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1 Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2 Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
3 who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
4 who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
5 who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
8 Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14 For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17 But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
21 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22 Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
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Psalms 103 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 9 cross-references, 2 Early-Church citations.
Cross-references in Psalms 103 (9)
- v.3 Exodus 15:26
- v.3 Isaiah 53:5
- v.5 Isaiah 40:31
- v.12 Isaiah 43:25
- v.3 Jeremiah 17:14
- v.5 Psalms 107:9
- v.3 Psalms 30:2
- v.8 Psalms 86:15
- v.2 Psalms 116:12
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 103:1–22 (166 words)
- בָּרֲכִ֣יbārăkîbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- נַ֭פְשִׁיnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- וְכָלwĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- קְ֝רָבַ֗יqĕrābayqereb: (properly) the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with...H7130
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- שֵׁ֥םšēmshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
- קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃qodšôqodesh: a sacred place or thing; (abstract, rarely) sanctityH6944
- בָּרֲכִ֣יbārăkîbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- נַ֭פְשִׁיnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- וְאַלwĕʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
- תִּ֝שְׁכְּחִ֗יtiškĕḥîshakach: to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attentionH7911
- כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- גְּמוּלָֽיו׃gĕmûlāywgmuwl: treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); (by implication) service or requitalH1576
- הַסֹּלֵ֥חַhassōlēaḥcalach: to forgiveH5545
- לְכָלlĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- עֲוֹנֵ֑כִיʿăwōnēkî`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
- הָ֝רֹפֵ֗אhārōpēʾrapha': (properly) to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cureH7495
- לְכָלlĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- תַּחֲלוּאָֽיְכִי׃taḥălûʾāyĕkîtachaluw': a maladyH8463
- הַגּוֹאֵ֣לhaggôʾēlga'al: to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship)H1350
- מִשַּׁ֣חַתmiššaḥatshachath: a pit (especially as a trap); (figuratively) destructionH7845
- חַיָּ֑יְכִיḥayyāyĕkîchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
- הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִיhamʿaṭṭĕrēkî`atar: to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)H5849
- חֶ֣סֶדḥesedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- וְרַחֲמִֽים׃wĕraḥămîmracham: compassion (in the plural); (by extension) the womb (as cherishing the fetus)H7356
- הַמַּשְׂבִּ֣יַעhammaśbiyaʿsaba`: to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)H7646
- בַּטּ֣וֹבbaṭṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
- עֶדְיֵ֑ךְʿedyēk`adiy: finery; (generally) an outfitH5716
- תִּתְחַדֵּ֖שׁtitḥaddēšchadash: to be new; causatively, to rebuildH2318
- כַּנֶּ֣שֶׁרkannešernesher: the eagle (or other large bird of prey)H5404
- נְעוּרָֽיְכִי׃nĕʿûrāyĕkîna`uwr: (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)H5271
- עֹשֵׂ֣הʿōśē`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- צְדָק֣וֹתṣĕdāqôttsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטִ֗יםûmišpāṭîmmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
- לְכָלlĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- עֲשׁוּקִֽים׃ʿăšûqîm`ashaq: to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflowH6231
- יוֹדִ֣יעַyôdîaʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
- דְּרָכָ֣יוdĕrākāywderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
- לְמֹשֶׁ֑הlĕmōšeMosheh: drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescuedH4872
- לִבְנֵ֥יlibnêben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
- עֲלִילֽוֹתָיו׃ʿălîlôtāyw`aliylah: an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense)H5949
- רַח֣וּםraḥûmrachuwm: compassionateH7349
- וְחַנּ֣וּןwĕḥannûnchannuwn: graciousH2587
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- אֶ֖רֶךְʾerekarek: longH750
- אַפַּ֣יִםʾappayimaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
- וְרַבwĕrabrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- חָֽסֶד׃ḥāsedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- לָנֶ֥צַחlāneṣaḥnetsach: (properly) a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towardsH5331
- יָרִ֑יבyārîbriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
- וְלֹ֖אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- לְעוֹלָ֣םlĕʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
- יִטּֽוֹר׃yiṭṭôrnatar: to guard; (figuratively) to cherish (anger)H5201
- לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- כַ֭חֲטָאֵינוּkaḥăṭāʾênûchet': a crime or its penaltyH2399
- עָ֣שָׂהʿāśâ`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- לָ֑נוּlānû
- וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- כַ֝עֲוֺנֹתֵ֗ינוּkaʿăwōnōtênû`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
- גָּמַ֥לgāmalgamal: to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requiteH1580
- עָלֵֽינוּ׃ʿālênû`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- כִגְבֹ֣הַּkigbōahgabahh: to soar; be loftyH1361
- שָׁ֭מַיִםšāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- הָאָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- גָּבַ֥רgābargabar: to be strong; (by implication) to prevail, act insolentlyH1396
- חַ֝סְדּ֗וֹḥasdôcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- יְרֵאָֽיו׃yĕrēʾāywyare': fearing; morally, reverentH3373
- כִּרְחֹ֣קkirḥōqrachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
- מִ֭זְרָחmizroḥmizrach: sunrise, i.e. the eastH4217
- מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑בmimmaʿărābma`arab: the west (as a region of the evening sun)H4628
- הִֽרְחִ֥יקhirĕḥîqrachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
- מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּmimmennûmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ׃pĕšāʿênûpesha`: a revolt (national, moral or religious)H6588
- כְּרַחֵ֣םkĕraḥēmracham: to fondle; (by implication) to loveH7355
- אָ֭בʾābab: fatherH1
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- בָּנִ֑יםbānîmben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- רִחַ֥םriḥamracham: to fondle; (by implication) to loveH7355
- יְ֝הוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- יְרֵאָֽיו׃yĕrēʾāywyare': fearing; morally, reverentH3373
