PSALM 103 ~ 12 APRIL 2008

Psalms 103-106 are all praises to God. Psalm 103 blesses God for His love for His people, Psalm 104 for God’s care of His creation, Psalm 105 for His faithfulness to His covenant to Abraham and Psalm 106 for His journey with a rebellious people.

By David So Blessed! Grateful for His Love

There are no requests made in this psalm, just a simple appeal to God’s people not to forget the blessings of God, v2. The psalmist is simply grateful to God for all His blessings. Listed from v3-5 are 6 blessings: forgiveness, healing, redemption, lovingkindness, compassion & renewal.

The psalmist is also grateful to God for His dealings with us, v6-18:

(i) Righteousness & justice for the oppressed, v6

(ii) Reveals His ways to those close to Him & His acts to His people, v7

(iii) Slow to anger & full of lovingkindness, v8

(iv) Does not stay angry forever, v9

(v) Does not punish us to the extent that we deserve, v10

(vi) His love is so vast it’s compared to the depth of heavens to the earth, v11

(vii) His forgiveness of our sin is so wide, covering the gap between the east & west, v12
(viii) His compassion is compared to that of a father to a child, v13

(ix) His blessings are for those who stay faithful to Him, v17-18

(x) He knows we are weak and inadequate of scoring points with Him based on our own merits or goodness, v14-16.

This psalm closes with a call to the faithful to carry on blessing the Lord, v19-22. May the whole universe bless the Lord.

Application: How often we seek God’s blessing for our own lives but do we desire to bless Him as much as we want Him to bless us? Take time to bless the Lord today with all your strength like what the psalmist did. He is worthy of our blessing! Psalm 103:1 (NASB) “Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name.”


ADVERTISEMENT Psalm 119 has 176 verses & takes 30 minutes to read in one sitting. You will hit it on 28 April, Monday. Plan your time that day to read it!