103 ^(A)Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and all that is within me,
    bless his holy name!
^2 (B)Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and ^(C)forget not all his benefits,
³ who ^(D)forgives all your iniquity,
    who ^(E)heals all your diseases,
⁴ who ^(F)redeems your life from the pit,
    who ^(G)crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵ who ^(H)satisfies you with good
    so that your youth is renewed like ^(I)the eagle's.
⁶ The Lord works ^(J)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ^(K)ways to Moses,
    his ^(L)acts to the people of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is ^(M)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
^9 (N)He will not always chide,
    nor will he ^(O)keep his anger for ever.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us ^(P)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For ^(Q)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(R)steadfast love towards ^(S)those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(T)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³ As ^(U)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(V)to those who fear him.
¹⁴ For he knows our frame;^[a]
    he ^(W)remembers that we are dust.
¹⁵ As for man, his days are like ^(X)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(Y)a flower of the field;
¹⁶ for ^(Z)the wind passes over it, and ^(AA)it is gone,
    and ^(AB)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But ^(AC)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^(AD)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to ^(AE)children's children,
¹⁸ to those who ^(AF)keep his covenant
    and ^(AG)remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹ The Lord has ^(AH)established his throne in the heavens,
    and his ^(AI)kingdom rules over all.
²⁰ Bless the Lord, O you ^(AJ)his angels,
    you ^(AK)mighty ones who ^(AL)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all his ^(AM)hosts,
    his ^(AN)ministers, who do his will!
^22 (AO)Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
^(AP)Bless the Lord, O my soul!

43 But now thus says the Lord,
^(A)he who created you, O Jacob,
    he who formed you, O Israel:
^(B)“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
    ^(C)I have called you by name, you are mine.
^2 (D)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
^(E)when you walk through fire ^(F)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.
³ For ^(G)I am the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.
^(H)I give Egypt as your ransom,
    Cush and ^(I)Seba in exchange for you.
⁴ Because you are precious in my eyes,
    and honoured, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
    peoples in exchange for your life.
^5 (J)Fear not, for I am with you;
    ^(K)I will bring your offspring from the east,
    and from the west I will gather you.
⁶ I will say to the north, Give up,
    and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring ^(L)my sons from afar
    and ^(M)my daughters from the end of the earth,
⁷ everyone who is called by my name,
    whom I created for my glory,
    whom I formed and made.”
⁸ Bring out ^(N)the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
    who are deaf, yet have ears!
^9 (O)All the nations gather together,
    and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
    and show us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
    and let them hear and say, It is true.
^10 (P)“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and ^(Q)my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
^(R)Before me no god was formed,
    nor shall there be any after me.
^11 (S)I, I am the Lord,
    and besides me there is no saviour.
¹² I declared and saved and proclaimed,
    when there was no strange god among you;
    and ^(T)you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.
¹³ Also ^(U)henceforth I am he;
    there is none who can deliver from my hand;
    I work, and who can turn it back?”
¹⁴ Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
^(V)“For your sake I send to Babylon
    and ^(W)bring them all down as fugitives,
    ^(X)even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
¹⁵ I am the Lord, your Holy One,
    the Creator of Israel, your King.”
¹⁶ Thus says the Lord,
    ^(Y)who makes a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,
¹⁷ who ^(Z)brings forth chariot and horse,
    army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
    ^(AA)they are extinguished, ^(AB)quenched like a wick:
^18 (AC)“Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
^19 (AD)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
^(AE)I will make a way in the wilderness
    ^(AF)and rivers in the desert.
²⁰ The wild beasts will honour me,
    ^(AG)the jackals and the ostriches,
^(AH)for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
²¹     the people whom I formed for myself
^(AI)that they might declare my praise.
²² “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
    but ^(AJ)you have been weary of me, O Israel!
^23 (AK)You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
    or honoured me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
    ^(AL)or wearied you with frankincense.
²⁴ You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
    or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
    you have wearied me with your iniquities.
²⁵ “I, I am he
    ^(AM)who blots out ^(AN)your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.
²⁶ Put me in remembrance; ^(AO)let us argue together;
    set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
^27 (AP)Your first father sinned,
    and ^(AQ)your mediators transgressed against me.
²⁸ Therefore ^(AR)I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
    and ^(AS)deliver Jacob to utter destruction
    and Israel to reviling.