The Meaning of Psalms 103:18 Explained

Psalms 103:18

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

YLT: To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 103:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 103:13-22 - Everlasting Loving-Kindness
The psalmist comes from the far-reaching sky to the homely image of a father's pity. God is a great King, the mighty Creator, but the Spirit witnesses that we are His children and teaches us to say, Abba, Father. The idea of dust is that of frailty. Made of dust and fragile as an earthen vessel, man by his weakness appeals to Jehovah's compassion. The thought of frailty and helplessness is still further impressed by the figure of the fading flower, scorched by the hot desert wind. But, by force of contrast, the psalmist passes from man's brief span of life to God's eternal years. And God's love is as His life. Because God is eternal, His love is eternal. When once He loves, He loves always; He never wearies, never cools, and never lets go. A parent who fears God may leave a legacy of priceless worth to his children's children. See Psalms 103:17.
From Psalms 103:19 to the end, the psalmist pulls out all the stops in the great organ of existence. Angels and hosts of other intelligent beings who perform the Lord's will, all his works animate and inanimate, all saints, all souls, stars and suns, oceans, and mountains-all must join the "Hallelujah Chorus." [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 103

1  An exhortation to bless God for his mercy
5  And for the constancy thereof

What do the individual words in Psalms 103:18 mean?

to such as keep His covenant and to those who remember His commandments to do them
לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י בְרִית֑וֹ וּלְזֹכְרֵ֥י פִ֝קֻּדָ֗יו לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם

לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י  to  such  as  keep 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
בְרִית֑וֹ  His  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
וּלְזֹכְרֵ֥י  and  to  those  who  remember 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: זָכַר 
Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
פִ֝קֻּדָ֗יו  His  commandments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פִּקּוּדִים  
Sense: precept, statute.
לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם  to  do  them 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.