Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
David teaches every godly person to thank God first for mercies granted to himself, then for the grace He has given to all His chosen ones through covenant. The Psalmist chiefly magnifies God's mercy in bearing with His people, not because they deserve it, but because He takes pity on their weakness.
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Commenting on Psalm 103:1-22
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities. Here David begins his list of blessings received, which he rehearses as themes and arguments for praise. He selects a few of the choicest pearls from the casket of divine love, threads them on the string of memory, and hangs them about the neck of gratitude.
A man who talks to himself this way is no fool; he is rousing his own heart to praise. The soul must do the work, all of it, heart-work, not mere lip-service, and to praise rightly we must remember His mercies, for to forget them is to be both unjust and unkind.
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Commenting on Psalm 103:1-5