Commentaire par chapitre
Psalms Chapitre 103
1
Ps 103:1-22.
2
Sans titre
2. forget not all--not any, none of His benefits.
3
Sans titre
3. diseases--as penal inflictions
(De 29:22; 2Ch 21:19).
4
Sans titre
4. redeemeth--Cost is implied.
destruction--literally, "pit of corruption"
(Ps 16:10).
crowneth--or, "adorneth"
(Ps 65:11).
tender mercies--compassions (compare
Ps 25:6; 40:11).
5
Sans titre
5. By God's provision, the saint retains a youthful vigor like the eagles
(Ps 92:14;
compare
Isa 40:31).
6
Sans titre
6. Literally, "righteousness and judgments," denoting various acts of God's government.
7
Sans titre
7. ways--of providence, &c., as usual
(Ps 25:4; 67:2).
acts--literally, "wonders"
(Ps 7:11; 78:17).
8
Sans titre
8-10. God's benevolence implies no merit. He shows it to sinners, who also are chastened for a time
(Ex 34:6).
keep (anger)--in
Le 19:18,
bear a grudge
(Jer 3:5, 12).
11
Sans titre
11. great--efficient.
12
Sans titre
12. removed . . . from us--so as no longer to affect our relations to Him.
13
Sans titre
13. pitieth--literally, "has compassion on."
14
Sans titre
14. he--"who formed,"
Ps 94:9.
knoweth our frame--literally, "our form."
we are dust--made of and tending to it
(Ge 2:7).
15
Sans titre
15, 16. So short and frail is life that a breath may destroy it.
it is gone--literally, "it is not."
know it no more--no more recognize him
(Ps 90:6; Isa 40:6-8).
17
Sans titre
17, 18. For similar contrast compare
Ps 90:2-6; 102:27, 28.
18
Sans titre
18. such . . . covenant--limits the general terms preceding.
righteousness--as usual
(Ps 7:17; 31:1).
19
Sans titre
19. God's firm and universal dominion is a pledge that He will keep His promises
(Ps 11:4; 47:8).
20
Sans titre
20-22. do his commandments . . . word--or, literally, "so as to hearken," &c., that is, their acts of obedience are prompt, so that they are ever ready to hear, and know, and follow implicitly His declared will (compare
De 26:17; Lu 1:19).
21
Sans titre
21. ye his hosts--myriads, or armies, as corresponding to angels of great power
[Ps 103:20],
denoting multitudes also.
22
Sans titre
22. all his works--creatures of every sort, everywhere.
Ps 103:1-22.
A Psalm of joyous praise, in which the writer rises from a thankful acknowledgment of personal blessings to a lively celebration of God's gracious attributes, as not only intrinsically worthy of praise, but as specially suited to man's frailty. He concludes by invoking all creatures to unite in his song.
1. Bless, &c.--when God is the object, praise.
my soul--myself
(Ps 3:3; 25:1),
with allusion to the act, as one of intelligence.
all . . . within me--
(De 6:5).
his holy name--
(Ps 5:11),
His complete moral perfections.