The Benefits Of God
Psalm 103: 1-6
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Bless (barak – pronounced baw-rak)
to kneel; by implication to bless God as an act of adoration
within (qereb – pronounced keh-reb)
the nearest part; the center
benefits (gmul – pronounced ghem-ool)
recompense, rewards, service or requital, deserving
who forgiveth (salach – pronounced saw-lakh)
pardon, spare
This is a definite article and is prefixed to the word it identifies.
all thine iniquities (avon – pronounced aw-vone)
the whole, any, every of perversity, evil, sin
who healeth (rapha – pronounced raw-faw)
mend, by stitching; cure, repair, thoroughly make whole, cause to heal, physician, repair,
all thy diseases (tachalu – pronounced takh-al-oo)
the whole, any, every, to complete, to make perfect a malady, sickness, be diseased, or grievous
destruction
a pit, especially as a trap; corruption, ditch, grave
crowneth (atar – pronounced aw-tar)
to encircle (for attack or protection); to crown either literally or figurativelhy; compass
lovingkindness (chesed – pronounced kheh-sed)
kindness towards God, piety, beauty, favor, good deed, kindly, merciful, pity,
tender mercies (racham – pronounced rakh-am)
compassion; by extension the womb; bowels, mercy
satisfieth (saba – pronounced saw-bah)
fill to satisfaction, have enough, have plenty of, suffice
mouth (adiy – pronounced ad-ee)
in the sense of trappings; finery; generally an outfit; specifically a headstall; ornament
renewed (chadash – pronounced khaw-dash)
to be new; causatively to rebuild; repair
righteousness (tsedaqah – tsed-aw-kaw)
rightness, rectitude, justice, virtue, prosperity
judgment (mishpat – pronounced mish-pawt)
a verdict pronounced judicially, a sentence or formal decree, divine law,
oppressed (ashaq – pronounced aw-shak)
to press upon, defraud, violate, overflow, deceive, do violence
