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Psalms 103:18
18with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
Psalms 103:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments!
Context of Psalms 103:18
16the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. 17But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. 19The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. 20Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
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לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י בְרִית֑וֹ וּלְזֹכְרֵ֥י פִ֝קֻּדָ֗יו לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 103:18
- Psalms 25:10All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
- Psalms 132:12If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
- Genesis 17:9Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
- Exodus 19:5Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
- Exodus 24:8Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
- Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, and to obey the words of the covenant written in this book.
- Hebrews 8:6But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
- Psalms 119:9How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
- Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden.
- Deuteronomy 6:6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
- Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.
- Acts 24:16So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
Commentaries on Psalms 103:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18To such as keep his convenant - The spirit of which was, I will be your God; We will be thy People. From the covenant came the commandments, and their obligation to remember and do them; and on such keepers of the covenant, and doers of the commandments, God promises to pour out his mercy through all generations.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18To such as keep his covenant - To such as adhere to the arrangements of his covenant, or who are faithful on their part. God will be faithful to his part of the covenant; and where there is fidelity on the part of his people, the blessings implied in the covenant will be conferred on them and on their children. The promise is ample, and the fidelity of God is certain, but still it is true that in those promises, and in that fidelity, it is implied that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flower of the field, to which life is here compared, is not only withering in itself, but exposed to the cold blasts, and liable to be cropt and trod on by the beasts of the field. Such is man. God considers this, and pities him; let him consider it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18To obey God means to be faithful and loyal to him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. For similar contrast compare Psa 90:2-6; 102:27, 28.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 103
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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