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1A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Psalms 103:1

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. …

  • My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. …

  • God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

  • What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

  • Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

David is here communing with his own heart, and he is no fool that thus talks to himself and excites his own soul to that which is good. Observe, I. How he stirs up himself to the duty of praise, Ps. 103:1 , 2 . 1. It is the Lord that is to be blessed and spoken well of; for he is the fountain of all good, whatever are the channels or cisterns; it is to his name, his holy name, that we are to cons…

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