Psalms 103 · Verse 18

Psalms 103:18

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Psalms 103:18, King James Version

Psalms 103:18 in other translations

BSBto those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
WEBto those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
ASVTo such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his precepts to do them.
YLTTo those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.
DARBYTo such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.
BBEIf they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.
WebsterTo such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

What does Psalms 103:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 103:17-18

17-18. For similar contrast compare Psa 90:2-6; 102:27, 28.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 To such as keep his convenant - The spirit of which was, I will be your God; We will be thy People. From the covenant came the commandments, and their obligation to remember and do them; and on such keepers of the covenant, and doers of the commandments, God promises to pour out his mercy through all generations.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 103:15-18

How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flower of the field, to which life is here compared, is not only withering in itself, but exposed to the cold blasts, and liable to be cropt and trod on by the beasts of the field. Such is man. God considers this, and pities him…

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Psalms 103:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יle.sho.me.Reito [those who] keepH8104
בְרִית֑וֹve.ri.To<of> covenant hisH1285
וּלְזֹכְרֵ֥יu.le.zo.khe.Reiand to [those who] rememberH2142
פִ֝קֻּדָ֗יוfi.ku.Dav<of> precepts hisH6490
לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם\׃la.'a.so.Tamto do themH6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 103:18

  • Deuteronomy 7:9

    Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

  • Psalms 132:12

    If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

  • Matthew 28:20

    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  • Exodus 24:8

    And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

  • Psalms 25:10

    All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  • Proverbs 3:1

    My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • Acts 24:16

    And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

  • Psalms 119:9-11

    ב BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  • Exodus 19:5

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

  • Deuteronomy 6:6-9

    And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

  • Deuteronomy 4:23

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
To such.
25:10; 132:12; Ge 17:9,10; Ex 19:5; 24:8; De 7:9; 2Ch 34:31
Heb 8:6-13
remember.
119:9-11; De 4:23; 6:6-9; Pr 3:1; Mt 28:20; Lu 1:6; Ac 24:16
1Th 4:1

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Context

  • Psalms 103:17

    But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

  • Psalms 103:18

    To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

  • Psalms 103:19

    The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

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Psalms 103:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sobre los que guardan su pacto, y los que se acuerdan de sus mandamientos para ponerlos por obra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pour ceux qui gardent son alliance, et qui se souviennent de ses préceptes pour les faire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Für die, welche seinen Bund halten, und seiner Vorschriften gedenken, um sie zu tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Montes excelsi cervis; petra refugium herinaciis.