Psalms 103

1 [I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. I will praise him [MTY] with all of my inner being, [because] he [MTY] is holy.

Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

2 [I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh and never forget all the kind things he has done for me:

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

3 He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;

He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,

4 he keeps me from dying [MTY], and blesses me by faithfully loving me and acting mercifully to me.

who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

5 He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles.

who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6 Yahweh judges justly and (vindicates/does what is right for) all those who have been treated unfairly.

The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

7 [Long ago] he revealed to Moses what he planned to do; he showed to the [ancestors of us] Israeli people the mighty things that he was able to do.

He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.

8 Yahweh acts mercifully and kindly; he does not quickly (get angry/punish us) [when we sin]; he is always [showing us that he] faithfully loves us.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

9 He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever.

He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

10 He punishes us for our sins, but he does not punish us [severely] as we deserve [DOU]!

He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.

11 The skies are very high above the earth, and Yahweh’s faithful love for all those who revere him is just as great.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

12 He has taken away [the guilt for] [MTY] our sins, taking it as far from us as the east is from the west.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13 Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

14 He knows what our bodies are like; he remembers that [he created us from] dirt, and so we quickly fail [to do what pleases him] [MET].

For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

15 We humans do not live forever [SIM]; we are like grass [SIM] [that withers and dies]. We are like wild flowers: They bloom [for a short while],

As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;

16 but then the [hot] wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again.

when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.

17 But Yahweh will faithfully keep loving forever all those who revere him. He will act fairly to our children and to their children;

But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

18 he will act that way to all those who obey the agreement he made with them [to bless them if they did what he told them to do], to all those who obey what he has commanded.

to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.

19 Yahweh made/caused the heavens to be the place where he rules [MTY]; from there he rules over everything.

The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.

20 You angels who belong to Yahweh, praise him! You are powerful creatures/beings who do what he tells you to do; you obey what he commands.

Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

21 Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires!

Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

22 All you things that Yahweh has created, praise him; praise him in every place where he rules, everywhere! And I [also] will praise Yahweh!

Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!