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Selected Verse: Psalms 103:4 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 103:4 |
King James |
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; |
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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
redeemeth--Cost is implied.
destruction--literally, "pit of corruption" (Psa 16:10).
crowneth--or, "adorneth" (Psa 65:11).
tender mercies--compassions (compare Psa 25:6; Psa 40:11). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
redeemeth
Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type).
(See Scofield) - (Isa 59:20). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who redeemeth -
3. Preservation from destruction. הגואל haggoel, properly, redemption of life by the kinsman; possibly looking forward, in the spirit of prophecy, to him who became partaker of our flesh and blood, that he might have the right to redeem our souls from death by dying in our stead.
4. Changing and ennobling his state; weaving a crown for him out of loving-kindness and tender mercies. |
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.