Psalm 103-104

English Standard Version

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Of David.

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,
³who ^(D)forgives all your iniquity,
    who ^(E)heals all your diseases,
⁴who ^(F)redeems your life from the pit,
    who ^(G)crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵who ^(H)satisfies you with good
    so that your youth is renewed like ^(I)the eagle's.

⁶The Lord works ^(J)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷He made known his ^(K)ways to Moses,
    his ^(L)acts to the people of Israel.
⁸The 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 forever.
¹⁰He does not deal with us ^(P)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For ^(Q)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(R)steadfast love toward ^(S)those who fear him;
¹²as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(T)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³As ^(U)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(V)to those who fear him.
¹⁴For he knows our frame;^[a]
    he ^(W)remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like ^(X)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(Y)a flower of the field;
¹⁶for ^(Z)the wind passes over it, and ^(AA)it is gone,
    and ^(AB)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷But ^(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,
¹⁸to those who ^(AF)keep his covenant
    and ^(AG)remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹The Lord has ^(AH)established his throne in the heavens,
    and his ^(AI)kingdom rules over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, O you ^(AJ)his angels,
    you ^(AK)mighty ones who ^(AL)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
²¹Bless 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!

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

104 ^(AQ)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are ^(AR)very great!
^(AS)You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
²    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    ^(AT)stretching out the heavens ^(AU)like a tent.
³He ^(AV)lays the beams of his ^(AW)chambers on the waters;
he makes ^(AX)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on ^(AY)the wings of the wind;
⁴he ^(AZ)makes his messengers winds,
    his ^(BA)ministers ^(BB)a flaming fire.

⁵He ^(BC)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶You ^(BD)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷At ^(BE)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(BF)the sound of your thunder they ^(BG)took to flight.
⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(BH)appointed for them.
⁹You set ^(BI)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(BJ)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹they ^(BK)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
¹³^(BL)From your lofty abode you ^(BM)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴You cause ^(BN)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(BO)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(BP)food from the earth
¹⁵    and ^(BQ)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(BR)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(BS)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(BT)the cedars of Lebanon ^(BU)that he planted.
¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸The high mountains are for ^(BV)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(BW)the rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^(BX)seasons;^[b]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
²⁰^(BY)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
²¹^(BZ)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²²When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(CA)dens.
²³^(CB)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(CC)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(CD)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶There go the ships,
    and ^(CE)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(CF)play in it.^[c]

²⁷These ^(CG)all look to you,
    to ^(CH)give them their food in due season.
²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(CI)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹When you ^(CJ)hide your face, they are ^(CK)dismayed;
    when you ^(CL)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(CM)return to their dust.
³⁰When you ^(CN)send forth your Spirit,^[d] they are created,
    and you ^(CO)renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lord ^(CP)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(CQ)rejoice in his works,
³²who looks on the earth and it ^(CR)trembles,
    who ^(CS)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³I will sing to the Lord ^(CT)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴May my ^(CU)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵Let ^(CV)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(CW)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(CX)Praise the Lord!