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ה֖וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- יָדַ֣עyādaʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
- יִצְרֵ֑נוּyiṣrēnûyetser: a form; (figuratively) conception (i.e. purpose)H3336
- זָ֝כ֗וּרzākûrzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- עָפָ֥רʿāpār`aphar: dust (as powdered or gray); (hence) clay, earth, mudH6083
- אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃ʾănāḥĕnûanachnuw: weH587
- אֱ֭נוֹשׁʾĕnôšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- כֶּחָצִ֣ירkeḥāṣîrchatsiyr: grass; also a leek (collectively)H2682
- יָמָ֑יוyāmāywyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
- כְּצִ֥יץkĕṣîṣtsiyts: (properly) glistening, i.e. a burnished plateH6731
- הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗הhaśśādesadeh: a field (as flat)H7704
- כֵּ֣ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- יָצִֽיץ׃yāṣîṣtsuwts: to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)H6692
- כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ר֣וּחַrûaḥruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
- עָֽבְרָהʿābĕrâ`abar: to cross overH5674
- בּ֣וֹbô
- וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּwĕʾênennûayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
- וְלֹאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּyakkîrennûnakar: (properly) to scrutinize, i.e. look intently atH5234
- ע֣וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
- מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃mĕqômômaqowm: (properly) a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific)H4725
- וְחֶ֤סֶדwĕḥesedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- יְהוָ֨ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- מֵעוֹלָ֣םmēʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
- וְעַדwĕʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- ע֭וֹלָםʿôlom`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- יְרֵאָ֑יוyĕrēʾāywyare': fearing; morally, reverentH3373
- וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹwĕṣidqātôtsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
- לִבְנֵ֥יlibnêben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- בָנִֽים׃bānîmben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יlĕšōmĕrêshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
- בְרִית֑וֹbĕrîtôbriyth: a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)H1285
- וּלְזֹכְרֵ֥יûlĕzōkĕrêzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
- פִ֝קֻּדָ֗יוpiqqudāywpiqquwd: (properly) appointed, i.e. a mandate (of GodH6490
- לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם׃laʿăśôtām`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- בַּ֭שָּׁמַיִםbaššāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
- הֵכִ֣יןhēkînkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
- כִּסְא֑וֹkisʾôkicce': (properly) covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)H3678
- וּ֝מַלְכוּת֗וֹûmalkûtômalkuwth: a rule; (concretely) a dominionH4438
- בַּכֹּ֥לbakkōlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- מָשָֽׁלָה׃māšālâmashal: to ruleH4910
- בָּרֲכ֥וּbārăkûbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- יְהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- מַלְאָ֫כָ֥יוmalʾākāywmal'ak: a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)H4397
- גִּבֹּ֣רֵיgibbōrêgibbowr: powerful; (by implication) a warrior, tyrantH1368
- כֹ֭חַkōaḥkoach: vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)H3581
- עֹשֵׂ֣יʿōśê`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- דְבָר֑וֹdĕbārôdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗עַlišmōaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
- בְּק֣וֹלbĕqôlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- דְּבָרֽוֹ׃dĕbārôdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- בָּרֲכ֣וּbārăkûbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- צְבָאָ֑יוṣĕbāʾāywtsaba': a mass of persons; (figuratively) a mass of thingsH6635
- מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יוmĕšortāywsharath: to attend as a menial or worshipper; (figuratively) to contribute toH8334
- עֹשֵׂ֥יʿōśê`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃rĕṣônôratsown: delight (especially as shown)H7522
- בָּרֲכ֤וּbārăkûbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- יְהוָ֨ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- כָּֽלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- מַעֲשָׂ֗יוmaʿăśāywma`aseh: an action (good or bad); (generally) a transactionH4639
- בְּכָלbĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- מְקֹמ֥וֹתmĕqōmôtmaqowm: (properly) a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific)H4725
- מֶמְשַׁלְתּ֑וֹmemšaltômemshalah: rule; (concretely, in plural) a realm or a rulerH4475
- בָּרֲכִ֥יbārăkîbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- נַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
Strong's words in Psalms 103 (6)
- Strong's H3068 — יְהוָ֑ה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 11 times in Psalms 103.
- Strong's H3605 — וְכָל (wĕkāl)
- kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 9 times in Psalms 103.
- Strong's H1288 — בָּרֲכִ֣י (bārăkî)
- barak (baw-rak') v. 1. to kneel 2. (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adoration 3. (implication, God toward man) to bless man as a benefit 4. (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) [a primitive root] KJV: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.. Appears 6 times in Psalms 103.
- Strong's H6213 — עֹשֵׂ֣ה (ʿōśē)
- `asah (aw-saw') v. 1. to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) [a primitive root] KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.. Appears 5 times in Psalms 103.
- Strong's H1121 — לִבְנֵ֥י (libnê)
- ben (bane) n-m. 1. a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001 H0251, etc.)) [from H1129] KJV: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. Root(s): H1129 See also: H1, H251. Appears 4 times in Psalms 103.
- Strong's H2617 — חֶ֣סֶד (ḥesed)
- checed (kheh'-sed) n-m. 1. kindness 2. (by implication, towards God) piety 3. (by opposition, rarely) reproof 4. (subjectively) beauty [from H2616] KJV: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing. Root(s): H2616. Appears 4 times in Psalms 103.
“So you who hear these things should know you ought to offer on the fire of the altar everything that is more sinful within you and hides your "inner being" so that all your "inner being" may be cleansed and you also may say, as David said, "Bless the Lord, my soul, and all tha...”
What the Early Church wrote about Psalms 103 (1)
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“with Him, says the Scripture, is propitiation”