Psalm 102–103

Psalm 102

¹For David himself.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

³Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

⁵Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

⁷He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

⁹He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.

¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

¹³As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

¹⁴For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:

¹⁵Man’s days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

¹⁶For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more.

¹⁷But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children’s children,

¹⁸To such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his commandments to do them.

¹⁹The lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

²¹Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.

²²Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

Psalm 103

¹For David himself.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:

²And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

³Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

⁴Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.

⁵Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

⁶The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.

⁷At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

⁸The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.

⁹Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.

¹⁰Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

¹¹All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

¹²Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

¹³Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

¹⁴Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:

¹⁵And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:

¹⁷There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.

¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

¹⁹He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

²⁰Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:

²¹The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

²²The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.

²³Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.

²⁴How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

²⁵So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.

²⁶There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.

²⁷All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.

²⁸What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

²⁹But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

³⁰Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

³²He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he troubleth the mountains, and they smoke.

³³I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.

³⁵Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.