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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 103 A Psalm of David. 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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Bless the Lord, O my soul,.... His better part, his soul, which comes immediately from God, and returns to him, which is immaterial and immortal, and of more worth than the world: God is to be served with the best we have; as with the best of our substance, so with the best of our persons; and it is the heart, or soul, which he requires to be...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. The psalmist, I. Stirs up himself and his own soul to praise God (ver. 1, 2) for his favour to him in particular (ver. 3-5), to the church in general, and to all good men, to whom he is, and will be, just, and kind, and constant (ver....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul: He has been blessing thee; now begin thou to bless him. If, during the week, thou hast been busy about the things of the world now leave these unimportant matters, and come to the grandest exercise in which an intelligent spirit can be engaged. “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Let there be no sleeping now, no coldness, no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name, We ought to be always blessing God; this sacred employment should be like an atmosphere surrounding us at all times. Yet there are special seasons when we feel as if we must wake ourselves up, and brace ourselves up, for some special adoration, talking to ourselves as the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 benefit? Three times the psalmist says, “Bless, bless, bless.” Come, my heart, wake up, awake every faculty, but especially my memory: “Forget not all his benefits.” Here is a list of some of them; as we read each one, let...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Come, my heart, be down in the dumps no longer, take thy harp from the willows, tune its strings, and begin to pour forth its music to the praise of love divine.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul: — Come, my soul, wake up, bestir thyself, for thou hast a great work to do. Psa_103:1. And all that is within in me, bless his holy name. Let no power or faculty exempt itself from this blessed service. Come, many memory, my will, my judgment, my intellect, my heart, all that is me is be stirred up by his holy name to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. If things without are not joyous, let all that is within wake itself up to praise my God. He will hear me, even though I speak not. If I keep the praise within myself, he will hear the music of my soul. “Bless his holy name.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul: O my soul, be not thoughtless and wandering, but give this holy hour to the sacred employment of praising and blessing thy God! Psa_103:1. And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Let every string of my heart be now touched by the fingers of the Holy Spirit, let every faculty of my being wake up to praise the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Come, my soul, wake up! Bestir thyself! Thou hast great work to do, such work as angels do for ever and ever before the throne. Let no power or faculty exempt itself from this divine service. Come, my memory, my will, my judgment, my intellect, my heart, all that in me is,...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. Bless the Lord O my soul. Soul music is the very soul of music. The Psalmist strikes the best keymote when he begins with stirring up his inmost self to magnify the Lord. He soliloquizes, holds self-communion and exhorts himself, as though he felt that dulness would all too soon steal over his faculties, as, indeed, it will over us all,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Bless the Lord, O my soul,.... Which is repeated to show the importance of the service, and the vehement desire of the psalmist, that his soul should be engaged in it: and forget not all his benefits; not any of them; the least of them are not to be forgotten, being such as men are altogether unworthy of; they flow not from the merit of men, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, Do it again. If thou hast praised him now in thy heart, lift up thy heart yet higher. Let the praise come up from a greater depth, from the very bottom of thy heart, and let it rise to a loftier height, even to the highest heaven. “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Psa_103:2. And forget not all his benefits: Thou hast a bad...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Alas! that forgetfulness of God’s benefits is an evil kind of worm that eats into the very heart of our praise. Oh, for a retentive memory concerning the lovingkindness of the Lord! Come, my heart, thou hast been thinking of many things whilst thou hast been away from the house of prayer;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; This is a better crown than any emperor ever wore, unless he also was a child of God. Priceless gems and jewels rare adorn...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. This shall be the first note of our grateful song, “We love him because he first loved us.” We have not to go abroad for materials for praise; they are all around us at home. “Forget not all his benefits” to thee, my soul; his overwhelming, his innumerable benefits, which have to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, Do it again. If thou hast blest him once, bless him again. Doth he not multiply to bless thee? Bless him repeatedly, continually, then. Never weary of the work. Repeat thyself in grateful praise. Psa_103:2. And forget not all his benefits: Thy poor memory has often been the grave of his mercy; but now call for a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: They are very memorable; they deserve to be “engraved as in eternal brass.” To be forgetful of them, will be a base form of ingratitude. Come, my memory, wake up: “Forget not all his benefits.” Here are a few of the choicest of the gems in this cabinet; the jewels are too many for me to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: This shall be the first note: “We love him because he first loved us.” We have not to go abroad for materials for praise, they lie at home. Forget not all his benefits to thee, my soul, his overwhelming, his innumerable benefits, which have to be summed up in the gross as “all his...