Psalm 103–104

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

103Of David.

^1yBless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me,

bless his holy name!

^2yBless the Lord, O my soul,

and ^zforget not all his benefits,

³who ^aforgives all your iniquity,

who ^bheals all your diseases,

⁴who ^credeems your life from the pit,

who ^dcrowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

⁵who ^esatisfies you with good

so that your youth is renewed like ^fthe eagle’s.

⁶The Lord works ^grighteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

⁷He made known his ^hways to Moses,

his ⁱacts to the people of Israel.

⁸The Lord is ^jmerciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

^9kHe will not always chide,

nor will he ^lkeep his anger forever.

¹⁰He does not deal with us ^maccording to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

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

so great is his ^osteadfast love toward ^pthose who fear him;

¹²as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he ^qremove our transgressions from us.

¹³As ^ra father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion ^pto those who fear him.

¹⁴For he knows our frame;¹

he ^sremembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like ^tgrass;

he flourishes like ^ua flower of the field;

¹⁶for ^vthe wind passes over it, and ^wit is gone,

and ^xits place knows it no more.

¹⁷But ^ythe steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^pthose who fear him,

and his righteousness to ^zchildren’s children,

¹⁸to those who ^akeep his covenant

and ^bremember to do his commandments.

¹⁹The Lord has ^cestablished his throne in the heavens,

and his ^dkingdom rules over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, O you ^ehis angels,

you ^fmighty ones who ^gdo his word,

obeying the voice of his word!

²¹Bless the Lord, all his ^hhosts,

his ⁱministers, who do his will!

^22jBless the Lord, all his works,

in all places of his dominion.

^kBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

104^lBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are ^mvery great!

ⁿYou are clothed with splendor and majesty,

²covering yourself with light as with a garment,

^ostretching out the heavens ^plike a tent.

³He ^qlays the beams of his ^rchambers on the waters;

he makes ^sthe clouds his chariot;

he rides on ^tthe wings of the wind;

⁴he ^umakes his messengers winds,

his ^vministers ^wa flaming fire.

⁵He ^xset the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

⁶You ^ycovered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

⁷At ^zyour rebuke they fled;

at ^athe sound of your thunder they ^btook to flight.

⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you ^cappointed for them.

⁹You set ^da boundary that they may not pass,

so that they ^emight not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

¹¹they ^fgive drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

^13gFrom your lofty abode you ^hwater the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴You cause ⁱthe grass to grow for the livestock

and ^jplants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth ^kfood from the earth

¹⁵and ^lwine to gladden the heart of man,

^moil to make his face shine

and bread to ⁿstrengthen man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,

^othe cedars of Lebanon ^pthat he planted.

¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for ^qthe wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for ^rthe rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^sseasons;¹

the sun knows its time for setting.

^20tYou make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

^21uThe young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

²²When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their ^vdens.

^23wMan goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In ^xwisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

²⁵Here is the sea, great and wide,

^ywhich teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

²⁶There go the ships,

and ^zLeviathan, which you formed to ^aplay in it.²

²⁷These ^ball look to you,

to ^cgive them their food in due season.

²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you ^dopen your hand, they are filled with good things.

²⁹When you ^ehide your face, they are ^fdismayed;

when you ^gtake away their breath, they die

and ^hreturn to their dust.

³⁰When you ⁱsend forth your Spirit,³ they are created,

and you ^jrenew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lord ^kendure forever;

may the Lord ^lrejoice in his works,

³²who looks on the earth and it ^mtrembles,

who ⁿtouches the mountains and they smoke!

³³I will sing to the Lord ^oas long as I live;

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

³⁴May my ^pmeditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.

³⁵Let ^qsinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

^rBless the Lord, O my soul!

^sPraise the Lord!