Psalms 103

Praise for the Lord’s Mercies.

A Psalm of David.

1 ^aBless the Lord, my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His ^bholy name.
2 Bless the Lord, my soul,
And ^cdo not forget any of His benefits;
3 Who ^dpardons all your guilt,
Who ^eheals all your diseases;
4 Who ^fredeems your life from the pit,
Who ^gcrowns you with favor and compassion;
5 Who ^hsatisfies your ▼

▼Or desire

years with good things,
So that your youth is ^jrenewed like the eagle.

6 The Lord ^kperforms ▼

▼Or deeds of vindication

righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are ^moppressed.
7 He ⁿmade known His ways to Moses,
His ^odeeds to the sons of Israel.
8 The Lord is ^pcompassionate and gracious,
^qSlow to anger and abounding in mercy.
9 He ^rwill not always contend with us,
Nor will He ^skeep His anger forever.
10 He has ^tnot dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.
11 For as high ^uas the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who ▼

▼Or revere

fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^wremoved our wrongdoings from us.
13 Just ^xas a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who ▼

▼Or revere

fear Him.
14 For ^zHe Himself knows ▼

▼I.e., what we are made of

our form;
He ^abis mindful that we are nothing but ^acdust.

15 As for man, his days are ^adlike grass;
Like a ^aeflower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 When the ^afwind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its ^agplace no longer knows about it.
17 But the ▼

▼Or faithfulness

, ^aimercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who ▼

▼Or revere

fear Him,
And His justice ^akto the children’s children,
18 To ^althose who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

19 The Lord has established His ^amthrone in the heavens,
And His ▼

▼Or kingdom

, ^aosovereignty rules over ▼

▼I.e., the universe

all.
20 Bless the Lord, you ^aqHis angels,
^arMighty in strength, who ^asperform His word,
^atObeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless the Lord, all you ^auHis ▼

▼Lit hosts

angels,
You ^awwho serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless the Lord, ^axall you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the Lord, my soul!