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Selected Verse: Psalms 103:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 103:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Who forgiveth [05545] all thine iniquities [05771]; who healeth [07495] all thy diseases [08463]; |
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King James |
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| diseases--as penal inflictions (Deu 29:22; Ch2 21:19). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities - Pardoning all thy sins. That is, It is a characteristic of God to pardon sin, and I have evidence that he has done it in my own case, and this is a ground for praise. It is observable that this is the first thing in view of the psalmist - the first of the "benefits" which he had received from God, or the first thing in importance among his acts or his dealings, which called for praise. Properly considered, this is the first thing which calls for praise. That God is a merciful God - that he has declared his willingness to pardon sin - that he has devised and revealed a way by which this can be done, and that he has actually done it in our own case, is the most important matter for which we should praise him. When we understand all the things which most affect our welfare, and which enter most deeply into our happiness here and hereafter, we shall find that this is a blessing compared with which all other favors are comparative trifles.
Who healeth all thy diseases - Perhaps, in the case of the psalmist, referring to some particular instance in which he had been recovered from dangerous sickness. The word rendered "diseases" - תחלואים tachălû'iym - occurs only in the plural form. It is translated "sicknesses," in Deu 29:22; "diseases," as here, in Ch2 21:19; "them that are sick," in Jer 14:18; and "grievous (deaths)" in Jer 16:4. It does not elsewhere occur. It is applicable to all forms of sickness; or in this place it may refer to some particular diseases with which David had been afflicted. We have several allusions in the Psalms to times when the authors of the psalms were afflicted with sickness. So in the Psalms of David. Compare Psa 6:2; Psa 38:7; Psa 41:8. The thought here is, that it is a proper ground of praise to God that he has the power of healing disease. All instances of restoration to health are illustrations of this, for whatever may be the skill of physicians, or the wise adaptation of means, healing virtue comes from God alone. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who forgiveth - The benefits are the following,
1. Forgiveness of sin.
2. Restoration of health: "Who healeth all thy diseases." |
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time [03117], after [03318] [06256] the end [07093] of two [08147] years [03117], his bowels [04578] fell out [03318] by reason [05973] of his sickness [02483]: so he died [04191] of sore [07451] diseases [08463]. And his people [05971] made [06213] no burning [08316] for him, like the burning [08316] of his fathers [01].
22 So that the generation [01755] to come [0314] of your children [01121] that shall rise up [06965] after [0310] you, and the stranger [05237] that shall come [0935] from a far [07350] land [0776], shall say [0559], when they see [07200] the plagues [04347] of that land [0776], and the sicknesses [08463] which the LORD [03068] hath laid [02470] upon it;
8 An evil [01100] disease [01697], say they, cleaveth fast [03332] unto him: and now that he lieth [07901] he shall rise up [06965] no more [03254].
7 For my loins [03689] are filled [04390] with a loathsome [07033] disease: and there is no soundness [04974] in my flesh [01320].
2 Have mercy [02603] upon me, O LORD [03068]; for I am weak [0536]: O LORD [03068], heal [07495] me; for my bones [06106] are vexed [0926].
4 They shall die [04191] of grievous [08463] deaths [04463]; they shall not be lamented [05594]; neither shall they be buried [06912]; but they shall be as dung [01828] upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127]: and they shall be consumed [03615] by the sword [02719], and by famine [07458]; and their carcases [05038] shall be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
18 If I go forth [03318] into the field [07704], then behold the slain [02491] with the sword [02719]! and if I enter [0935] into the city [05892], then behold them that are sick [08463] with famine [07458]! yea, both the prophet [05030] and the priest [03548] go about [05503] into a land [0776] that they know [03045] not.
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time [03117], after [03318] [06256] the end [07093] of two [08147] years [03117], his bowels [04578] fell out [03318] by reason [05973] of his sickness [02483]: so he died [04191] of sore [07451] diseases [08463]. And his people [05971] made [06213] no burning [08316] for him, like the burning [08316] of his fathers [01].
22 So that the generation [01755] to come [0314] of your children [01121] that shall rise up [06965] after [0310] you, and the stranger [05237] that shall come [0935] from a far [07350] land [0776], shall say [0559], when they see [07200] the plagues [04347] of that land [0776], and the sicknesses [08463] which the LORD [03068] hath laid [02470] upon it;