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Overflowing dam at Mo Ranch, Texas
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(Guadalupe River at Mo-Ranch in Texas)

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.


The Scripture

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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