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, O my soul, Yahweh, —And all that is within me, 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, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings: —
3 He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;
Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, 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, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion:
5 He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles.
Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.
6 Yahweh judges justly and (vindicates/does what is right for) all those who have been treated unfairly.
Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication 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.
Who made known his ways unto Moses, unto the sons of Israel, his doings.
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.
Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh, —Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
9 He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever.
Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age-abidingly, retain anger;
10 He punishes us for our sins, but he does not punish us [severely] as we deserve [DOU]!
Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us.
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 heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere 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 East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions;
13 Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.
Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere 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 how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are.
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, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
16 but then the [hot] wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again.
For, a wind, hath passed over it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with 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 lovingkindness of Yahweh, is from one age even to another, Upon them who revere 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 such as keep his covenant, And remember his precepts, to do them.
19 Yahweh made/caused the heavens to be the place where he rules [MTY]; from there he rules over everything.
Yahweh, in the heavens, hath established his throne, And, his kingdom, over all, hath dominion.
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 Yahweh, ye messengers of his, —Heroes of vigour, doing his word, To hearken [again] to the voice of his word;
21 Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires!
Bless Yahweh, all ye his hosts, Attendants of his, doing 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 Yahweh, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion, Bless, O my soul, Yahweh.
