“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed
like the eagle's.”
Psalm 103:2-5
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-mid waist (between empire and natural!)
-with pull-up nursing access
-single elastic in the back
-midi length (well, depending on the height the Lord gave you 😉)
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Matthew Henry walks us through the six descriptions of God’s kindness in redeeming His people given in Psalm 103:
‘who forgives all your iniquity,’
This is mentioned first because by the pardon of sin that is taken away which kept good things from us, and we are restored to the favour of God, which bestows good things on us. Think what the provocation was; it was iniquity, and yet pardoned; how many the provocations were, and yet all pardoned. He has forgiven all our trespasses. It is a continued act; he is still forgiving, as we are still sinning and repenting.
‘who heals all your diseases,’
“The corruption of nature is the sickness of the soul; it is its disorder, and threatens its death. This is cured in sanctification; when sin is mortified, the disease is healed; though complicated, it is all healed. Our crimes were capital, but God saves our lives by pardoning them; our diseases were mortal, but God saves our lives by healing them. These two go together; for, as for God, his work is perfect and not done by halves; if God take away the guilt of sin by pardoning mercy, he will break the power of it by renewing grace.”
‘who redeems your life from the pit’
“Who redeemed thy life from destruction (v. 4), from the destroyer, from hell, from the second death. The redemption of the soul is precious; we cannot compass it, and therefore are the more indebted to divine grace that has wrought it out, to him who has obtained eternal redemption for us. ‘He has not only saved thee from death and ruin, but has made thee truly and completely happy, with honour, pleasure, and long life.’”
‘who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,’
“What greater dignity is a poor soul capable of than to be advanced into the love and favour of God? This honour have all his saints. What is the crown of glory but God's favour?”
‘who satisfies you with good’
“It is only the favour and grace of God that can give satisfaction to a soul, can suit its capacities, supply its needs, and answer to its desires. Other things will surfeit, but not satiate.”
‘so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.’
“The eagle is long-lived, and, as naturalists say, when she is nearly 100 years old, casts all her feathers (as indeed she changes them in a great measure every year at moulting time), and fresh ones come, so that she becomes young again. When God, by the graces and comforts of his Spirit, recovers his people from their decays, and fills them with new life and joy, which is to them an earnest of eternal life and joy, then they may be said to return to the days of their youth, Job 33:25.”
