Psalms 103:14-22

14 For 1He Himself knows our frame; He 2is mindful that we are but 3dust.
15 As for man, his days are 4like grass; As a 5flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 When the 6wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its 7place acknowledges it no longer.
17 But the 8lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness 9to children's children,
18 To 10those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.
19 The LORD has established His 11throne in the heavens, And His 12sovereignty rules over all.
20 Bless the LORD, you 13His angels, 14Mighty in strength, who 15perform His word, 16Obeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless the LORD, all you 17His hosts, You 18who serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless the LORD, 19all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul!

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Psalms 103:14-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 103

\\<>\\. The Targum adds, ``spoken in prophecy,'' as doubtless it was, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Some think it was written by David, after a fit of illness, and his recovery from it, since he speaks of his diseases being healed, and his youth renewed; for which reason the Syriac interpreter suggests it was written in his old age; for he makes the subject of the psalm to be, ``concerning coldness which prevailed upon him in old age;'' but rather he wrote it when his heart was warm with a sense of the love of God, and spiritual blessings of grace flowing from thence; and in it celebrates and sings the benefits of New Testament times; and it is a psalm suitable to be sung by every believer, under a quick sense of divine favours: wherefore the above interpreter better adds, ``also an instruction and thanksgiving by men of God;'' whom the psalmist may very well be thought to personate, even in Gospel times; and much rather than the Jews in captivity, as Kimchi thinks.

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Cross References 19

  • 1. Isaiah 29:16
  • 2. Psalms 78:39
  • 3. Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7
  • 4. Psalms 90:5; Isaiah 40:6; 1 Peter 1:24
  • 5. Job 14:2; James 1:10, 11
  • 6. Isaiah 40:7
  • 7. Job 7:10; Job 8:18; Job 20:9
  • 8. Psalms 25:6
  • 9. Exodus 20:6; Deuteronomy 5:10; Psalms 105:8
  • 10. Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalms 25:10
  • 11. Psalms 11:4
  • 12. Psalms 47:2, 8; Daniel 4:17, 25
  • 13. Psalms 148:2
  • 14. Psalms 29:1; Psalms 78:25
  • 15. Matthew 6:10
  • 16. Psalms 91:11; Hebrews 1:14
  • 17. 1 Kings 22:19; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 148:2; Luke 2:13
  • 18. Psalms 104:4
  • 19. Psalms 145:10

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