George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 103:18
Irchins. St. Augustine reads also, "hares." These desert places are not useless. (Calmet)
Irchins. St. Augustine reads also, "hares." These desert places are not useless. (Calmet)
Verse Psalms 103:18. _TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT_] The spirit of which was, _I will be your GOD; WE will be thy PEOPLE_. From the covenant came the _commandments_, and their obligation _to remember...
TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT - To such as adhere to the arrangements of his covenant, or who are faithful on their part. God will be faithful to his part of the covenant; and where there is fidelity o...
Psalms 103 The Praise of Israel _ 1. The benefits of full salvation (Psalms 103:1)_ 2. Merciful and gracious (Psalms 103:8) 3. His throne and His kingdom ...
CIII. A HYMN OF THANKSGIVING FOR YAHWEH'S PARDONING LOVE. The main theme is stated in Psalms 103:6. Yahweh is just, He rights the oppressed, but above all He is considerate and ready to pardon sin. He...
DISCOURSE: 674 PERPETUITY OF GOD’S MERCY Psalms 103:15. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place ther...
PSALMS 103 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Bless Jehovah; for He is Worthy. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 103:1-5, Bless Jehovah: For his Personal Dealings. Stanza II., Psalms 103:6-10, For his Revealed Charac
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. -Our grass-like frailty and mortality would cause us to despair, but that we have sure hope in Yahweh's everlasting m...
In this Ps. the hope of the previous one has been fulfilled, and sorrow has given place to thanksgiving. Its probable date is soon after the return from exile. The Psalmist utters his personal gratitu...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE LOVE OF GOD PSALMS 103 Jesus said, "Your Father in heaven knows everything that you need". (Matthew
לְ שֹׁמְרֵ֥י בְרִיתֹ֑ו וּ לְ זֹכְרֵ֥י פִ֝קֻּד
Psalms 103:1 THERE are no clouds in the horizon, nor notes of sadness in the music, of this psalm. No purer outburst of thankfulness enriches the Church. It is well that, amid the many psalms which gi...
EVERLASTING LOVING-KINDNESS Psalms 103:13 The psalmist comes from the far-reaching sky to the homely image of a father's pity. God is a great King, the mighty Creator, but the Spirit witnesses that w...
It seems almost a work of supererogation to write anything about this psalm. It is perhaps the most perfect song of pure praise to be found in the Bible. It has become the common inheritance of all wh...
To such as keep his (l) covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. (l) To whom he gives grace to fear him, and to obey his word....
Nothing can he more beautiful and interesting than the striking contrast the Psalmist hath drawn in these verses between the frail, perishing, dying nature of man, and the strength and eternity of God...
Farther, as nothing is more easy than for hypocrites to flatter themselves under a false pretext, that they are in favor with God, or for degenerate children groundlessly to apply to themselves the pr...
Psalms 103-106 give us the results and the covenant in grace and in responsibility, of Israel's history. Psalms 103 is the voice of Messiah in Israel in praise according to God's dealing with them; Ps...
TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT,.... The covenant of grace, which is peculiarly the Lord's covenant, as distinct from man's; and which he keeps himself, and is ever mindful of it. This he makes known to...
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Ver. 18. _To such as keep his covenant_] For else they shall know God's breach of promise, as it is Numbers 14:3,...
_But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting_, &c. But though we quickly decay and perish, yet God's mercy to us doth not die with us, but, as it was from eternity exercised in gracious purposes, so...
HYMN TO THE MERCY OF GOD. A psalm of David, voicing his thankful acknowledgment of God's gifts and blessings upon himself, the conclusion calling upon all creatures to join in his song of praise....
to such as keep His covenant, that of His grace, offered to all men in the Messiah, AND TO THOSE THAT REMEMBER HIS COMMANDMENTS TO DO THEM, making their entire life conform to the rule of God's holy w...
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 flow...
TO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT; to them that perform the condition of God's covenant, that sincerely love and obey him. Such restrictions are oft added, as in the general to overthrow the presumptuous h...
Psalms 103:18 keep H8104 (H8802) covenant H1285 remember H2142 (H8802) commandments H6490 do H6213 (H8800)...
One's heart naturally turns to this passage when one desires to magnify the Lord. It is specially suitable for a New Year's meditation. Psalms 103:1. _Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is withi...
What more appropriate passage than the 103 rd Psalm can we read, on this first Sabbath night of another year, to express the gratitude of our thankful hearts. I will only interject a sentence here and...
This is a song of exulting thanksgiving, of overflowing joy and praise. Let each one of us read it as speaking for himself. Let it, here and now, be our own personal tribute of peculiar mercy received...
Psalms 103:1. _Bless the LORD, O my soul:_ Come, my soul, wake up, bestir thyself, for thou hast a great work to do. Psalms 103:1. _And all that is within in me, bless his holy name._ Let no power...
Psalms 103:1. _Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name._ Come, my heart, be down in the dumps no longer, take thy harp from the willows, tune its strings, and begin...
CONTENTS: The psalmist, affected with the goodness of God stirs himself up to praise God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is the fountain of all good, whatever may be the channel and to His...
This is a psalm of David, written after some recent deliverance from sickness, or other affliction. The composition is the unfolding of the heart in gratitude to God, for personal and for national mer...
_Bless the Lord, O my soul._ A SONG OF PRAISE Like stately pillars supporting a solemn temple, three noble psalms, placed side by side, exalt the glory of Jehovah: 103 glorifies the God of grace; 10...
_As for man, his days are as grass._ HUMAN LIFE We have here presented man’s existence in relation to-- I. The material and the moral. 1. His relation to the material. Like the flower-- (1) He sp...
_To such as keep His covenant._ KEEPING THE COVENANT Saints are to look upon themselves as wholly the Lord’s, in opposition to all competitors. The Lord will not divide with rivals; if ye take Him th...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 103:1. This is a hymn of praise, celebrating the Lord’s abundant goodness and love for his people. It is the first of four psalms reflecting on God’s dealings with his peopl...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 103:17 THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD IS FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING. See Psalms 25:6;...
INTRODUCTION This, as appears from the superscription, is one of David’s Psalms. It is a Psalm of great beauty and preciousness, and has been a great favourite of devout souls in all ages. The fulness...
EXPOSITION 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, Psalms 103:17) passing
Psa 103:1-22, a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. I trust that it wasn't so long ago that you have already forgotten how thankful you were. Bless the LORD, O my soul (Psalms 103:1): Now this is a...
1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Chronicles 34:31; Acts 24:16; Deuteronomy 4:23;...