1Alaba, alma mía al SEÑOR; alabe todo mi ser su santo nombre.2Alaba, alma mía, al SEÑOR, y no olvides ninguna de las cosas buenas que él te da.3Él perdona todos tus pecados y sana todas tus enfermedades,4y rescata tu vida del sepulcro. Te rodea de tierno amor y misericordia.5Llena tu vida de cosas buenas. Te rejuvenece como a las águilas.6Él hace justicia a cuantos son tratados injustamente.7A Moisés dio a conocer sus caminos, y al pueblo de Israel sus obras.8El SEÑOR es misericordioso y compasivo, es lento para enojarse y está lleno de amor.9No nos acusa constantemente, ni permanece enojado para siempre.10No nos ha castigado conforme a lo que merecemos por todos nuestros pecados,11porque su misericordia para los que le temen es tan grande como la altura de los cielos sobre la tierra.12Ha arrojado nuestros pecados tan lejos de nosotros como está el oriente del occidente.13El SEÑOR es para nosotros como un padre, compasivo para con los que le temen.14Porque él sabe lo débiles que somos, sabe que somos polvo.15Nuestros días en esta tierra son como la hierba, como la flor del campo que florece y muere,16y que el viento se lleva y desaparece para siempre.17Pero el amor del SEÑOR permanece para siempre con aquellos que le temen. Su salvación está con los hijos de sus hijos,18con los que cumplen su pacto y se acuerdan de cumplir sus mandamientos.19El SEÑOR ha hecho de los cielos su trono; desde allí gobierna sobre cuanto existe.20Bendigan al SEÑOR, ustedes sus ángeles, ustedes poderosas criaturas que escuchan y cumplen cada uno de sus mandatos.21Alaben al SEÑOR, todos sus ejércitos, siervos suyos que cumplen su voluntad.22Alabe al SEÑOR todo lo que él ha creado en todos los rincones de su reino. ¡Alaba, alma mía al SEÑOR!
1Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! (Sal 103:22; Sal 104:1)2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, (Dt 6:12; Dt 8:11; Sal 103:1)3who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, (Ex 15:26; Ex 34:7; Sal 107:20; Sal 147:3; Is 33:24; Mt 8:17; Mt 9:2; Mr 2:5; Lc 7:47)4who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, (Sal 5:12; Sal 56:13)5who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. (Sal 107:9; Is 40:31)6The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. (Sal 146:7)7He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. (Ex 33:13; Ex 34:10; Sal 25:4; Sal 78:11)8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. (Sal 86:15)9He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. (Sal 30:5; Is 57:16; Jer 3:5; Jer 3:12; Miq 7:18)10He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. (Esd 9:13)11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; (Sal 36:5; Sal 103:13; Sal 103:17; Sal 117:2; Lc 1:50)12as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. (Is 38:17; Is 43:25; Miq 7:19)13As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. (Sal 103:11; Mal 3:17)14For he knows our frame;[1] he remembers that we are dust. (Sal 78:39)15As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; (Job 14:2; Sal 90:5)16for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. (Job 7:10; Sal 37:36; Is 40:7)17But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, (Ex 20:5; Sal 25:6; Sal 103:11)18to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. (Dt 7:9; Sal 19:8)19The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. (Sal 11:4; Sal 47:2; Sal 93:2; Dn 4:17)20Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! (Sal 78:25; Sal 148:2; Mt 6:10; Lc 2:13)21Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! (Gn 32:2; Jos 5:14; 1 R 22:19; Sal 104:4; Dn 7:10; Heb 1:14)22Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul! (Sal 103:1; Sal 145:10)