Psalm 103:17 - English Standard Version

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

1 Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

Ex 15:26Ex 34:7Ps 107:20Ps 147:3Isa 33:24Mt 8:17Mt 9:2Mr 2:5Lu 7:47

4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.

7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.

Ex 33:13Ex 34:10Ps 25:4Ps 78:11

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.

Ps 30:5Isa 57:16Jer 3:5Jer 3:12Mic 7:18

10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

Ps 36:5Ps 103:13Ps 103:17Ps 117:2Lu 1:50

12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

14 For he knows our frame;1 he remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;

16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.

17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

Ps 11:4Ps 47:2Ps 93:2Da 4:17

20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!

Ps 78:25Ps 148:2Mt 6:10Lu 2:13

21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!

Ge 32:2Jos 5:141Ki 22:19Ps 104:4Da 7:10Heb 1:14

22 Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!

1 Or knows how we are formed

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