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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
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,.... In opposition to the frailty of man, the stability and duration of the mercy of God is observed. This reaches from one eternity to another; it is from everlasting in the heart of God: it appeared in the choice of the vessels of mercy; in the covenant of grace, which is founded upon it, and filled with it;...
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
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, Blessed be his name that mercy had no beginning, and shall never have an end. You and I are of yesterday, and therefore we pass away tomorrow; but God is ever the same, and of his years there is no end, because he is without beginning; and such is his love to his people, eternal, and unchangeable. Bless his name...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And his righteousness unto children’s children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Bless him for his goodness to our children. Some of us have seen the covenant of the Lord kept to our children as well as to ourselves. May we all have that blessing in the case of all that spring of us!
Charles H. Spurgeon
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Then, surely, we must bless God for his favor to our posterity, for his lovingkindness, not only to ourselves, but also to our children, and our children’s children. As we look...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, Oh, bless him for that! He does not die; he does not change; he does not fail any who trust to him.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And his righteousness unto children’s children: to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Let us bless God for his love to our sons and our daughters. Some of us have great joy in our children, I pray that all of you may have the same joy, — that you may see that the Lord, who is your God, is also the God of your descendants, as the God of Abraham was...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; to such as keep his covenant, and...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But- This is a blessed “but” — Psa_103:17. The mercy of the LORD — That is not a fading flower, that is not a withering wind: “But the mercy of the Lord”- Psa_103:17. Is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children. Here are innumerable mercies all enclosed in the one mercy of the Lord; everlasting mercy, covenant mercy. If we do not...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Mercy for ourselves: mercy for our children. What a blessing this is—that our father’s friend is our friend, and is the friend of our children, too! As David loved Mephibosheth...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Do not believe the people who attribute sickness and death to the devil, and so try to make it...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. “But”, — and this is a blessed “but.” “But the mercy of the Lord” — that is not a fading flower, that is not a withering wind, — “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to...