Ecclesiastes 12:7; Genesis 3:19; Job 10:9; Job 13:25; Job 7:21; Job 7:5-7; Psalms 78:3; Psalms 78:38
For he knoweth our frame - Our formation; of what we are made; how we are made. That is, he knows that we are made of dust; that we are frail; th...
CIII. A Hymn of Thanksgiving for Yahweh's Pardoning Love. The main theme is stated in Psalms 103:6-14 . Yahweh is just, He rights the oppressed, b...
frame . formation. He remembereth. Compare Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 45:9 ; Isaiah 45:10 : i.e. God remembers what man forgets (i.e. our infirmitie...
14. For he knoweth David here annihilates all the worth which men would arrogate to themselves, and asserts that it is the consideration of...
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. For he knoweth our frame - יצרנו yitsrenu, "our formation;" the manner in which we are c...
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. Like as a father pitieth (his) children, (so) the Lord pitieth...
In this Ps. the hope of the previous one has been fulfilled, and sorrow has given place to thanksgiving. Its probable date is soon after the return f...
Frame. — Rather, fashioning; referring to Genesis 2:7 , or possibly to the image so common in the prophecy of the potter’s vessel.
Psalms 103:1-22 THERE are no clouds in the horizon, nor notes of sadness in the music, of this psalm. No purer outburst of thankfulness enriches t...
Everlasting Loving-Kindness Psalms 103:13-22 The psalmist comes from the far-reaching sky to the homely image of a father's pity. God is a grea...
It seems almost a work of supererogation to write anything about this psalm. It is perhaps the most perfect song of pure praise to be found in the Bi...
Nothing can he more beautiful and interesting than the striking contrast the Psalmist hath drawn in these verses between the frail, perishing, dying...
For he knoweth our frame ,.... The outward frame of their bodies, what brittle ware, what earthen vessels, they be; he being the potter, they the cl...
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust. Ver. 14. For he knoweth our frame ] Our evil concupiscence, saith the Chaldee; Figul...
For he knoweth our frame The weakness and mortality of our natures, and the frailty and misery of our condition, (as the expression seems to be exp...
Goodness and Compassion of God. 6 The L ORD executeth righteousness...
Our frame; either, 1. The corruption of our natures; which God is pleased sometimes to make an argument to pity and spare men, as Genesis 8:21...
INTRODUCTION This, as appears from the superscription, is one of David’s Psalms. It is a Psalm of great beauty and preciousness, and has been a grea...
Psalms 103:13-14 I. There is no evidence to be derived of the existence of pity in any overruling Deity as far as the laws of nature reveal the Di...
Let us read, dear friends, the one hundred and third Psalm, not because we do not know it, but because I trust that we know it by heart, and feel tha...
Psalms 103:1 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name, We ought to be always blessing God; this sacred employ...
Psalms 103:1-19 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his bene...
Psalms 103:1 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Come, my heart, be down in the dumps no longer, take t...
Psalms 103:1 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: Come, my soul, wake up, bestir thyself, for thou hast a great work to do. Psalms 103:1 . And all th...
This is a song of exulting thanksgiving, of overflowing joy and praise. Let each one of us read it as speaking for himself. Let it, here and now, be...
What more appropriate passage than the 103 rd Psalm can we read, on this first Sabbath night of another year, to express the gratitude of our thankfu...
One's heart naturally turns to this passage when one desires to magnify the Lord. It is specially suitable for a New Year's meditation. Psalms 103:...
This is a psalm of David, written after some recent deliverance from sickness, or other affliction. The composition is the unfolding of the heart in...
Bless the Lord, O my soul. A song of praise Like stately pillars supporting a solemn temple, three noble psalms, placed side by side, exalt the...
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. God’s conduct towards mankind In the preceding verses the hymnist exh...
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. The tender pity of the Lord With a text from the Old Testament,...
For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust. God’s perfect knowledge and merciful consideration of our frame I. The nature of the...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of joy and thanksgiving for God's manifold mercies, especially for his loving kindness in forgiving sin and transgression (...
Hymn to the Mercy of God. A psalm of David, voicing his thankful acknowledgment of God's gifts and blessings upon himself, the conclusion calling...
For He knoweth our frame, just how we are put together, our weakness and frailty; He remembereth that we are dust, for out of it was man originally...
Knoweth — The weakness and mortality of our natures, and the frailty of our condition, so that if he should let loose his hand upon us, we should b...
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.