What is the meaning of Psalm 103:10? He has not dealt with us God’s manner of dealing with His people is marked by restraint and kindness rather than immediate judgment. • Psalm 130:3 reminds, “If You, O LORD, kept a record of iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?” — yet He chooses patience. • Lamentations 3:22 testifies, “Because of the LORD’s loving devotion we are not consumed.” • 2 Peter 3:9 shows the same heart in the New Testament: “The Lord is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish.” These passages combine to demonstrate that God relates to us from a place of mercy before justice. He delays the full consequences we deserve, giving room for repentance and relationship. according to our sins The verse measures what we deserve by the standard of our own offenses. • Romans 6:23 states plainly, “The wages of sin is death.” • Isaiah 59:2 notes that sin creates a separation between humanity and God. • James 2:10 highlights that a single failure makes a lawbreaker deserving judgment. Yet the psalm declares we have not been treated on this strict “wages” basis. Instead of receiving the death sentence our sins demand, we experience divine compassion. or repaid us “Repaid” suggests an account where God could settle scores. • Jeremiah 31:34 promises, “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sins no more.” • Romans 12:19 warns believers not to avenge themselves because ultimate repayment belongs to God, but here He withholds it. • Psalm 94:1 calls God the “God of vengeance,” yet Psalm 103:10 shows that same God choosing leniency. Our ledger is not balanced against us; it was instead balanced at the cross where Christ bore the debt (Colossians 2:14). according to our iniquities “Iniquities” highlights the twisted, deliberate aspects of wrongdoing—more than isolated acts, it is inner crookedness. • Micah 7:18 marvels, “Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity…?” • Isaiah 53:5 tells that Christ was “pierced for our transgressions… crushed for our iniquities.” • 2 Corinthians 5:21 completes the picture: God “made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf.” By laying iniquity on His Son, the Father refuses to repay us; He has already settled our guilt in Jesus. summary Psalm 103:10 celebrates God’s astonishing mercy. Though each sin rightly earns death, the Lord has chosen not to treat us on a strict pay-back system. Instead, He withholds deserved punishment, places the full load on Christ, and offers forgiveness and restoration to all who trust Him. |
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