Psalms 103:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַסֹּלֵ֥חַ לְכָל־עֲוֺנֵ֑כִי הָ֝רֹפֵ֗א לְכָל־תַּחֲלֻאָֽיְכִי׃

Transliteration

ha-sōlēaḥ to-all-ʿăwōnēkî hā-rōpēʾ to-all-taḥăluʾāyəkî

Grammar Details

• *ha-sōlēaḥ*: definite article with qal participle masculine singular - the one forgiving
• *ʿăwōnēkî*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your iniquities
• *hā-rōpēʾ*: definite article with qal participle masculine singular - the one healing
• *taḥăluʾāyəkî*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your diseases

Word Meanings

• *sōlēaḥ*: forgiving/pardoning
• *ʿăwōnēkî*: your iniquities/guilt/punishment
• *rōpēʾ*: healing/curing/physician
• *taḥăluʾāyəkî*: your diseases/sicknesses/illnesses

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:26 : 26 He said,“If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
• Jer 17:14 : 14 LORD, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief; rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued, for you give me reason to praise!
• Isa 43:25 : 25 I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
• Mark 2:5 : 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Son, your sins are forgiven.”
• Mark 2:10-11 : 10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”– he said to the paralytic– 11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
• Ps 130:8 : 8 He will deliver Israel from all their sins.
• Ps 30:2 : 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.
• Ps 41:3-4 : 3 The LORD supports him on his sickbed; you have healed him from his illness. 4 As for me, I said:“O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!
• Num 12:13 : 13 Then Moses cried to the LORD,“Heal her now, O God.”
• Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.
• Isa 33:24 : 24 No resident of Zion will say,“I am ill”; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.
• Luke 7:47-48 : 47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little.” 48 Then Jesus said to her,“Your sins are forgiven.”
• Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
• Ps 107:17-22 : 17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins. 18 They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death. 19 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. 20 He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. 21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! 22 Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace
• Ps 38:1-7 : 1 A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! 2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. 3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin. 4 For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear. 5 My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. 6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. 7 For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.
• Isa 53:5 : 5 He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
• Matt 9:2-6 : 2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.” 3 Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming!” 4 When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said,“Why do you respond with evil in your hearts? 5 Which is easier, to say,‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say,‘Stand up and walk’? 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
• Ps 51:1-3 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts! 2 Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin! 3 For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.
• Num 21:7-9 : 7 Then the people came to Moses and said,“We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 The LORD said to Moses,“Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived.
• 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 Then David exclaimed to Nathan,“I have sinned against the LORD!” Nathan replied to David,“Yes, and the LORD has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.
• Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
• Ps 32:1-5 : 1 By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned! 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah) 5 Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said,“I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD.” And then you forgave my sins.(Selah)
• Ps 41:8 : 8 They say,‘An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’