Psalms 103:18

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

American King James Version (AKJV)

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

American Standard Version (ASV)

To such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his precepts to do them.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.

Webster's Revision

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

World English Bible

to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

English Revised Version (ERV)

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his precepts to do them.

Clarke's Psalms 103:18 Bible Commentary

To such as keep his convenant - The spirit of which was, I will be your God; We will be thy People. From the covenant came the commandments, and their obligation to remember and do them; and on such keepers of the covenant, and doers of the commandments, God promises to pour out his mercy through all generations.

Barnes's Psalms 103:18 Bible Commentary

To such as keep his covenant - To such as adhere to the arrangements of his covenant, or who are faithful on their part. God will be faithful to his part of the covenant; and where there is fidelity on the part of his people, the blessings implied in the covenant will be conferred on them and on their children. The promise is ample, and the fidelity of God is certain, but still it is true that in those promises, and in that fidelity, it is implied that his people on their part must be faithful also, or the blessings will not be bestowed. There are no promises of blessings to the unfaithful, nor have those who are unfaithful any reason to hope that they or theirs will be partakers of the blessings of the covenant of mercy. Our only hope that we or our children will be partakers of the blessings of the covenant is to be found in the fact that we ourselves are faithful to God.

And to those that remember his commandments to do them - Who do not "forget" his law. If they do forget it, they have no right to expect the blessing. Obedience and fidelity are our only reasonable grounds of expectation of the blessing of God.