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!

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.

115 Not to us, Adonai, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
because of your grace and truth.

² Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
³ Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him.
⁴ Their idols are mere silver and gold,
made by human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, but they can’t speak;
they have eyes, but they can’t see;
⁶ they have ears, but they can’t hear;
they have noses, but they can’t smell;
⁷ they have hands, but they can’t feel;
they have feet, but they can’t walk;
with their throats they can’t make a sound.
⁸ The people who make them will become like them,
along with everyone who trusts in them.

⁹ Isra’el, trust in Adonai!
He is their help and shield.
¹⁰ House of Aharon, trust in Adonai!
He is their help and shield.
¹¹ You who fear Adonai, trust in Adonai!
He is their help and shield.
¹² Adonai has kept us in mind,
and he will bless.
He will bless the house of Isra’el;
he will bless the house of Aharon;
¹³ he will bless those who fear Adonai,
great and small alike.

¹⁴ May Adonai increase your numbers,
both yours and those of your children.
¹⁵ May you be blessed by Adonai,
the maker of heaven and earth.
¹⁶ Heaven belongs to Adonai,
but the earth he has given to humankind.

¹⁷ The dead can’t praise Adonai,
not those who sink down into silence.
¹⁸ But we will bless Adonai
from now on and forever.

Halleluyah!