A modern English translation drawn directly from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. Translated word-for-word where possible, by a committee with scholarly oversight.
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Psalm 103
Chapter summary coming soon.
Verse 1. Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Verse 2. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
Verse 3. He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
Verse 4. who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
Verse 5. who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Verse 6. The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Verse 7. He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
Verse 8. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Verse 9. He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
Verse 10. He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
Verse 11. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
Verse 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Verse 13. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Verse 14. For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
Verse 15. As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
Verse 16. when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Verse 17. But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
Verse 18. to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
Verse 19. The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
Verse 20. Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Verse 21. Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
Verse 22. Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!