1 | 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, |
4 | who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, |
5 | who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
6 | The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed. |
7 | He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. |
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 for ever. |
10 | He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities. |
11 | For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; |
12 | as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
13 | As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear him. |
14 | For he knows our frame; 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 upon 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. |
20 | Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word! |
21 | Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will! |
22 | Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! |