
Text -- Psalms 103:4 (NET)




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Cost is implied.
Clarke -> Psa 103:4
Clarke: Psa 103:4 - -- Who redeemeth -
3. Preservation from destruction. הגואל haggoel , properly, redemption of life by the kinsman; possibly looking forward, in th...
Who redeemeth -
3. Preservation from destruction.
4. Changing and ennobling his state; weaving a crown for him out of loving-kindness and tender mercies.
Calvin -> Psa 103:4
Calvin: Psa 103:4 - -- 4.Who redeemeth thy life from the grave The Psalmist expresses more plainly what our condition is previous to God’s curing our maladies — that we...
4.Who redeemeth thy life from the grave The Psalmist expresses more plainly what our condition is previous to God’s curing our maladies — that we are dead and adjudged to the grave. The consideration that the mercy of God delivers us from death and destruction ought, therefore, to lead us to prize it the more highly. If the resurrection of the soul from the grave is the first step of spiritual life, what room for self-gloriation is left to man? The prophet next teaches us that the incomparable grace of God shines forth in the very commencement of our salvation, as well as in its whole progress; and the more to enhance the commendation of this grace, he adds the word compassions in the plural number. He asserts that we are surrounded with them; as if he had said, Before, behind, on all sides, above and beneath, the grace of God presents itself to us in immeasurable abundance; so that there is no place devoid of it. The same truth he afterwards amplifies in these words, thy mouth is satisfied, by which metaphor he alludes to the free indulgence of the palate, to which we surrender ourselves when we have a well-furnished table; for those who have scanty fare dare scarcely eat till they are half satisfied. 165 Not that he approves of gluttony in greedily devouring God’s benefits, as men give loose reins to intemperance whenever they have great abundance; but he borrowed this phraseology from the common custom of men, to teach us that whatever good things our hearts can wish flow to us from God’s bounty, even to perfect satisfaction. Those who take the Hebrew word
TSK -> Psa 103:4
TSK: Psa 103:4 - -- redeemeth : Psa 34:22, Psa 56:13, Psa 71:23; Gen 48:16; Job 33:19-30; Rev 5:9
crowneth : Psa 103:12 *marg. Psa 8:5, Psa 21:3, Psa 65:11; Jam 1:12; 1Pe...

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Barnes -> Psa 103:4
Barnes: Psa 103:4 - -- Who redeemeth thy life from destruction - That is, who saves it from death when exposed to danger, or when attacked by disease. The word "destr...
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction - That is, who saves it from death when exposed to danger, or when attacked by disease. The word "destruction"or "corruption"here is equivalent to the grave, since it is there that the body returns to corruption. Compare the notes at Psa 16:10.
Who crowneth thee - The idea here is not merely that God is the source of these blessings, but that there is something of beauty, of dignity, of honor, as in the conferring of a crown or garland on anyone. Compare the notes at Psa 65:11.
With loving-kindness and tender mercies - mercy and compassions. God showed mercy to him - evinced compassion - and these were so abundant that they might be said to be the crown or ornament of his life.
Poole -> Psa 103:4
Poole: Psa 103:4 - -- From destruction both temporal and eternal; from deadly dangers and miseries.
Crowneth thee i.e. encompasseth and adorneth thee, as a crown doth.
From destruction both temporal and eternal; from deadly dangers and miseries.
Crowneth thee i.e. encompasseth and adorneth thee, as a crown doth.
Haydock -> Psa 103:4
Haydock: Psa 103:4 - -- Fire. The elements execute his will, (Calmet) or rather, as the apostle, and Chaldean, &c., intimate, the angels do this (Berthier) with zeal and ...
Fire. The elements execute his will, (Calmet) or rather, as the apostle, and Chaldean, &c., intimate, the angels do this (Berthier) with zeal and activity, (Hebrews i. 7.; Haydock) and ease. (Worthington) ---
Some would attribute to the angels some sort of light bodies, and Grotius attempted to revive this opinion, which never could prevail over the contrary one, which is universally received. (Calmet)
Gill -> Psa 103:4
Gill: Psa 103:4 - -- Who redeemeth thy life from destruction,.... Not from temporal destruction, to which the natural life is subject, through diseases, dangerous occurren...
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction,.... Not from temporal destruction, to which the natural life is subject, through diseases, dangerous occurrences, and the malice of enemies; to be delivered from which is a blessing, and for which God is to be praised; but from eternal destruction, the destruction of the body and soul in hell; and so the Targum,
"who redeemest thy life from hell;''
to which destruction all men are liable through sin; their ways lead unto it, and grace only prevents it: the people of God are redeemed from sin, the cause of it; and from the curse of the law, in the execution of which it lies; and from Satan, the executor of it; and all this by Christ, who is the Redeemer appointed and sent, and who being mighty, and so equal to the work, has obtained eternal redemption; through which the saints are secure from going down to the pit of destruction, or from wrath to come; and this is a blessing they can never be enough thankful for; see Luk 1:68,
who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; with all other blessings which flow from the lovingkindness and tender mercy of God, even all the blessings of the everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David; all the spiritual blessings with which the saints are blessed in Christ, the grace given them in him, and the mercy kept with him for evermore; all things pertaining to life and godliness given in regeneration; the fruits of great love and abundant mercy, with all the other supplies of grace between that and eternal glory: "crowning" with these denotes an application and enjoyment of them, the great plenty and abundance of them, a being surrounded and loaded with them; as also the honour that goes along with them, which makes those that have them great and glorious, rich and honourable; as well as preservation and protection by them; these encompassing about as a crown the head, and as a shield the body; see Psa 5:12, where the same word is used as here.

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NET Notes: Psa 103:4 The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 49:9;...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 103:4
Geneva Bible: Psa 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from ( c ) destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
( c ) For before we have remission of our si...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 103:1-22
TSK Synopsis: Psa 103:1-22 - --1 An exhortation to bless God for his mercy,15 and for the constancy thereof.
MHCC -> Psa 103:1-5
MHCC: Psa 103:1-5 - --By the pardon of sin, that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. Think...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 103:1-5
Matthew Henry: Psa 103:1-5 - -- David is here communing with his own heart, and he is no fool that thus talks to himself and excites his own soul to that which is good. Observe, I....
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 103:1-5
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 103:1-5 - --
In the strophe Psa 103:1 the poet calls upon his soul to arise to praiseful gratitude for God's justifying, redeeming, and renewing grace. In such s...
Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106
Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 103:1-22 - --Psalm 103
This popular Davidic psalm reviews God's mercies and expresses confident hope in His covenant ...
