Psalm 103:1-5

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 103:1

103:1 [[A Psalm] of David.] {a} Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.(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. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 103:3

103:3 Who {b} forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;(b) That is, the beginning and chiefest of all benefits, remission of sin. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 103:4

103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from {c} destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;(c) For before we have remission of our sins, we are as dead men in the grave. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 103:5

103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy {d} youth is renewed like the eagle’s.(d) As the eagle, when her beak overgrows, sucks blood and so is renewed in strength, even so God miraculously gives strength to his Church above all man’s expectations. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 103:1-22

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 103:1

CONTENTS This Psalm is one continued hymn of praise, and includes a comprehensive view of the goodness of Jehovah, in all the great works of creation and redemption, providence and grace. A Psalm of David. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 103:1-2

How beautifully does the psalm begin, in calling upon the soul to this most pleasing service, of praising God! Reader, do remark it, that it is with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; while with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. Unless the heart be engaged in any service, there is nothing truly valuable in that service. Hence it was an ancient custom in the church, at the opening of the service, to call upon the people, Lift up your hearts! Romans 10:10 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 103:3-5

Observe what motives the sacred writer adopts to awaken the soul to the praise and love of God: as if he had said, My soul, hast thou sinned? God in Christ pardons thy sins. Art thou diseased in body and soul, by reason of sin? God in Christ healeth all thy diseases. Art thou ruined and undone in all the circumstances of nature, by reason of the fall? It is God, in Christ, that redeemeth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with all that is needful for thee in grace. Art thou feeling... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 103:1

Himself. Complutensian Septuagint adds, "a psalm of the creation," (Haydock) as this is the subject; but there is no title in the original. (Berthier) The psalm contains "a divine and natural philosophy," (Eusebius) respecting the creation and providence. Plato has written something similar in his Tim'e6us, (Calmet) though this comparison is indecent. (Berthier) --- The imitation is no disparagement, however, to this divine word, and we may surely notice the concord between the inspired and... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 103:2

Light. In this manner he always appeared, 1 Timothy vi. 16., and Exodus iii. 2. (Calmet) --- Christ only once assumed such a glorious form at this transfiguration, because he came to instruct our mind and heart. (Berthier) --- Stretchest. Hebrew and Septuagint have the verbs in the third person, till ver. 6., as the Vulgate has here extendens. But St. Jerome and others agree with us, though St. Paul quotes according to the Hebrew, ver. 4. (Haydock) --- Pavilion. The idea of the heavens... read more

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