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Psalm 103

Psa. 103:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who redeemeth
ga'al (Hebrew #1350)
a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
KJV usage: X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
thy life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
from destruction
shachath (Hebrew #7845)
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
KJV usage: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Pronounce: shakh'-ath
Origin: from 7743
; who crowneth
`atar (Hebrew #5849)
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: compass, crown.
Pronounce: aw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
thee with lovingkindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
and tender mercies
racham (Hebrew #7356)
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
KJV usage: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
Pronounce: rakh'-am
Origin: from 7355
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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redeemeth.
Psa. 34:22• 22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt. (Psa. 34:22)
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Psa. 56:13• 13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? (Psa. 56:13)
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Psa. 71:23• 23My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. (Psa. 71:23)
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Gen. 48:16• 16the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land! (Gen. 48:16)
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Job 33:19‑30• 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
 20And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
 21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
 22And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
 23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
 24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
 25His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.
 26He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.
 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
 28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
 29Lo, all these things worketh *God twice, thrice, with man,
 30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. (Job 33:19‑30)
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Rev. 5:9• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, (Rev. 5:9)
crowneth.
Psa. 103:12• 12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (Psa. 103:12)
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Psa. 103•  (Psa. 103)
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Psa. 8:5• 5Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour. (Psa. 8:5)
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Psa. 21:3• 3For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head. (Psa. 21:3)
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Psa. 65:11• 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness: (Psa. 65:11)
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James 1:12• 12Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)
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1 Peter 5:4• 4And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory. (1 Peter 5:4)
• (vv. 4-6) Now at length, the nation redeemed from destruction renews its life. (“Psalms 103” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;