Psalm 103

Bless the Lord , Who Forgives All Your Sins

¹Bless the Lord , O my soul.[#103:1 God blesses us by giving us gifts. We bless God by praising him.]

All that is within me, bless his holy name.

²Bless the Lord , O my soul,

and do not forget all his benefits—

³who pardons all your guilt,

who heals all your diseases,

⁴who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with mercy and compassion,

⁵who satisfies your life with goodness,[#103:5 The meaning of this word is uncertain. It may mean your ornaments or soul, your jaw or mouth , or your old age . The Greek has your desires .]

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

⁶The Lord performs 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 mercy.

⁹He will not always accuse.

He will not keep his anger forever.

¹⁰He does not treat us as our sins deserve.

He does not repay us according to our guilty deeds.

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

so powerful is his mercy toward those who fear him.

¹²As distant as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our rebellious acts 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 were formed.

He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass.

Like a wild flower he blossoms.

¹⁶Then the wind blows over it, and it is gone,

and its place recognizes it no more.

¹⁷But the Lord 's mercy is from eternity to eternity

over those who fear him,

and his righteousness is with their children's children,

¹⁸with those who keep his covenant,

with those who remember his precepts in order to obey them.

¹⁹The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,

and his royal power rules over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord , you his angels,

you strong warriors who obey his word

by listening to what he says.

²¹Bless the Lord , all his armies,

you who minister to him,

you who do whatever pleases him.

²²Bless the Lord , everything he has made

in all places where he rules.

Bless the Lord , O my soul.