The Psalms

Psalm 103

A Psalm of David.

 ^103:1Bless Jehovah, O my soul;

 And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

 ^103:2Bless Jehovah, O my soul,

 And forget not all his benefits:

 ^103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

 Who healeth all thy diseases;

 ^103:4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

 Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

 ^103:5Who satisfieth thy desire with good things,

 So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

 ^103:6Jehovah executeth righteous acts,

 And judgments for all that are oppressed.

 ^103:7He made known his ways unto Moses,

 His doings unto the children of Israel.

 ^103:8Jehovah is merciful and gracious,

 Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

 ^103:9He will not always chide;

 Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

 ^103:10He hath not dealt with us after our sins,

 Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

 ^103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth,

 So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.

 ^103:12As far as the east is from the west,

 So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

 ^103:13Like as a father pitieth his children,

 So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

 ^103:14For he knoweth our frame;

 He remembereth that we are dust.

 ^103:15As for man, his days are as grass;

 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

 ^103:16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;

 And the place thereof shall know it no more.

 ^103:17But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,

 And his righteousness unto children's children;

 ^103:18To such as keep his covenant,

 And to those that remember his precepts to do them.

 ^103:19Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens;

 And his kingdom ruleth over all.

 ^103:20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels,

 That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word,

 Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

 ^103:21Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts,

 Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

 ^103:22Bless Jehovah, all ye his works,

 In all places of his dominion:

 Bless Jehovah, O my soul.