תהילים 103
| לדוד ברכי נפשי את יהוה וכל קרבי את שם קדשו׃ | 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.
| ברכי נפשי את יהוה ואל תשכחי כל גמוליו׃ | 2 |
[I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh and never forget all the kind things he has done for me:
| הסלח לכל עונכי הרפא לכל תחלאיכי׃ | 3 |
He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;
| הגואל משחת חייכי המעטרכי חסד ורחמים׃ | 4 |
he keeps me from dying [MTY], and blesses me by faithfully loving me and acting mercifully to me.
| המשביע בטוב עדיך תתחדש כנשר נעוריכי׃ | 5 |
He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles.
| עשה צדקות יהוה ומשפטים לכל עשוקים׃ | 6 |
Yahweh judges justly and (vindicates/does what is right for) all those who have been treated unfairly.
| יודיע דרכיו למשה לבני ישראל עלילותיו׃ | 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.
| רחום וחנון יהוה ארך אפים ורב חסד׃ | 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.
| לא לנצח יריב ולא לעולם יטור׃ | 9 |
He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever.
| לא כחטאינו עשה לנו ולא כעונתינו גמל עלינו׃ | 10 |
He punishes us for our sins, but he does not punish us [severely] as we deserve [DOU]!
| כי כגבה שמים על הארץ גבר חסדו על יראיו׃ | 11 |
The skies are very high above the earth, and Yahweh’s faithful love for all those who revere him is just as great.
| כרחק מזרח ממערב הרחיק ממנו את פשעינו׃ | 12 |
He has taken away [the guilt for] [MTY] our sins, taking it as far from us as the east is from the west.
| כרחם אב על בנים רחם יהוה על יראיו׃ | 13 |
Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.
| כי הוא ידע יצרנו זכור כי עפר אנחנו׃ | 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].
| אנוש כחציר ימיו כציץ השדה כן יציץ׃ | 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],
| כי רוח עברה בו ואיננו ולא יכירנו עוד מקומו׃ | 16 |
but then the [hot] wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again.
| וחסד יהוה מעולם ועד עולם על יראיו וצדקתו לבני בנים׃ | 17 |
But Yahweh will faithfully keep loving forever all those who revere him. He will act fairly to our children and to their children;
| לשמרי בריתו ולזכרי פקדיו לעשותם׃ | 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.
| יהוה בשמים הכין כסאו ומלכותו בכל משלה׃ | 19 |
Yahweh made/caused the heavens to be the place where he rules [MTY]; from there he rules over everything.
| ברכו יהוה מלאכיו גברי כח עשי דברו לשמע בקול דברו׃ | 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.
| ברכו יהוה כל צבאיו משרתיו עשי רצונו׃ | 21 |
Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires!
| ברכו יהוה כל מעשיו בכל מקמות ממשלתו ברכי נפשי את יהוה׃ | 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!
