psalm 103 reverse parallelism

Read Psalm 103 at Bible Gateway.

1a) Psa 103:1-5, Bless the Lord / forget not His benefits:

Psa 103:1, Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Psa 103:2, Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits;
Psa 103:3, Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;
Psa 103:4, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Psa 103:5, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s;

1b) Psa 103:6, The Lord executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed;

1c) Psa 103:7a, He made known His ways to Moses;

1d) Psa 103:7b, His acts to the children of Israel;

1e) Psa 103:8, The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy;

1f) Psa 103:9, He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever;

1g) Psa 103:10, He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities;

1h) Psa 103:11, For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

2h) Psa 103:12, As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us;

2g) Psa 103:13, As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him;

2f) Psa 103:14-16, The Lord knows we are dust + our days are grass;

Psa 103:14, For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust;
Psa 103:15, As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes;
Psa 103:16, For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more;

2e) Psa 103:17a, But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him; {n}

2d) Psa 103:17b, And His righteousness to children’s children;

2c) Psa 103:18, To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them;

2b) Psa 103:19, The Lord has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all;

2a) Psa 103:20-22, Bless the Lord, all His angels + works:

Psa 103:20a, Bless the Lord, you His angels; {n}
Psa 103:20b, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word;
Psa 103:21, Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, that do His pleasure;
Psa 103:22a, Bless the Lord, all His works, In all places of His dominion; {n}
Psa 103:22b, Bless the Lord, O my soul! {p}

The never- ending compassion, the steadfast mercy of the Lord, and His forgiveness is the central portion of the structure. Wrapping that, are His ways which He made known to Moses. The matching pair reveals that His ways are expressed in His covenant and by His commandments. God did not just pull commandments out of thin air and give them to Moses. He encoded the way He Himself walks, and gave that knowledge to Moses as commandments, so that His children could walk in His mercy and righteousness after Him. When you love Him whose righteousness and whose commandments they are, keeping them is not a burden but a delight! ♥