The Bible — notes and cross-references in Psalms | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 103

103:0^a Of

Psa. 3 title
103:1^1a Bless

Psa. 103:22; 104:1, 35

Psalms 103—106 are the praising of Jehovah, who has recovered the title and the right over the whole earth through the reign of Christ. In these four psalms there is a narration of God’s history. This psalm speaks of God’s history in His lovingkindness and compassions in His forgiving of sins, healing, redeeming, and caring for His people. This is the first part of God’s history.
103:3^a pardons

Exo. 34:9; Isa. 55:7; Micah 7:18
103:3^b heals

Exo. 15:26; Psa. 107:20
103:5¹ prime

The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; some translate, your years; others, your desires.
103:5^a eagle

Isa. 40:31
103:7^1a ways

Deut. 34:10

See note Heb. 3:10². To the experienced ones, such as Moses, God makes His ways known, and to the younger ones, to the children, He makes His acts known. Both God’s ways and God’s acts are benefits to us.
103:19^a throne

Psa. 11:4; Rev. 4:2
103:15^b flower

Job 14:2; Isa. 40:7
103:15^a grass

Psa. 90:5-6; James 1:10-11
103:14^a dust

Gen. 3:19; Eccl. 12:7
103:13^a father

Prov. 3:12; Isa. 63:16; Jer. 31:9
103:12^a transgressions

Isa. 43:25; Jer. 50:20; cf. Lev. 16:22
103:10^a sins

Ezra 9:13
103:9^b anger

Psa. 30:5; Jer. 3:5, 12; Micah 7:18
103:9^a He

Isa. 57:16
103:8^a Jehovah

Psa. 86:15
103:7^b acts

Exo. 34:10; cf. Psa. 106:7