Psalms 103
103
PSALM 103
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David.
1O thou my soul, bless God the Lord;
and all that in me is
Be stirred up his holy name
to magnify and bless.
2Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God,
and not forgetful be
Of all his gracious benefits
he hath bestow'd on thee.
3All thine iniquities who doth
most graciously forgive:
Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal,
and thee relieve.
4Who doth redeem thy life, that thou
to death may'st not go down;
Who thee with loving-kindness doth
and tender mercies crown:
5Who with abundance of good things
doth satisfy thy mouth;
So that, ev'n as the eagle's age,
renewed is thy youth.
6God righteous judgment executes
for all oppressed ones.
7His ways to Moses, he his acts
made known to Isr'el's sons.
8The Lord our God is merciful,
and he is gracious,
Long-suffering, and slow to wrath,
in mercy plenteous.
9He will not chide continually,
nor keep his anger still.
10With us he dealt not as we sinn'd,
nor did requite our ill.
11For as the heaven in its height
the earth surmounteth far;
So great to those that do him fear
his tender mercies are:
12As far as east is distant from
the west, so far hath he
From us removed, in his love,
all our iniquity.
13Such pity as a father hath
unto his children dear;
Like pity shews the Lord to such
as worship him in fear.
14For he remembers we are dust,
and he our frame well knows.
15Frail man, his days are like the grass,
as flow'r in field he grows:
16For over it the wind doth pass,
and it away is gone;
And of the place where once it was
it shall no more be known.
17But unto them that do him fear
God's mercy never ends;
And to their children's children still
his righteousness extends:
18To such as keep his covenant,
and mindful are alway
Of his most just commandements,
that they may them obey.
19The Lord prepared hath his throne
in heavens firm to stand;
And ev'ry thing that being hath
his kingdom doth command.
20O ye his angels, that excel
in strength, bless ye the Lord;
Ye who obey what he commands,
and hearken to his word.
21O bless and magnify the Lord,
ye glorious hosts of his;
Ye ministers, that do fulfil
whate'er his pleasure is.
22O bless the Lord, all ye his works,
wherewith the world is stor'd
In his dominions ev'ry where.
My soul, bless thou the Lord.
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Psalms 103
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Psalm 103
This is a song that David wrote.
The love of God #103:1 The psalm has three parts: Verses 1-5: David praises the Lord. Verses 6-18: the special love of the Lord for his people. Verses 19-22: the angels and everything that the Lord has made should praise him.
1I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’
Everything that is in me, praise his holy name!
2I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’
Never forget all the good things that he has done for you!
3He forgives all my sins.
He makes me well again when I am ill.
4He saves me from the deep hole of death's power.
He always loves me and he is kind to me.
That is how he blesses me so much!
5He gives me many good things for my life here.
So I become strong again, with the strength of a young eagle.
6The Lord does what is right and fair.
He helps poor people who suffer.
7He showed Moses how he works to help his people.
He showed the Israelites the great things that he could do.
8The Lord is kind to people and he forgives them.
He is slow to get angry and his love always continues.
9He will not always tell us that we are wrong.
He will not always continue to be angry.
10We should receive much punishment for the bad things that we do.
But the Lord does not punish us so much.
11For people who worship him, his faithful love is very great.
How far is the sky above the earth? His love is greater than that!
12How far is the east from the west?
The Lord has taken our sins further away than that!
He no longer says that we are guilty.
13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us.
He is kind to people who worship him.
14He knows that we are weak humans.
He remembers that he used dust to make us.
15A person's life is like grass that quickly dies.
He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field.
16A hot wind blows over flowers and they die!
Nobody even remembers where they were growing.
17But the faithful love of the Lord
will always be with people who worship him.
He promises to be kind to their children's children for ever.
18He continues to love people who obey his covenant.
Those are the people who obey his laws.
19The Lord rules from his throne in heaven.
He rules as king over everything.
20You who are the Lord's angels,
you strong angels who do what he tells you to do,
praise the Lord!
21All of you who belong to his armies in heaven,
his servants who do what he wants,
praise the Lord!
22Yes, everything that the Lord has made,
in all the places that he rules over,
praise the Lord!
I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’
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