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By David.

103 Praise Yahweh, my soul!
    All that is within me, praise his holy name!
Praise Yahweh, my soul,
    and don’t forget all his benefits,
who forgives all your sins,
    who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from destruction,
    who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
who satisfies your desire with good things,
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Yahweh executes righteous acts,
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
He made known his ways to Moses,
    his deeds to the children of Israel.
Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
He will not always accuse;
    neither will he stay angry forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
    nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
    so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like a father has compassion on his children,
    so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14 For he knows how we are made.
    He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass.
    As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
    Its place remembers it no more.
17 But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,
    his righteousness to children’s children,
18 to those who keep his covenant,
    to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.
    His kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,
    who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,
    obeying the voice of his word.
21 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,
    you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22 Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
    in all places of his dominion.
    Praise Yahweh, my soul!

Davidic

Praise God, who Forgives

103 Bless the Lord, my soul,
    and all that is within me, bless[a] his holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
    and never forget any of his benefits:
He continues to forgive all your sins,
    he continues to heal all your diseases,
he continues to redeem your life from the Pit,[b]
    and he continuously surrounds you
        with gracious love and compassion.
He keeps satisfying you with good things,
    and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle’s.

The Lord continuously does what is right,
    executing justice for all who are being oppressed.
He revealed his plans[c] to Moses
    and his deeds to the people of Israel.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
    patient,[d] and abundantly rich in gracious love.
He does not maintain a dispute[e] continuously
    or remain angry for all time.
10 He neither deals with us according to our sins,
    nor repays us equivalent to our iniquity.

11 As high as heaven rises above earth,
    so his gracious love strengthens[f] those who fear him.
12 As distant as the east is from the west,
    that is how far he has removed our sins from us.
13 As a father has compassion for his children,
    so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
14 For he knows how we were formed,
    aware that we were made from dust.

15 A person’s life is like grass—
    it blossoms like wild flowers,
16 but when the wind blows through it,
    it withers away and no one remembers where it was.
17 Yet the Lord’s gracious love remains
    throughout eternity for those who fear him
        and his righteous acts extend to their children’s children,
18 to those who keep his covenant
    and to those who remember to observe his precepts.
19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven
    and his kingdom rules over all.

20 Bless the Lord, you angels who belong to him,
    you mighty warriors who carry out his commands,
        who are obedient to the sound of his words.[g]
21 Bless the Lord, all his heavenly armies,
    his ministers who do his will.
22 Bless the Lord, all his creation,[h]
    in all the places of his dominion.

Bless the Lord, my soul.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 103:1 The Heb. lacks bless
  2. Psalm 103:4 I.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife
  3. Psalm 103:7 Lit. ways
  4. Psalm 103:8 Lit. slow of anger
  5. Psalm 103:9 Or not rebuke
  6. Psalm 103:11 MT phrase high as sounds like MT verb strengthens
  7. Psalm 103:20 So LXX 4QPsb; MT LXX read word
  8. Psalm 103:22 Lit. works; or deeds