Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindness - The word µymjr rachamim, means the commiseration that a man feels in his bowels at the sight of distress. The second word, µydsj chasadim, signifies those kindnesses which are the offspring of a profusion of benevolence.
They have been ever of old. ] Thou wert ever wont to display thyself as a ceaseless fountain of good to all thy creatures.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - In worshipping God, we must lift up our souls to him. It is certai that none who, by a believing attendance, wait on God, and, by believing hope, wait for him, shall be ashamed of it. The most advance believer both needs and desires to be taught of God. If we sincerel desire to know our duty, with resolution to do it, we may be sure tha God will direct us in it. The psalmist is earnest for the pardon of his sins. When God pardons sin, he is said to remember it no more, whic denotes full remission. It is God's goodness, and not ours, his mercy and not our merit, that must be our plea for the pardon of sin, and all the good we need. This plea we must rely upon, feeling our ow unworthiness, and satisfied of the riches of God's mercy and grace. Ho boundless is that mercy which covers for ever the sins and follies of youth spent without God and without hope! Blessed be the Lord, the blood of the great Sacrifice can wash away every stain.
Original Hebrew זכר2142 רחמיך7356 יהוה3068 וחסדיך2617 כי3588 מעולם5769 המה׃1992
