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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 suggests it was written in his old age; for he makes the...
John Gill
For as the heaven is high above the earth,.... Which is the greatest distance known, or can be conceived of; the space between the heaven and the earth is seemingly almost infinite; and nothing can more illustrate the mercy of God, which reaches to the heavens, and is in heaven; though this is but a faint representation of the largeness and abundance of it, and which indeed is boundless and...
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. 6-18), and for his government of the world, ver. 19....
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. They are gone. There is a chasm between us and our sins, which will never be bridged. To an infinite distance has the great Scapegoat carried away all the sins of his people; they shall never return to us.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Such great mercy as this should have the highest praise of which we are capable. This verse speaks of the height of God’s mercy; the next one tells of its breadth.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Immeasurable mercy, illimitable grace, blessed be his holy name!
Charles H. Spurgeon
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Then, surely, he will also remove our troubles from us; but if not, as he has removed our transgressions so far away that they can never be brought back again, we have real...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Look up to the blue sky, try to imagine what is beyond the stars, and then say to yourself, “So great is his mercy toward them that fear him;” and try to praise him as he deserves to be praised.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Sing loud, then, and praise him greatly, for his mercy is so great! “Loud as his thunders shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne!” What music can be equal to such mercy as this—“as high as the heaven is above the earth”: Surely, the best music our lips can give, and better than that, should be...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Therefore praise him. Loud as his thunders shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne. If he be such a God as this, you can never overdo his praises, it is impossible to exaggerate in your exaltation of him.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Look up into the blue sky, up, up beyond the stars, and say to yourself. “So great is his mercy.” Let us therefore praise him accordingly. “Loud as his thunders shout his praise, And sound it lofty at his throne.”