< 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.
[A Psalm] of David. 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 praises:
3 He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;
who forgives all your transgressions, who 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 corruption; who crowns you with mercy and compassion;
5 He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles.
who satisfies your desire with good things: [so that] your youth shall be renewed like [that] of the eagle.
6 Yahweh judges justly and (vindicates/does what is right for) all those who have been treated unfairly.
The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.
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 will to 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 compassionate and pitiful, longsuffering, and full of mercy.
9 He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever.
He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever.
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, nor recompensed 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, the Lord has [so] increased 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] 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 pities [his] children, the Lord pities 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 knows our frame: remember 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 shall he flourish.
16 but then the [hot] wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again.
For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place 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 generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to 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 them that keep his covenant, and 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 has prepared his throne in the 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 you his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, [ready] to listen to the voice of his words.
21 Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires!
Bless the Lord, all you his hosts; [you] ministers of his that 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 every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.