Psalm 103

₁Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me,

bless his holy name!

₂Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits,

₃who forgives all your iniquity,

who heals all your diseases,

₄who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

₅who satisfies you with good

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

₆The Lord works righteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

₇He made known his ways to Moses,

his acts to the people of Israel.

₈The Lord is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

₉He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

₁₀He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

₁₁For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

₁₂as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

₁₃As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

₁₄For he knows our frame;

he remembers that we are dust.

₁₅As for man, his days are like grass;

he flourishes like a flower of the field;

₁₆for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

and its place knows it no more.

₁₇But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,

and his righteousness to children’s children,

₁₈to those who keep his covenant

and remember to do his commandments.

₁₉The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,

and his kingdom rules over all.

₂₀Bless the Lord, O you his angels,

you mighty ones who do his word,

obeying the voice of his word!

₂₁Bless the Lord, all his hosts,

his ministers, who do his will!

₂₂Bless the Lord, all his works,

in all places of his dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!