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Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Of David.

 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
   and all that is within me,
   bless his holy name!
² Bless the Lord, O my soul,
   and forget not all his benefits,
³ who forgives all your iniquity,
   who heals all your diseases,
⁴ who redeems your life from the pit,
   who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵ who satisfies you with good
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

⁶ The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹ He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
¹³ As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
¹⁴ For he knows our frame;^[a]
he remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
¹⁶ for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
²² Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 103:14 Or knows how we are formed

Cross references:

1. Psalm 103:1 : ver. 22; Ps. 104:1
2. Psalm 103:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; ver. 22; Ps. 104:1
3. Psalm 103:2 : Deut. 6:12; 8:11
4. Psalm 103:3 : Ex. 34:7; Isa. 33:24; Matt. 9:2; Mark 2:5; [Luke 7:47]
5. Psalm 103:3 : Ps. 107:20; 147:3; Ex. 15:26; [Matt. 8:17]
6. Psalm 103:4 : See Ps. 56:13
7. Psalm 103:4 : [Ps. 5:12]
8. Psalm 103:5 : Ps. 107:9
9. Psalm 103:5 : Isa. 40:31
10. Psalm 103:6 : Ps. 146:7
11. Psalm 103:7 : Ex. 33:13; [Ps. 25:4]
12. Psalm 103:7 : [Ps. 78:11; Ex. 34:10]
13. Psalm 103:8 : See Ps. 86:15
14. Psalm 103:9 : Isa. 57:16
15. Psalm 103:9 : Ps. 30:5; Jer. 3:5, 12; Mic. 7:18
16. Psalm 103:10 : Ezra 9:13
17. Psalm 103:11 : See Ps. 36:5
18. Psalm 103:11 : Ps. 117:2
19. Psalm 103:11 : ver. 13, 17; Luke 1:50
20. Psalm 103:12 : [Isa. 38:17; 43:25; Mic. 7:19]
21. Psalm 103:13 : Mal. 3:17
22. Psalm 103:13 : [See ver. 11 above]; ver. 13, 17; Luke 1:50
23. Psalm 103:14 : Ps. 78:39
24. Psalm 103:15 : Ps. 90:5
25. Psalm 103:15 : See Job 14:2
26. Psalm 103:16 : Isa. 40:7
27. Psalm 103:16 : Ps. 37:36
28. Psalm 103:16 : See Job 7:10
29. Psalm 103:17 : Ps. 25:6
30. Psalm 103:17 : [See ver. 11 above]; ver. 13, 17; Luke 1:50
31. Psalm 103:17 : Ex. 20:5, 6
32. Psalm 103:18 : Deut. 7:9
33. Psalm 103:18 : Ps. 19:8
34. Psalm 103:19 : Ps. 11:4; 93:2
35. Psalm 103:19 : Ps. 47:2; Dan. 4:17
36. Psalm 103:20 : Ps. 148:2; [Luke 2:13]
37. Psalm 103:20 : Ps. 78:25
38. Psalm 103:20 : Matt. 6:10
39. Psalm 103:21 : Gen. 32:2; Josh. 5:14; 1 Kgs. 22:19
40. Psalm 103:21 : Ps. 104:4; Dan. 7:10; Heb. 1:14
41. Psalm 103:22 : Ps. 145:10
42. Psalm 103:22 : ver. 1, 2