Psalm 103:1-22
Of David.
103 Bless Jehovah,* O my soul,+Even everything within me, his holy name.+
2 Bless Jehovah,* O my soul,And do not forget all his doings,+
3 Him who is forgiving all your error,+Who is healing all your maladies,+
4 Who is reclaiming your life from the very pit,+Who is crowning you with loving-kindness and mercies,+
5 Who is satisfying your lifetime with what is good;+Your youth keeps renewing itself just like that of an eagle.+
6 Jehovah* is executing acts of righteousness*+And judicial decisions for all those being defrauded.+
7 He made known his ways to Moses,+His dealings even to the sons of Israel.+
8 Jehovah* is merciful and gracious,+Slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness.+
9 He will not for all time keep finding fault,+Neither will he to time indefinite keep resentful.+
10 He has not done to us even according to our sins;+Nor according to our errors has he brought upon us what we deserve.+
11 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,+His loving-kindness is superior toward those fearing him.+
12 As far off as the sunrise is from the sunset,+So far off from us he has put our transgressions.+
13 As a father shows mercy to his sons,+Jehovah has shown mercy to those fearing him.+
14 For he himself well knows the formation of us,+Remembering that we are dust.+
15 As for mortal man,* his days are like those of green grass;+Like a blossom of the field is the way he blossoms forth.+
16 For a mere wind has to pass over it, and it is no more;+And its place will acknowledge it no further.+
17 But the loving-kindness* of Jehovah is from time indefinite even to time indefinite+Toward those fearing him,+And his righteousness to the sons of sons,+
18 Toward those keeping his covenant+And toward those remembering his orders so as to carry them out.+
19 Jehovah himself has firmly established his throne in the very heavens;+And over everything his own kingship has held domination.+
20 Bless Jehovah, O YOU angels+ of his, mighty in power, carrying out his word,+By listening to the voice of his word.+
21 Bless Jehovah, all YOU armies of his,+You ministers of his, doing his will.*+
22 Bless Jehovah, all YOU his works,+In all places of his domination.*+Bless Jehovah, O my soul.+
Footnotes
^ See App 1C §8.
^ See App 1C §8.
^ Or, “righteousnesses,” M; LXX, “charitable acts.”
^ See App 1C §8.
^ See App 1C §8.
^ “Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
^ Or, “loyal love.”
^ Or, “pleasure.”
