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Psalms 103:4
4who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
Psalms 103:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- English Standard Version (ESV)who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
- New Living Translation (NLT)He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
Context of Psalms 103:4
2Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— 3who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
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הַגּוֹאֵ֣ל מִשַּׁ֣חַת חַיָּ֑יְכִי הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִי חֶ֣סֶד וְרַחֲמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 103:4
- Psalms 34:22The Lord will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
- Psalms 56:13For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalms 71:23My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.
- Genesis 48:16the Angel who has delivered me from all harm —may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.”
- Job 33:19“Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
- Psalms 103:12as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalms 8:5You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
- Psalms 21:3You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Psalms 65:11You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
- James 1:12Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
- 1 Peter 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Commentaries on Psalms 103:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Who redeemeth - 3. Preservation from destruction. הגואל haggoel, properly, redemption of life by the kinsman; possibly looking forward, in the spirit of prophecy, to him who became partaker of our flesh and blood, that he might have the right to redeem our souls from death by dying in our stead. 4. Changing and ennobling his state; weaving a crown for him out of loving-kindness and tender mercies.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction - That is, who saves it from death when exposed to danger, or when attacked by disease. The word “destruction” or “corruption” here is equivalent to the grave, since it is there that the body returns to corruption. Compare the notes at Psalm 16:10. Who crowneth thee - The idea here is not merely that God is the source of these blessings, but that there is something of beauty, of dignity, of honor, as in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6The psalmist offers praise for the Lord’s goodness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. redeemeth--Cost is implied. destruction--literally, "pit of corruption" (Psa 16:10). crowneth--or, "adorneth" (Psa 65:11). tender mercies--compassions (compare Psa 25:6; 40:11).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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