Psalms 103:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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

Psalms 146:1-2
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. …
Psalms 57:7-11
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. …
John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
1 Corinthians 14:15
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.
Psalms 111:1
Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

Topics

Homage Thankfulness Worship

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 consec…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 103:1-22. A Psalm of joyous praise, in which the writer rises from a thankful acknowledgment of personal blessings to a lively celebration of God’s gracious attributes, as not only intrinsically worthy of praise, but as specially suited to man’s frailty. He concludes by invoking all creatures to unite in his song. 1. Bless, &c.--when God is the object, praise. my soul--myself (Psa 3:3; 25:1),…