Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 103:9
Verse Psalms 103:9. He will not always chide] He will not contend with us continually. He has often reproved, often punished us; but his mercy ever rejoiced over judgment.
Verse Psalms 103:9. He will not always chide] He will not contend with us continually. He has often reproved, often punished us; but his mercy ever rejoiced over judgment.
HE WILL NOT ALWAYS CHIDE - Rebuke; contend; strive; for so the Hebrew word means. He will not always contend with people, or manifest his displeasure. See the notes at Isaiah 57:16; notes at Psalms 78...
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...
HIS ANGER. The _Ellipsis_ is correctly supplied from the preceding line....
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...
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
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. -From praising God's favour our in perpetually renewing the vigour of David's line, when seemingly on the point of extincti...
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
This reflection naturally follows after the last quotation from Exodus....
לֹֽא ־לָ נֶ֥צַח יָרִ֑יב וְ לֹ֖א לְ
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...
THE LORD'S ABUNDANT MERCIES Psalms 103:1 David's name heads this peerless psalm, which expresses, as none other, the soul of the universal Church and of the individual Christian. Notice the present t...
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...
He will not always (f) chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. (f) He shows first his severe judgment, but as soon as the sinner is humbled, he receives him to mercy....
_The....descend. This sho8uld be within a parenthesis, (Berthier) as the sequel speaks of the waters. (Haydock) --- Earth. This seemed miraculous to those who supposed that the earth was flat. (St. Am...
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...
9_He will not always chide _David, from the attributes ascribed to God in the preceding verse, draws the conclusion, that when God has been offended, he will not be irreconcilable, since, from his nat...
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...
HE WILL NOT ALWAYS CHIDE,.... He sometimes does chide his children, though never but when they have done a fault; always for their sins, in order to bring them to a sense and acknowledgment of them, a...
He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. Ver. 9. _He will not always chide_] His still revenges are terrible, Genesis 6:3, with 1 Peter 3:19, but God, being appeased towar...
_The Lord is merciful and gracious_ See on Exodus 34:6. _Slow to anger_ Not speedily punishing sinners, but patiently waiting for their repentance. _He will not always chide_ Or contend by his judgmen...
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....
He will not always chide, making man's behavior a cause for continual legal action, NEITHER WILL HE KEEP HIS ANGER FOREVER, as though bearing a grudge against men....
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;...
HE WILL NOT ALWAYS CHIDE, or _contend_, by his judgments with sinners, but is ready to be reconciled to them, to wit, upon their true repentance, as is manifest from innumerable texts, and from the wh...
Psalms 103:9 always H5331 strive H7378 (H8799) keep H5201 (H8799) forever H5769 neither - Psal
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_He will not always chide: neither will He keep his anger for ever._ THE LORD CHIDING HIS PEOPLE Text refers only, as does the whole psalm, to the children of God. They only can sing it. But though...
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...
Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 3:5; Micah 7:18; Micah 7:19; Psalms 30:5...