Psalms 103:3

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities - according to David's prayer, trusting in God's gracious character (; ; ). This shall be Israel's experience when she shall turn to the Lord. To this the ulterior reference is (; ).

Who healeth all thy diseases. The maladies of the body, including all earthly sufferings (; ), are associated with the soul's sicknesses, "iniquities." Christ came as the Healer of both. By removing sin, the cause, He will finally remove sickness and suffering, the effect (). He gave an earnest of this in combining His forgiveness of the paralytic with His cure of his body (; ; ; : cf. also , and the quotation of , with a significant alteration in ).