Psalm 103–104

PSALM 103

Bless Yahweh, O My Soul

Of David.

^1aBless Yahweh, O my soul,

And all that is within me, bless His ^bholy name.

²Bless Yahweh, O my soul,

And ^aforget none of His benefits;

³Who ^apardons all your iniquities,

Who ^bheals all your diseases;

⁴Who ^aredeems your life from the pit,

Who ^bcrowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

⁵Who ^asatisfies your ¹years with good things,

So that your youth is ^brenewed like the eagle.

⁶Yahweh ^aperforms righteous deeds

And judgments for all who are ^boppressed.

⁷He ^amade known His ways to Moses,

His ^bacts to the sons of Israel.

⁸Yahweh is ^acompassionate and gracious,

^bSlow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

⁹He ^awill not always contend with us,

And He will not ^bkeep His anger forever.

¹⁰He has ^anot dealt with us according to our sins,

And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.

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

So great is His lovingkindness toward those who ¹fear Him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

So far has He ^aremoved our transgressions from us.

^13aAs a father has compassion on his children,

So Yahweh has compassion on those who ¹fear Him.

¹⁴For ^aHe Himself knows ¹our form;

He ^bremembers that we are but ^cdust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are ^alike grass;

As a ^bflower of the field, so he flowers.

¹⁶When the ^awind has passed over it, it is no more,

And its ^bplace acknowledges it no longer.

¹⁷But the ^alovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who ¹fear Him,

And His ²righteousness ^bto children’s children,

¹⁸To ^athose who keep His covenant

And remember His precepts to do them.

¹⁹Yahweh has established His ^athrone in the heavens,

And His ^bkingdom rules over ¹all.

²⁰Bless Yahweh, you ^aHis angels,

^bMighty in strength, who ^cperform His word,

^dObeying the voice of His word!

²¹Bless Yahweh, all you ^aHis hosts,

You ^bwho serve Him, doing His will.

²²Bless Yahweh, ^aall you works of His,

In all places of His rule;

Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

PSALM 104

The Glory of Yahweh Endures Forever

^1aBless Yahweh, O my soul!

O Yahweh my God, You are very great;

You are ^bclothed with splendor and majesty,

²Wrapping Yourself with ^alight as with a cloak,

^bStretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

³¹He ^alays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;

²He sets up the ^bclouds to be His chariot;

³He walks upon the ^cwings of the wind;

⁴¹He makes His ²angels ^athe winds,

His ministers flaming ^bfire.

⁵He ^afounded the earth upon its place,

So that it will not ¹shake forever and ever.

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

The waters were standing above the mountains.

⁷At Your ^arebuke they fled,

At the ^bsound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm.

⁸The mountains went up; the valleys went down

To the ^aplace which You founded for them.

⁹You set a ^aboundary that they may not pass over,

So that they will not return to cover the earth.

¹⁰¹He sends forth ^asprings in the valleys;

They flow between the mountains;

¹¹They ^agive water to every beast of the field;

The ^bwild donkeys quench their thirst.

¹²Above them the birds of the heavens ^adwell;

They give forth their voices among the branches.

¹³¹He ^agives water to the mountains from His upper chambers;

^bThe earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

¹⁴¹He causes the ^agrass to grow for the ²cattle,

And ^bvegetation for man’s ³cultivation,

To bring forth ⁴food ^cfrom the earth,

¹⁵And ^awine which makes man’s heart glad,

^bTo make his face glisten more than oil,

And ¹food which ^csustains man’s heart.

¹⁶The trees of Yahweh are satisfied,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

¹⁷Where the ^abirds build their nests,

The ^bstork’s home is in the ¹fir trees.

¹⁸The high mountains are for the ^awild goats;

The ^bcliffs are a refuge for the ^1cshephanim.

¹⁹He made the moon ^afor the seasons;

The ^bsun knows the place of its setting.

²⁰You ^aappoint darkness so that it becomes night,

In which all the ^bbeasts of the forest ^ccreep about.

²¹The ^ayoung lions roar to go after their prey

And to ^bseek their food from God.

²²When the sun rises they gather together

And lie down in their ^adens.

²³Man goes forth to ^ahis work

And to his labor until evening.

²⁴How ^anumerous are Your works, O Yahweh!

¹In ^bwisdom You have made them all;

The ^cearth is full of Your ²possessions.

²⁵This is the ^asea, great and ¹broad,

There the creeping things are without number,

Creatures both small and great.

²⁶There the ^aships move along,

And ^1bLeviathan, which You have formed to play in it.

²⁷They all ^await for You

To ^bgive them their food in ¹due season.

²⁸You give to them, they gather it up;

You ^aopen Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

²⁹You ^ahide Your face, they are dismayed;

You ^btake away their ¹spirit, they breathe their last

And ^creturn to their dust.

³⁰You send forth Your ^1aSpirit, they are created;

And You renew the face of the ground.

³¹Let the ^aglory of Yahweh endure forever;

Let Yahweh ^bbe glad in His works;

³²¹He ^alooks at the earth, and it ^btrembles;

He ^ctouches the mountains, and they smoke.

³³¹I will sing to Yahweh ^athroughout my life;

²I will ^bsing praise to my God ³while I have my being.

³⁴Let my ^amusing be pleasing to Him;

As for me, I shall ^bbe glad in Yahweh.

³⁵Let sinners be ^aconsumed from the earth

And let the ^bwicked be no more.

^cBless Yahweh, O my soul.

^1dPraise Yah!