103:1 By David.

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

With all that is within me, praise ²  his holy name!

103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not forget all his kind deeds! ³ 

103:3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,

who heals all your diseases, ⁴ 

103:4 who delivers ⁵  your life from the Pit, ⁶ 

who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

103:5 who satisfies your life with good things, ⁷ 

so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. ⁸ 

103:6 The Lord does what is fair,

and executes justice for all the oppressed. ⁹ 

103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts ¹⁰  to Moses,

his deeds to the Israelites.

103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;

he is patient ¹¹  and demonstrates great loyal love. ¹² 

103:9 He does not always accuse,

and does not stay angry. ¹³ 

103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; ¹⁴ 

he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. ¹⁵ 

103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers ¹⁶  over his faithful followers. ¹⁷ 

103:12 As far as the eastern horizon ¹⁸  is from the west, ¹⁹ 

so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions ²⁰  from us.

103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, ²¹ 

so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. ²² 

103:14 For he knows what we are made of; ²³ 

he realizes ²⁴  we are made of clay. ²⁵ 

103:15 A person’s life is like grass. ²⁶ 

Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

103:16 but when the hot wind ²⁷  blows by, it disappears,

and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

103:17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, ²⁸ 

and is faithful to their descendants, ²⁹ 

103:18 to those who keep his covenant,

who are careful to obey his commands. ³⁰ 

103:19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven;

his kingdom extends over everything. ³¹ 

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,

you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

and obey his orders! ³² 

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, ³³ 

you servants of his who carry out his desires! ³⁴ 

103:22 Praise the Lord, all that he has made, ³⁵ 

in all the regions ³⁶  of his kingdom!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!