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Verse Psalms 103:15. _HIS DAYS ARE AS GRASS_] Psalms 90:5....
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AS FOR MAN - literally, “Man; like the grass are his days!” The
thought is fixed on man: man so frail and weak; man, not only made
originally of earth, but man delicate, feeble, soon to pass away like...
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Psalms 103
The Praise of Israel
_ 1. The benefits of full salvation (Psalms 103:1)_
2. Merciful and gracious (Psalms 103:8)
3. His throne and His kingdom ...
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CIII. A HYMN OF THANKSGIVING FOR YAHWEH'S PARDONING LOVE. The main
theme is stated in Psalms 103:6. Yahweh is just, He rights the
oppressed, but above all He is considerate and ready to pardon sin. He...
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MAN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....
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DISCOURSE: 674
PERPETUITY OF GOD’S MERCY
Psalms 103:15. 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 ther...
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PSALMS 103
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Bless Jehovah; for He is Worthy.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 103:1-5, Bless Jehovah: For his Personal Dealings.
Stanza II., Psalms 103:6-10, For his Revealed Charac
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As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
-Our grass-like frailty and mortality would cause us to despair, but
that we have sure hope in Yahweh's everlasting m...
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103:15 man, (e-3) _ Enosh_ , 'mortal man.' see Psalms 8:4 ; Psalms
9:20 ; Psalms 144:3 ....
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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 from exile. The Psalmist utters his personal
gratitu...
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Psalms 90:106
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE LOVE OF GOD
PSALMS 103
Jesus said, "Your Father in heaven knows everything that you need".
(Matthew
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אֱ֭נֹושׁ כֶּ † חָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּ
צִ֥יץ...
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Psalms 103:1
THERE are no clouds in the horizon, nor notes of sadness in the music,
of this psalm. No purer outburst of thankfulness enriches the Church.
It is well that, amid the many psalms which gi...
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EVERLASTING LOVING-KINDNESS
Psalms 103:13
The psalmist comes from the far-reaching sky to the homely image of a
father's pity. God is a great King, the mighty Creator, but the Spirit
witnesses that w...
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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 Bible. It has become the common inheritance of all wh...
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[As for] (i) man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field,
so he flourisheth.
(i) He declares that man has nothing in himself to move God to mercy,
but only the confession of his infirmity...
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_Oil. This was an article of food, (Berthier) and deeded almost as
requisite for anointing the body, as bread and wine to support nature.
(Pliny, [Natural History?] xiv. 22.) Hence it was prohibited i...
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Nothing can he more beautiful and interesting than the striking
contrast the Psalmist hath drawn in these verses between the frail,
perishing, dying nature of man, and the strength and eternity of God...
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To the same purpose is the comparison immediately following, (verse
15,) that all the excellency of man withers away like a fading flower
at the first blast of the wind. Man is indeed improperly said...
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Psalms 103-106 give us the results and the covenant in grace and in
responsibility, of Israel's history.
Psalms 103 is the voice of Messiah in Israel in praise according to
God's dealing with them; Ps...
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AS FOR MAN, HIS DAYS ARE AS GRASS,.... He himself is like the grass
which springs out of the earth; continues on it for a time, and then
drops into it; the continuance of the grass is very short, it
f...
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Psalms 103:15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth.
Ver. 15. _As for man, his days are as grass_] The frailty of man's
life, intimated in the former vers...
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_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 explained in the following clause) _That we are_ but _...
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15-18 How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the
garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being
sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flow...
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A FLOWER OF THE FIELD; which is more exposed to winds and other
violences than the flowers of the garden, which are secured by the art
and care of the gardener....
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Psalms 103:15 man H582 days H3117 grass H2682 flower H6731 field H7704
flourishes H6692 (H8686)
his days -...
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Psalms 103:15
Man's reason is his distinctive privilege; but it has one melancholy
result: it makes him know his own weakness and mortality. Other
creatures are only aware of evil when they actually c...
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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 thankful hearts. I will only interject a sentence here and...
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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 103:1. _Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is withi...
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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 our own personal tribute of peculiar mercy received...
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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 that it is a fit expression for our heart's
thankfulne...
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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 employment should be
like an atmosphere surrounding us at al...
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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 that is within in me, bless his holy name._
Let no power...
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Psalms 103:1. _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
benefit?_
Three times the psalmist says, «Bless, bless, ble...
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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 thy harp from the
willows, tune its strings, and begin...
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CONTENTS: The psalmist, affected with the goodness of God stirs
himself up to praise God.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God is the fountain of all good, whatever may be the
channel and to His...
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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 gratitude to God, for personal and for national mer...
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_As for man, his days are as grass._
HUMAN LIFE
We have here presented man’s existence in relation to--
I. The material and the moral.
1. His relation to the material. Like the flower--
(1) He sp...
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_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 glory of Jehovah: 103 glorifies the God
of grace; 10...
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DAISIES
A flower of the field. Psalms 103:15.
I was walking in my garden yesterday thinking about you and wondering
where I could find a text when my eye lighted upon a daisy in the
grass.
It was q...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 103:1. This is a hymn of praise,
celebrating the Lord’s abundant goodness and love for his people. It
is the first of four psalms reflecting on God’s dealings with his
peopl...
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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 great
favourite of devout souls in all ages. The fulness...
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EXPOSITION
A PSALM of joy and thanksgiving for God's manifold mercies, especially
for his loving kindness in forgiving sin and transgression (Psalms
103:3, Psalms 103:8, Psalms 103:17) passing
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Psa 103:1-22, a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. I trust that it
wasn't so long ago that you have already forgotten how thankful you
were.
Bless the LORD, O my soul (Psalms 103:1):
Now this is a...
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1 Peter 1:24; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:4; Isaiah 40:6; Isaiah 51:12;...