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Benefits In Psalms 103
"Bless the LORD, O my
soul:
and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits:" (Psalm 103:1-2).
There are at least 28 benefits listed
in Psalm 103.
1. He forgives all our iniquities.
2. He heals all our diseases. (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual)
(Notice the word "all").
3. He redeems our lives from destruction.
4. He crowns us with loving kindness. (He loves us because we belong
to Him).
5. He crowns us with tender mercies. (He doesn't punish with the punishment
that we deserve but treats us tenderly.)
6. He satisfies our mouths with good things. (He is a good God that
gives us good things.)
7. (So that) our youth is renewed like the eagle's.
8. He executes righteousness for the oppressed.
9. He gives His judgment for all that are oppressed. (He takes up our
cause for us.)
10. He makes His ways known to us.
11. He makes His acts known to us.
12. He is merciful to us. (He does not give us all the
punishment we deserve).
13. He is gracious to us. (He gives us good things that we don't deserve).
14. He doesn't fly off the handle with anger at us.
15. He gives us much more mercy than we can imagine.
16. He doesn't' continue to rebuke us. (chide).
17. He doesn't stay angry with us forever.
18. He doesn't fully punish us for our sins. (His mercy).
19. He doesn't fully punish us for our iniquities. (For our bent toward
wondering away from Him.)
20. He shows great mercy to us who fear Him.
21. He removes our transgressions from us as far as the east is from
the west.
22. He loves us like a father loves his children. (pitieth)
23. He knows the purpose in our conception. (See: Psalm 29:11,
Psalm 139).
24. He remembers that we are humans made from dust.
25. He knows that our lives are temporal, then gone.
26. (In contrast) His mercy toward us is from everlasting to everlasting.
27. His righteousness is not only to us, but to our children's children.
28. His mercy is to them who keep his covenant and especially to them
who remember, and keep His commandments.
Indeed, we benefit from being under His sovereign rule in heaven and
upon the earth.
Therefore, we should BLESS Him as the angels and His works all bless
Him.
Psa 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.
Psa 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psa 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all
thy diseases;
Psa 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth
thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Psa 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that
thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psa 103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all
that are oppressed.
Psa 103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the
children of Israel.
Psa 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and
plenteous in mercy.
Psa 103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his
anger for ever.
Psa 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded
us according to our iniquities.
Psa 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great
is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he
removed our transgressions from us.
Psa 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD
pitieth them that fear him.
Psa 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are
dust.
Psa 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth.
Psa 103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and
the place thereof shall know it no more.
Psa 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Psa 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember
his commandments to do them.
Psa 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens;
and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Psa 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength,
that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Psa 103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers
of his, that do his pleasure.
Psa 103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his
dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
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