Psalm 103

Such wonderful sentiments in this psalm and all true.  What makes it hard for me to hope in some of them is that they are not fulfilled yet.  He hasn't healed all diseases yet.  He hasn't redeem my soul from hell yet.

I am not sure how He renews my youth, as I am feeling rather old and discouraged with my energy level and ability lately.

I trust in these things, though I do not hold them in my hand---yet.


"O my soul, bless GOD, don't forget a single blessing!
He forgives your sins--every one. He heals your diseases--every one.
He redeems you from hell--saves your life! He crowns you with love and mercy--a paradise crown.
He wraps you in goodness--beauty eternal. He renews your youth--you're always young in his presence.
GOD makes everything come out right; he puts victims back on their feet. -Psalm 103:2-6


"Memory is very treacherous about the best things; by a strange perversity, engendered by the fall, it treasures up the refuse of the past and permits priceless treasures to lie neglected, it is tenacious of grievances and holds benefits all too loosely. It needs spurring to its duty, though that duty ought to be its delight. Observe that he calls all that is within him to remember all the Lord's benefits. For our task our energies should be suitably called out. God's all cannot be praised with less than our all." -Spurgeon's Treasury of David


"As high as heaven is over the earth, so strong is his love to those who fear him.
And as far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins." -Psalm 103:11-12

"He is God, and not man, or our sins would soon drown his love; yet above the mountains of our sins the floods of his mercy rise." -Spurgeon

"As parents feel for their children, GOD feels for those who fear him.
He knows us inside and out, keeps in mind that we're made of mud." -Psalm 103:13-14

Men and women don't live very long; like wildflowers they spring up and blossom,   But a storm snuffs them out just as quickly, leaving nothing to show they were here. GOD's love, though, is ever and always, eternally present to all who fear him, Making everything right for them and their children  as they follow his Covenant ways and remember to do whatever he said. -Psalm 103:15-18

"Observe how prominent is the personality of God in all this gracious teaching - “He made known.” He did not leave Moses to discover truth for himself, but became his instructor. What should we ever know if he did not make it known? God alone can reveal himself."  -Spurgeon

True--revelation is fully up to Him.  He chooses to reveal Himself to us.


"He knows us inside and out, keeps in mind that we're made of mud."  -Psalm 103:14