Psalms 103:18
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to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
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This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. The psalmist, I. Stirs up himself and his own soul to praise God (Psa 103:1, Psa 103:2) for his favour to him in particular (Psa 103:3-5), to the church in general, and to all good men, to whom he is, and will be, just, and kind, and constant (Psa 103:6-18), and for his government of the world (Psa 103:19). II. He desires the assistance of the holy angels, and all the works of God, in praising him (Psa 103:20-22). In singing this psalm we must in a special manner get our hearts affected with the goodness of God and enlarged in love and thankfulness. A psalm of David.
Open source ↗103:18 To obey God means to be faithful and loyal to him.
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Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
So Moses 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.”
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.