself, and be humble, dead to this world and thoughtful of another. And His righteousness to childrens children. 2 Bless the Lord, O (2.) 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 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. No one of his faculties or powers should be exempt from the duty and the privilege of praise. February 27, 2023. Pardoned sin is, in our experience, one of the choicest boons of grace, one of the earliest gifts of mercy, - in fact, the needful preparation for enjoying all that follows it. WebAny other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. 4. See Job 33 24, 28. 7:18], [2 Sam. The word soul here is equivalent to mind or heart: my mental and moral powers, as capable of understanding and appreciating his favors. yet more and more. This is cured in sanctification; when sin is mortified, the disease is healed; though complicated, it is all healed. Bless ye the LORD, ye angels, that excel in strength, and do his commandments, harkening to the voice of his word. 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. 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. We've learned so much from this flyby of our little satellite recently. Babes may praise the divine goodness, but fathers in grace magnify his holiness. 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 get to know the Bible better! Oh God, I am so sorry I disappointed You." of 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. 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. Now it's another vein, "Bless the Lord, O my soul.". But you can start off tonight flying east, and you'll fly east the rest of your life, if you don't change directions. He tells his soul to bless the Lord six times (verses 1, 2, 20, 21, 22) and to forget not all his benefits ( Psalm 103:2 ). 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. 1. 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. It needs spurring to its duty, though that duty ought to be its delight. 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." And forget not all His benefit s: . 1. However, nothing in the psalm or anywhere else enables us to determine the precise occasion on which it was written."[1]. 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. <<. 3 b Who forgives all your iniquities, . How he pitiesas a father pities his children, and does them good as there is occasion. And so oftentimes I am so disappointed with myself, and I weep because of my disappointment over myself. How short man's life is and of what uncertain continuance. The idea is, that God is worthy of all the praise and adoration which the entire man can render. Come on out and fight." Observe that he calls all that is within him to remember all the Lord's benefits. This is Old Testament. ., p. "And forget not all his benefits." He hath a raven 147:3; [Is. Forget not all his 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. God is portrayed as loving with motherly affection (4, 13) as well 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. 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. 6The Lord executes righteousnessAnd justice for all who are oppressed.7(F)He made known His ways to Moses,His acts to the children of Israel.8(G)The Lord is merciful and gracious,Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.9(H)He will not always strive with us,Nor will He keep His anger forever.10(I)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,Nor punished us according to our iniquities. Let others use only their tongues, but as for me I will cry, "Bless the Lord, O my soul." "Come on, just you know. And as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us ( Psalms 103:11-12 ). 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. 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. Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! csfa league table. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). 4. 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. 21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. God looks down and says, "O man, just a bit of dust." 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. Think what the provocation was; it was iniquity, and yet pardoned; how many the provocations were, and yet all pardoned. 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. [Ex. 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. 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. Psalm 103:2 American Standard Version (ASV) 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. Such is the purport of the blessing addressed to a congregation of worshippers. "He has not only saved thee from death and ruin, but has made thee truly and completely happy, with honour, pleasure, and long life." (3.) It is the soul that is to be employed in blessing God, and all that is within us. Psalms 103:1-22 , a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. WebIn both fire and water, those two raging elements that have no mercy, he shows mercy; delivers us from both in both. Psalm 103:1. So for a time, for a moment, we may flourish, But when the wind passes over it, the grass, the flower is gone, and the place of it remembers it no more. 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. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Because God remembers our frame. Now man in passing, we are dust, we are transient, we are passing, like the grass or the flower. And the key here all the way through is to those that reverence God. 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. 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 is in real earnest, and again calls upon himself to arise. and, when he had penned and sung this excellent hymn to his honour, he does not say, Now, O my soul! By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy ( Psalms 103:5-8 ). Though there is no real connection between this psalm and the preceding one, this one expresses thanks for answered prayer, which Psalms 102 requested. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, . 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. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Come, let us read our diaries and see if there be not choice favours recorded there for which we have rendered no grateful return. Those angels that are the ministers of God, doing His will, His pleasure. The scripture says a great deal of the mercy of God, and we may all set to our seal that it is true, that we have experienced it. He considers the frailty of our bodies and the folly of our souls, how little we can do, and expects accordingly from us, how little we can bear, and lays accordingly upon us, in all which appears the tenderness of his compassion. Our transgressions from us ( Psalms 103:11-12 ) article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated should extend the. 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