< Psalms 103 >
1 By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts — His Holy Name.
[A Psalm] of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name!
2 Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,
Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee — kindness and mercies,
Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;
5 Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.
Who satisfieth thine old age with good [things]; thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.
Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.
7 He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
9 Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.
He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
10 Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.
He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.
12 As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
14 For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.
For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
16 For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
17 And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,
But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
18 To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.
To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.
19 Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.
Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power — doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.
Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless Jehovah, all ye His hosts, His ministers — doing His pleasure.
Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.
22 Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!
Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless Jehovah, O my soul!