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.
BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and 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 forget not all his benefits:
3 He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 he keeps me from dying [MTY], and blesses me by faithfully loving me and acting mercifully to me.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles.
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy 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 executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are 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 unto Moses, his acts unto the children 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 merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever.
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He punishes us for our sins, but he does not punish us [severely] as we deserve [DOU]!
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded 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 the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that 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 hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that 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 knoweth our frame; he remembereth 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 as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 but then the [hot] wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know 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 the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto 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 such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 Yahweh made/caused the heavens to be the place where he rules [MTY]; from there he rules over everything.
The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth 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, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires!
Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
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.
