PSALM 103
1For David.
and everything in me, His holy name.
2Bless, O my being, the LORD,
and do not forget all His generous acts.
3Who forgives all your wrongs,
heals all your illnesses,
4redeems your life from the Pit,
crowns you with kindness, compassion,
5sates you with good while you live—
you renew your youth like the eagle.
6The LORD performs righteous acts
and justice for all the oppressed.
7He makes known His ways to Moses,
to the Israelites, His feats.
8Compassionate and gracious, the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
9He will not dispute forever
nor nurse His anger for all time.
10Not according to our offenses has He done to us
nor according to our crimes requited us.
11For as the heavens loom high over earth,
His kindness is great over those who fear Him.
12As the east is far from the west,
He has distanced from us our transgressions.
13As a father has compassion for his children,
the LORD has compassion for those who fear Him.
14For He knows our devisings,
recalls that we are dust.
15Man’s days are like grass,
like the bloom of the field, thus he blooms—
16when the wind passes by him, he is gone,
and his place will no longer know him.
17But the LORD’s kindness is forever and ever
over those who fear Him
and His bounty to the sons of sons,
18for the keepers of His pact
and those who recall His precepts to do them.
19The LORD set His throne firm in the heavens
and His kingdom rules over all.
20Bless the LORD, O His messengers,
valiant in power, performing His word,
to heed the sound of His word.
21Bless the LORD, all His armies,
His servants performing His pleasure.
22Bless the LORD, O all His works,
in all places of His dominion.
Bless, O my being, the LORD!