Book of Common Prayer

103 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ Bless Adonai, my soul!
Everything in me, bless his holy name!
² Bless Adonai, my soul,
and forget none of his benefits!

³ He forgives all your offenses,
he heals all your diseases,
⁴ he redeems your life from the pit,
he surrounds you with grace and compassion,
⁵ he contents you with good as long as you live,
so that your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.

⁶ Adonai brings vindication and justice
to all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made his ways known to Moshe,
his mighty deeds to the people of Isra’el.
⁸ Adonai is merciful and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in grace.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
he will not keep his anger forever.
¹⁰ He has not treated us as our sins deserve
or paid us back for our offenses,
¹¹ because his mercy toward those who fear him
is as far above earth as heaven.
¹² He has removed our sins from us
as far as the east is from the west.

¹³ Just as a father has compassion on his children,
Adonai has compassion on those who fear him.
¹⁴ For he understands how we are made,
he remembers that we are dust.
¹⁵ Yes, a human being’s days are like grass,
he sprouts like a flower in the countryside —
¹⁶ but when the wind sweeps over, it’s gone;
and its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But the mercy of Adonai on those who fear him
is from eternity past to eternity future,
and his righteousness extends
to his children’s children,
¹⁸ provided they keep his covenant
and remember to follow his precepts.

¹⁹ Adonai has established his throne in heaven;
his kingly power rules everything.
²⁰ Bless Adonai, you angels of his,
you mighty warriors who obey his word,
who carry out his orders!
²¹ Bless Adonai, all his troops,
who serve him and do what he wants!
²² Bless Adonai, all his works,
in every place where he rules!
Bless Adonai, my soul!

111 Halleluyah!

I will wholeheartedly give thanks to Adonai
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
² The deeds of Adonai are great,
greatly desired by all who enjoy them.
³ His work is full of majesty and splendor,
and his righteousness continues forever.
⁴ He has gained renown for his wonders.
Adonai is merciful and compassionate.
⁵ He gives food to those who fear him.
He remembers his covenant forever.
⁶ He shows his people how powerfully he works
by giving them the nations as their heritage.
⁷ The works of his hands are truth and justice;
all his precepts can be trusted.
⁸ They have been established forever and ever,
to be carried out truly and honestly.
⁹ He sent redemption to his people
and decreed that his covenant should last forever.
His name is holy and fearsome —
¹⁰ the first and foremost point of wisdom is the fear of Adonai;
all those living by it gain good common sense.
His praise stands forever.

114 When Isra’el came out of Egypt,
the house of Ya‘akov from a people of foreign speech,
² Y’hudah became [God’s] sanctuary,
Isra’el his domain.

³ The sea saw this and fled;
the Yarden turned back;
⁴ the mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like young sheep.

⁵ Why is it, sea, that you flee?
Why, Yarden, do you turn back?
⁶ Why, mountains, do you skip like rams;
and you hills like young sheep?

⁷ Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Ya‘akov,
⁸ who turned the rock into a pool of water,
flint into flowing spring.

¹⁸ Yet Adonai is just waiting to show you favor,
he will have pity on you from on high;
for Adonai is a God of justice;
happy are all who wait for him!
¹⁹ People in Tziyon, who live in Yerushalayim,
you will weep no more.
At the sound of your cry, he will show you his grace;
on hearing it, he will answer you.
²⁰ Though Adonai may give you but bread and water,
and not very much of that;
your teacher will no longer hide himself,
but with your own eyes you will see your teacher.
²¹ With your ears you will hear a word from behind you:
“This is the way; stay on it,
whether you go to the right or the left.”