Psalmen 103:18

18 Aan degenen, die Zijn verbond houden, en die aan Zijn bevelen denken, om die te doen.

Psalmen 103:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 103:18

To such as keep his covenant
The covenant of grace, which is peculiarly the Lord's covenant, as distinct from man's; and which he keeps himself, and is ever mindful of it. This he makes known to his people at conversion; his secret is with them, and he shows them his covenant; the blessings and promises of it; their interest in them, and in himself, as their covenant God: which they "observe" ^F3, as the word here used signifies; and observing it, they lay hold upon it by faith, as belonging to them; and laying hold upon it, they "keep" it as their own, and keep it fast, and will not part with their interest in it for all the world.

And to those that remember his commandments to do them;
some read them and hear them, but forget them, at least to do them: these are like a man that beholds his face in a glass, and forgets what manner of man he is; so James compares one that is a forgetful hearer, and not a doer of the word, ( James 1:23 James 1:24 ) . The commandments of God are best remembered, so as to be done, when he puts his laws into the minds of men, and writes them in their hearts, and puts his Spirit within them, to cause them to walk in his statutes, and do them, ( Jeremiah 31:34 ) ( Ezekiel 36:27 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (yrmvl) "observantes", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator, Gejerus.

Psalmen 103:18 In-Context

16 Als de wind daarover gegaan is, zo is zij niet meer, en haar plaats kent haar niet meer.

17 Maar de goedertierenheid des HEEREN is van eeuwigheid en tot eeuwigheid over degenen, die Hem vrezen, en Zijn gerechtigheid aan kindskinderen;

18 Aan degenen, die Zijn verbond houden, en die aan Zijn bevelen denken, om die te doen.

19 De HEERE heeft Zijn troon in de hemelen bevestigd, en Zijn Koninkrijk heerst over alles.

20 Looft den HEERE, Zijn engelen! gij krachtige helden, die Zijn woord doet, gehoorzamende de stem Zijns woords.