Psalm 103:18

18 bei denen, die seinen Bund halten und gedenken an seine Gebote, daß sie darnach tun.

Psalm 103:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 103:18

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 his people at conversion; his secret is with them, and he shows them his covenant; the blessings and promises of it; their interest in them, and in himself, as their covenant God: which they "observe" F3, as the word here used signifies; and observing it, they lay hold upon it by faith, as belonging to them; and laying hold upon it, they "keep" it as their own, and keep it fast, and will not part with their interest in it for all the world.

And to those that remember his commandments to do them;
some read them and hear them, but forget them, at least to do them: these are like a man that beholds his face in a glass, and forgets what manner of man he is; so James compares one that is a forgetful hearer, and not a doer of the word, ( James 1:23 James 1:24 ) . The commandments of God are best remembered, so as to be done, when he puts his laws into the minds of men, and writes them in their hearts, and puts his Spirit within them, to cause them to walk in his statutes, and do them, ( Jeremiah 31:34 ) ( Ezekiel 36:27 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (yrmvl) "observantes", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator, Gejerus.

Psalm 103:18 In-Context

16 wenn der Wind darüber geht, so ist sie nimmer da, und ihre Stätte kennt sie nicht mehr.
17 Die Gnade aber des HERRN währet von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit über die, so ihn fürchten, und seine Gerechtigkeit auf Kindeskind
18 bei denen, die seinen Bund halten und gedenken an seine Gebote, daß sie darnach tun.
19 Der HERR hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet, und sein Reich herrscht über alles.
20 Lobet den HERRN, ihr seine Engel, ihr starken Helden, die ihr seine Befehle ausrichtet, daß man höre auf die Stimme seines Wortes!
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