Psalm 103–104

Psalm 103

A Psalm of David.

¹Bless Jehovah, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

²Bless Jehovah, O my soul,

And forget not all his benefits:

³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

⁵Who satisfieth thy desire with good things,

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

⁶Jehovah executeth righteous acts,

And judgments for all that are oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways unto Moses,

His doings unto the children of Israel.

⁸Jehovah is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

⁹He will not always chide;

Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

¹⁰He hath not dealt with us after our sins,

Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

¹¹For as the heavens are high above the earth,

So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³Like as a father pitieth his children,

So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

¹⁴For he knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

¹⁶For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;

And the place thereof shall know it no more.

¹⁷But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,

And his righteousness unto children’s children;

¹⁸To such as keep his covenant,

And to those that remember his precepts to do them.

¹⁹Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens;

And his kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye his angels,

That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word,

Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts,

Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

²²Bless Jehovah, all ye his works,

In all places of his dominion:

Bless Jehovah, O my soul.

Psalm 104

¹Bless Jehovah, O my soul.

O Jehovah my God, thou art very great;

Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment;

Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

³Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters;

Who maketh the clouds his chariot;

Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

⁴Who maketh winds his messengers;

Flames of fire his ministers;

⁵Who laid the foundations of the earth,

That it should not be moved for ever.

⁶Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture;

The waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At thy rebuke they fled;

At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

⁸(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down)

Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;

That they turn not again to cover the earth.

¹⁰He sendeth forth springs into the valleys;

They run among the mountains;

¹¹They give drink to every beast of the field;

The wild asses quench their thirst.

¹²By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation;

They sing among the branches.

¹³He watereth the mountains from his chambers:

The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

¹⁴He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,

And herb for the service of man;

That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

¹⁵And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,

And oil to make his face to shine,

And bread that strengtheneth man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of Jehovah are filled with moisture,

The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests:

As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;

The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons:

The sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou makest darkness, and it is night,

Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

²¹The young lions roar after their prey,

And seek their food from God.

²²The sun ariseth, they get them away,

And lay them down in their dens.

²³Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works!

In wisdom hast thou made them all:

The earth is full of thy riches.

²⁵Yonder is the sea, great and wide,

Wherein are things creeping innumerable,

Both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships;

There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.

²⁷These wait all for thee,

That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

²⁸Thou givest unto them, they gather;

Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;

Thou takest away their breath, they die,

And return to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created;

And thou renewest the face of the ground.

³¹Let the glory of Jehovah endure for ever;

Let Jehovah rejoice in his works:

³²Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth;

He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live:

I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

³⁴Let thy meditation be sweet unto him:

I will rejoice in Jehovah.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.

And let the wicked be no more.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul.

Praise ye Jehovah.