Psalm 103–104

Psalm 103

THE FORGIVING GOD

Of David.

¹My soul, bless the Lord,

and all that is within me, bless his holy name.^a

²My soul, bless the Lord,

and do not forget all his benefits.^b

³He forgives all your iniquity;^c

he heals all your diseases.^d

⁴He redeems your life from the Pit;^e

he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.^f

⁵He satisfies you^A with good things;^g

your youth is renewed like the eagle.^h

⁶The Lord executes acts of righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.ⁱ

⁷He revealed his ways to Moses,^j

his deeds to the people of Israel.^k

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.^l

⁹He will not always accuse us

or be angry forever.^m

¹⁰He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve

or repaid us according to our iniquities.ⁿ

¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his faithful love

toward those who fear him.^o

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed

our transgressions from us.^p

¹³As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.^q

¹⁴For he knows what we are made of,

remembering that we are dust.^r

¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass—

he blooms like a flower of the field;^s

¹⁶when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,

and its place is no longer known.^Bt

¹⁷But from eternity to eternity

the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,

and his righteousness toward the grandchildren^u

¹⁸of those who keep his covenant,

who remember to observe his precepts.^v

¹⁹The Lord has established his throne in heaven,

and his kingdom rules over all.^w

²⁰Bless the Lord,

all his angels of great strength,

who do his word,

obedient to his command.^x

²¹Bless the Lord, all his armies,

his servants who do his will.^y

²²Bless the Lord, all his works

in all the places where he rules.^z

My soul, bless the Lord!

Psalm 104

GOD THE CREATOR

¹My soul, bless the Lord!

Lord my God, you are very great;

you are clothed with majesty and splendor.^aa

²He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe,

spreading out the sky like a canopy,^ab

³laying the beams of his palace

on the waters above,^ac

making the clouds his chariot,^ad

walking on the wings of the wind,^ae

⁴and making the winds his messengers,^A

flames of fire his servants.^af

⁵He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be shaken.^ag

⁶You covered it with the deep

as if it were a garment;

the water stood above the mountains.^ah

⁷At your rebuke the water fled;

at the sound of your thunder they hurried away^ai—

⁸mountains rose and valleys sank^B—

to the place you established for them.^aj

⁹You set a boundary they cannot cross;

they will never cover the earth again.^a

¹⁰He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;

they flow between the mountains.^b

¹¹They supply water for every wild beast;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.^c

¹²The birds of the sky live beside the springs;

they make their voices heard among the foliage.^d

¹³He waters the mountains from his palace;

the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.^e

¹⁴He causes grass to grow for the livestock

and provides crops for man to cultivate,

producing food from the earth,^f

¹⁵wine that makes human hearts glad—

making his face shine with oil—

and bread that sustains human hearts.^g

¹⁶The trees of the Lord flourish,^C

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.^h

¹⁷There the birds make their nests;

storks make their homes in the pine trees.ⁱ

¹⁸The high mountains are for the wild goats;

the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.^j

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the^D festivals;^E

the sun knows when to set.^k

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals stir.^l

²¹The young lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God.^m

²²The sun rises; they go back

and lie down in their dens.ⁿ

²³Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until evening.^o

²⁴How countless are your works, Lord!

In wisdom you have made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.^Ap

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small.^q

²⁶There the ships move about,

and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.^r

²⁷All of them wait for you

to give them their food at the right time.^s

²⁸When you give it to them,

they gather it;

when you open your hand,

they are satisfied with good things.^t

²⁹When you hide your face,

they are terrified;

when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.^u

³⁰When you send your breath,^B

they are created,^*

and you renew the surface of the ground.^v

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

may the Lord rejoice in his works.^w

³²He looks at the earth, and it trembles;

he touches the mountains,

and they pour out smoke.^x

³³I will sing to the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God while I live.^y

³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him;

I will rejoice in the Lord.^z

³⁵May sinners vanish from the earth

and wicked people be no more.^aa

My soul, bless the Lord!

Hallelujah!