who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
No mere worldling is ever truly satisfied; only a believer, and only God Himself, can fill the soul. When His mouth is filled with good, it is bound to speak good of Him who filled it. From moping with the owl, the Lord lifts a man to soar with the eagle, and such marvellous changes teach us to bless His holy name.
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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
The Lord satisfies the soul with His favour, lovingkindness, the fulness of grace in Christ, pardon, righteousness, and salvation. The renewal is not of the body but of grace itself: spiritual love, holy zeal, joy and strength as in the days of first conversion, so that though the outward man decays, the inward man is renewed day by day.
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