Psalms 103
1 BY DAVID. Bless, O my soul, YHWH, And all my inward parts—His Holy Name.
Praise Adonai, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2 Bless, O my soul, YHWH, And do not forget all His benefits,
Praise Adonai, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
3 Who is forgiving all your iniquities, Who is healing all your diseases,
who forgives all your depravities (moral evils); who heals all your diseases;
4 Who is redeeming your life from destruction, Who is crowning you [with] kindness and mercies,
who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with chesed ·loving-kindness· and tender rachamim ·merciful loves·;
5 Who is satisfying your desire with good, Your youth renews itself as an eagle.
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 YHWH is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.
Adonai executes righteous acts, and mishpat ·justice· for all who are oppressed.
7 He makes His ways known to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.
He made known his ways to Moses [Drawn out], his deeds to the children of Israel [God prevails].
8 YHWH [is] merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Adonai is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in chesed ·loving-kindness·.
9 He does not strive forever, Nor does He watch for all time.
He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
10 He has not done to us according to our sins, Nor according to our iniquities Has He conferred benefits on us.
He has not dealt with us according to our crimes deserving peanlty, sins ·missing the goal·, nor repaid us for our depravities (moral evils).
11 For as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness has been mighty over those fearing Him.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his chesed ·loving-kindness· toward those who fear him.
12 He has put our transgressions far from us—as the distance of east from west.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellious breaches of relationships from us.
13 As a father has mercy on sons, YHWH has mercy on those fearing Him.
Like a father has racham ·compassionate merciful love· on his children, so Adonai has racham ·compassionate merciful love· on those who fear him.
14 For He has known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15 Mortal man! His days [are] as grass, He flourishes as a flower of the field;
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For a wind has passed over it, and it is not, And its place does not discern it anymore.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17 And the kindness of YHWH [Is] from age even to age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons’ sons,
But Adonai’s chesed ·loving-kindness· is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
18 To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.
to those who keep his covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19 YHWH has established His throne in the heavens, And His kingdom has ruled over all.
Adonai has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless YHWH, you His messengers, Mighty in power—doing His word, To listen to the voice of His word.
Praise Adonai, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, Sh'ma ·hearing obeying· the voice of his word.
21 Bless YHWH, all you His hosts, His ministers—doing His pleasure.
Praise Adonai, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22 Bless YHWH, all you His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, YHWH!
Praise Adonai, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Adonai, my soul!
