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Scott's Reference Library
Psalm 103:1 through Psalm 103:5 (NIV)
1 Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
20 Praise the LORD, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
21 Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
22 Praise the LORD, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-5
By the pardon of sin, that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we
are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. Think of the
provocation; it was sin, and yet pardoned: how many the provocations, yet all
pardoned! God is still forgiving, as we are still sinning and repenting. The
body finds the melancholy consequences of Adam’s offence, it is subject to many
infirmities, and the soul also. Christ alone forgives all our sins; it is he
alone who heals all our infirmities. And the person who finds his sin cured, has
a well-grounded assurance that it is forgiven. When God, by the graces and
comforts of his Spirit, recovers his people from their decays, and fills them
with new life and joy, which is to them an earnest of eternal life and joy, they
may then be said to return to the days of their youth, Job 33:25.
VERSES 19-22
He who made all, rules all, and both by a word of power. He disposes all persons
and things to his own glory. There is a world of holy angels who are ever
praising him. Let all his works praise him. Such would have been our constant
delight, if we had not been fallen creatures. Such it will in a measure become,
if we are born of God. Such it will be for ever in heaven; nor can we be
perfectly happy till we can take unwearied pleasure in perfect obedience to the
will of our God. And let the feeling of each redeemed heart be, Bless the Lord,
O my soul.