詩103:1-12
1 我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌他的聖名！2 我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記他的一切恩惠！3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，醫治你的一切疾病。4 他救贖你的命脫離死亡，以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。5 他用美物使你所願的得以知足，以致你如鷹返老還童。6 耶和華施行公義，為一切受屈的人伸冤。7 他使摩西知道他的法則，叫以色列人曉得他的作為。8 耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，不輕易發怒，且有豐盛的慈愛。9 他不長久責備，也不永遠懷怒。10 他沒有按我們的罪過待我們，也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。11 天離地何等的高，他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也是何等的大！12 東離西有多遠，他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠！
Psalm 103:1-12
1 Bless the LORD, O
my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my
soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who
heals all your diseases; 4 Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns
you with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfies your mouth with
good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The LORD
executes righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known
his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The LORD is
merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. 9 He will not
always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with
us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For
as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that
fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us.
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Have you ever
talked to yourself? In seasons of low affection, do you command your heart to
bless the Lord? 2015 may not be the best year of your life, do you still
command your soul to trust in the Lord?
In Psalm 103 King
David begins by speaking to himself that “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”. It seems
likely that David wrote this while in a spiritually dry season of life. David’s
soul seems to need a little encouragement!
In the fight to
command his soul to bless the Lord, David reminds himself of what the Lord has
done - how the Lord has pardoned him, healed him, lifted him and crowned him.
David also takes himself and us back to the most pivotal event he can think of
- the moment when the Lord worked powerfully and victoriously to redeem his
people out of Egyptian bondage. That is the moment when God demonstrated his
covenant-keeping love. That is why David can commend his soul to
bless the Lord!
When you’re talking
to yourself, are you reminding yourself of what God has done for you in Jesus
Christ? When the days are darkest, don’t let your soul take command. Instead,
let's follow David’s example to lift our gaze above our own circumstances
and fix it upon the Lord’s acts of provision and deliverance in the past. We
can also preach to ourselves that "Bless the LORD, O my soul!"
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