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Bible study · Psalm 103:1-22

Psalm 103: Praise the LORD, my soul

Read Psalm 103:1-22 before you meet.

In a few lines

"Praise the LORD, my soul" (103:1) is the same Hebrew as "Bless the LORD, my soul" (Psalm 104:1): the psalm speaks to its own soul, and every your in 103:3-5 is spoken to it. And its "flower of the field" (103:15) is Isaiah's, where the Hebrew calls the glory of flesh chesed, the psalm's word for the LORD's everlasting loving kindness (103:17).

The verse to carry

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

Psalm 103:12

To talk about

  1. 1. The psalm tells its own soul, "don’t forget all his benefits" (103:2). What helps you remember what God has done for you, and what makes you forget?

  2. 2. "He has not dealt with us according to our sins" (103:10). Is that easy or hard for you to believe about yourself? Why?

  3. 3. "He knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust" (103:14). How would this week look different if you remembered that God remembers this about you?

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