He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
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.
The soul, summoned twice, stands for the whole man gathered to praise. Nothing man forgets more readily than the thanks he owes God; memory must be roused to render what is due and not leave His acts unacknowledged, chief among them the mercy that pardons sin.
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Commenting on Psalm 103:2-5
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