Psalm 103–104

Psalm 103

A Psalm of David.

^1aBless the Lord, O my soul:

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

^2aBless the Lord, O my soul,

And ^bforget not all his benefits:

³Who ^cdforgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who ^dehealeth all thy diseases;

⁴Who ^fredeemeth ^gthy life from ^hdestruction;

Who ⁱcrowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

⁵Who satisfieth thy ^kmouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed ^llike the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord ^mexecuteth righteousness

And ^mjudgment for all that are oppressed.

⁷ⁿHe made known his ways unto Moses,

His acts unto the children of Israel.

^8oThe Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and ^†plenteous in mercy.

^9pHe will not always chide:

Neither will he ^qkeep his anger for ever.

^10rHe hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor ^srewarded us according to our iniquities.

^11tFor ^†as the heaven is high above the earth,

So ^ugreat is his mercy toward ^vthem that fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he ^wremoved our transgressions from us.

^13xLike as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth ^vthem that fear him.

¹⁴For he knoweth our ^yframe;

^zHe remembereth that we are ^adust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are as ^bgrass:

As a ^cflower of the field, so he ^bflourisheth.

¹⁶For ^ccthe wind passeth over it, and ^†it is gone;

And ^dthe place thereof shall know it no more.

¹⁷But ^ethe mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon ^vthem that fear him,

And his righteousness ^funto children’s children;

¹⁸To such as ^gkeep his covenant,

And to those that remember his ^hcommandments to do them.

¹⁹The Lord hath prepared ⁱhis throne in the heavens;

And ^khis kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, ye ^lhis angels,

^†That excel in strength, that ^mdo his commandments,

Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless ye the Lord, all ye ^lnhis hosts;

Ye ^oministers of his, that do ^phis pleasure.

^22qBless the Lord, all his works

In all places of his dominion:

^rBless the Lord, O my soul.

Psalm 104

^1aBless the Lord, O my soul.

O Lord my God, ^bthou art very great;

^cThou art clothed with ^dhonour and majesty.

²Who coverest thyself with ^elight as with a garment:

Who ^fstretchest out the heavens like ^ga curtain:

³Who ^hlayeth the beams of his ⁱchambers ^jin the waters:

Who maketh ^kthe clouds his chariot:

Who walketh ^lupon the wings of the wind:

^4mWho maketh his angels spirits;

ⁿHis ministers a flaming ^ofire:

^5†pWho laid the foundations of the earth,

That ^qit should not be removed for ever.

^6rThou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:

The waters stood above the mountains.

^7sAt thy rebuke they fled;

At ^tthe voice of thy thunder they ^uhasted away.

^8||They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys

Unto ^xthe place which thou hast ^pfounded for them.

^9xThou hast set ^ya bound that they may not pass over;

^zThat they turn not again to cover the earth.

^10†He sendeth the springs into the valleys,

Which ^†run among the hills.

¹¹They ^agive drink to every beast of the field:

The ^bwild asses ^†quench their thirst.

¹²By them shall ^cthe fowls of the heaven have their habitation,

Which ^†sing among the branches.

¹³He ^awatereth the hills from his ⁱchambers:

^dThe earth ^pis satisfied with ^ethe fruit of thy works.

^14fHe causeth the ^ggrass to grow for the cattle,

And ^hherb for the service of man:

That he may bring forth ^fifood out of the earth;

¹⁵And ^kwine that ^lmaketh glad the heart of man,

And ^m†oil to make his face to shine,

And bread which ⁿstrengtheneth man’s heart.

^16oThe trees of the Lord ^pare full of sap;

^qThe cedars of Lebanon, ^rwhich he hath planted;

¹⁷Where the birds make their nests:

As for the ^sstork, the fir trees are her house.

¹⁸The high hills are a refuge for the ^twild goats;

And the rocks for the ^uconies.

¹⁹He appointed the moon ^xfor seasons:

^yThe sun knoweth his going down.

^20zThou makest darkness, and it is night:

Wherein ^†all the beasts of the forest do ⁱcreep forth.

²¹The ^ayoung lions roar after their ^aprey,

And ^bseek their meat from God.

²²The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,

And lay them down in their ^cdens.

^23dMan goeth forth unto ^ehis work

And to his labour until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are thy works!

^fIn wisdom hast thou made them all:

The earth is full of thy ^griches.

²⁵So is this great and ^hwide sea,

ⁱWherein are things creeping innumerable,

Both small and great beasts.

²⁶There go the ships:

There is that ^kleviathan, whom thou hast ^†made to ^lplay therein.

²⁷These ^mwait all upon thee;

That thou mayest ^mngive them their meat in due season.

²⁸That thou givest them they gather:

ⁿⁿThou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

^29oThou hidest thy face, they are troubled:

^pThou takest away their breath, they die,

And ^pqreturn to their dust.

³⁰Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:

And thou renewest the face of the earth.

³¹The glory of the Lord ^†shall endure for ever:

^rThe Lord shall rejoice in his works.

³²He looketh on the earth, and ^sit trembleth:

He ^ttoucheth the hills, and they smoke.

³³I will sing unto the Lord ^uas long as I live:

I will sing praise to my God ^uwhile I have my being.

³⁴My ^xmeditation of him shall be sweet:

I will be glad in the Lord.

³⁵Let ^ythe sinners be consumed out of the earth,

And let the wicked be no more.

^zBless thou the Lord, O my soul.

^aPraise ye the Lord.