Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 103:13
Father. — This anticipation of Christ’s revelation of the paternal heart of God, is found also in the prophets.
Father. — This anticipation of Christ’s revelation of the paternal heart of God, is found also in the prophets.
Verse Psalms 103:13. _LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH HIS CHILDREN_] This is a very emphatic verse, and may be thus translated: "As the tender compassions of a father towards his children; so the tender com...
LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH HIS CHILDREN - Hebrew, “Like the compassion of a father for his children.” See the notes at Matthew 7:7. God often compares himself with a father, and it is by carrying out ou...
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: 673 THE GOODNESS OF GOD Psalms 103:8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath no...
FOR AS THE HEAVEN IS HIGH, &C.— There cannot be a nobler amplification of the divine mercy and placability than that contained in the 11th and 12th verses: and what can equal the tenderness ascribed t...
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
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH (HIS) CHILDREN, (SO) THE LORD PITIETH ... FOR HE KNOWETH OUR FRAME. The misery of our state,...
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
כְּ רַחֵ֣ם אָ֭ב עַל ־בָּנִ֑ים רִחַ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה
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...
_Rooms, with rain, ver. 3. (Calmet) --- Earth, or its inhabitants. (Tirinus)_...
The Psalmist in these verses, under various representations, sets forth the mercy of redeeming grace; and, in order to heighten the representation, he borroweth his language from images in the works o...
13._As a father is compassionate towards his children, _The Psalmist not only explains by a comparison what he has already stated, but he at the same time assigns the cause why God so graciously forgi...
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...
LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH HIS CHILDREN,.... When in any affliction, disorder, or distress: the Lord stands in the relation of a Father to his people; they are his children by adopting grace, through th...
Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him. Ver. 13. _Like as a father pitieth_] There is an ocean of love in a father's heart. See Luke 15:20 Genesis 33:2; Gen...
_As the heaven, &c., so great is his mercy_ So much above our deserts and expectations, and above the mercy which one man shows to another; _toward them that fear him_ Which clause he adds here, as al...
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....
Like as a father pitieth his children, showing them his fatherly mercy, SO THE LORD PITIETH THEM THAT FEAR HIM, His children through faith in Christ....
6-14 Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in;...
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Psalms 103:13 father H1 pities H7355 (H8763) children H1121 LORD H3068 pities H7355 (H8765) fear H3373...
FEAR Also (Psalms 103:13); (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Psalms 103:9 , PSALMS 103:13 I. In the mind of the psalmists there was nothing contradictory between faith in God as a righteous Judge and faith in God as being longsuffering and of great kindness. Th...
Psalms 103:13 I. There is no evidence to be derived of the existence of pity in any overruling Deity as far as the laws of nature reveal the Divine character. As we rise from the lower to the higher o...
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...
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...
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...
Let us read, dear friends, the one hundred and third Psalm, not because we do not know it, but because I trust that we know it by heart, and feel that it is a fit expression for our heart's thankfulne...
Psalms 103:1. _Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name,_ We ought to be always blessing God; this sacred employment should be like an atmosphere surrounding us at al...
Psalms 103:1. _Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefit?_ Three times the psalmist says, «Bless, bless, ble...
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...
_Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him._ THE TENDER PITY OF THE LORD With a text from the Old Testament, I purpose to take you straight away to the New, and th...
_The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed._ GOD’S CONDUCT TOWARDS MANKIND In the preceding verses the hymnist exhorts himself to praise the Great God on account of th...
_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...
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 103:8 The language of these verses (SLOW TO ANGER, STEADFAST LOVE, SHOWS COMPASSION) recalls...
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...
Acts 13:26; Deuteronomy 3:5; Hebrews 12:5; Isaiah 63:15; Isaiah 63:16