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Forgiveness: The First Benefit
Commentators unanimously highlight that forgiveness is listed first because it is the foundational blessing from God. John Calvin calls it the "fountain from which all other blessings flow." Before any other benefit, believers are called to praise God for pardoning their sins, which reconciles them to Him and opens the door to all His other good gifts.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 103:3
18th Century
Theologian
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities—Pardoning all your sins. That is, it is a characteristic of God to pardon sin, and I have eviden…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 103:3
19th Century
Bishop
Forgives. —The first “benefit” to one who aims at the higher life is the knowledge of the Divine readiness to forgive and renew, a…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 103:3
19th Century
Preacher
Who forgives all your iniquities;
Can you not praise the Lord for this? One of those iniquities, like a millstone about your neck, …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 103:3
16th Century
Theologian
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities. He now enumerates the different kinds of divine benefits, regarding which he has told us that we are too…
John Gill
On Psalms 103:3
17th Century
Pastor
Who forgiveth all your iniquities
The psalmist explains here what he means by benefits, and gives a particular enume…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 103:1–5
17th Century
Minister
By the pardon of sin, that which kept good things from us is taken away, and we are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. Th…