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Psalms 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist's soul is enumerating the LORD's kind deeds (חֶסֶד) as an act of self-directed praise (v.2). The "you" is the individual believer being addressed within that litany.
The words — סָלַח (sālaḥ, "to pardon, remit") carries the weight of a debt being cancelled, not merely overlooked. Its object, עֲוֹן (ʿāwōn, "iniquity"), names a specific class of guilt rather than generic sin.
The thread — The pairing of forgiveness and healing recurs in Exodus 15:26, where obedience yields both, and in Isaiah 53:5, where the servant's wounds effect the pardon. Jeremiah 17:14 isolates the healing half as a direct petition to the same God.
Why it lands — The repeated כָּל ("all") makes the claim total: no iniquity is excluded, no disease is outside the scope. The reader is asked to hold both promises as one act of the same God, not as two separate categories of grace.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Cross-references
- Exodus 15:26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
- Psalms 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
- Psalms 41:3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- Psalms 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Mark 2:10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
- James 5:15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
- Isaiah 43:25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”