Psalm 103

Of David.

¹Praise the Lord, my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

²Praise the Lord, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

³who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases,

⁴who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,

⁵who satisfies your desires with good things

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord works righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel:

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger, abounding in love.

⁹He will not always accuse,

nor will he harbor his anger forever;

¹⁰he does not treat us as our sins deserve

or repay us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him;

¹²as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

¹⁴for he knows how we are formed,

he remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵The life of mortals is like grass,

they flourish like a flower of the field;

¹⁶the wind blows over it and it is gone,

and its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷But from everlasting to everlasting

the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,

and his righteousness with their children’s children—

¹⁸with those who keep his covenant

and remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹The Lord has established his throne in heaven,

and his kingdom rules over all.

²⁰Praise the Lord, you his angels,

you mighty ones who do his bidding,

who obey his word.

²¹Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,

you his servants who do his will.

²²Praise the Lord, all his works

everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.