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Psalm 103:2–13

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103:2Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Do not forget all his kind deeds!2

103:3He is the one who forgives all your sins,

who heals all your diseases,3

103:4who delivers4 your life from the Pit,5

who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

103:5who satisfies your life with good things,6

so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.7

103:6The Lord does what is fair,

and executes justice for all the oppressed.8

103:7The Lord revealed his faithful acts9 to Moses,

his deeds to the Israelites.

103:8The Lord is compassionate and merciful;

he is patient10 and demonstrates great loyal love.11

103:9He does not always accuse,

and does not stay angry.12

103:10He does not deal with us as our sins deserve;13

he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.14

103:11For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers15 over his faithful followers.16

103:12As far as the eastern horizon17 is from the west,18

so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions19 from us.

103:13As a father has compassion on his children,20

so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.21

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Psalm 103:12: as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the Lord).
  2. 3 This relatively rare noun refers to deadly diseases (see Deut 29:22; Jer 14:18; 16:4; 2 Chr 21:19).
  3. 4 Or “redeems.”
  4. 5 The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 49:9; 55:24.
  5. 6 Heb “who satisfies with the good of your ornaments.” The text as it stands makes little, if any, sense. The translation assumes an emendation of עֶדְיֵךְ (’ed’ekh, “your ornaments”) to עֹדֵכִי (’odekhiy, “your duration; your continuance”) that is, “your life” (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101–150 [], ).
  6. 7 The expression your youth is renewed like an eagle’s may allude to the phenomenon of molting, whereby the eagle grows new feathers.
  7. 8 Heb “the Lord does fairness, and [acts of] justice for all the oppressed.”
  8. 9 Heb “made known his ways.” God’s “ways” in this context are his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 18:30; 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11–12, 14]; 138:5; 145:17).
  9. 10 Heb “slow to anger” (see Ps 86:15).
  10. 11 Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Ps 86:15).
  11. 12 The Hebrew verb נָטַר (natar) is usually taken to mean “to keep; to guard,” with “anger” being understood by ellipsis. The idiom “to guard anger” is then understood to mean “to remain angry” (see Lev 19:18; Jer 3:5, 12; Nah 1:2). However, it is possible that this is a homonymic root meaning “to be angry” (see נטר).
  12. 13 Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”
  13. 14 Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”
  14. 15 For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101–150 (), , .
  15. 16 Heb “those who fear him.”
  16. 17 Heb “sunrise.”
  17. 18 Or “sunset.”
  18. 19 The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.
  19. 20 Or “sons,” but the Hebrew term sometimes refers to children in general.
  20. 21 Heb “those who fear him.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits,

who forgives all your iniquity,

who heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

who satisfies you with good

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The Lord works righteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

He made known his ways to Moses,

his acts to the people of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Praise the Lord, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,

who satisfies your desires with good things

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The Lord works righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

He made known his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel:

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger, abounding in love.

He will not always accuse,

nor will he harbor his anger forever;

he does not treat us as our sins deserve

or repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My soul, bless the Lord,

and do not forget all his benefits.

He forgives all your iniquity;

he heals all your diseases.

He redeems your life from the Pit;

he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

He satisfies you with good things;

your youth is renewed like the eagle.

The Lord executes acts of righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

He revealed his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.

He will not always accuse us

or be angry forever.

He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve

or repaid us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his faithful love

toward those who fear him.

As far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed

our transgressions from us.

As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Let all that I am praise the Lord;

may I never forget the good things he does for me.

He forgives all my sins

and heals all my diseases.

He redeems me from death

and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

He fills my life with good things.

My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

The Lord gives righteousness

and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

He revealed his character to Moses

and his deeds to the people of Israel.

The Lord is compassionate and merciful,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

He will not constantly accuse us,

nor remain angry forever.

He does not punish us for all our sins;

he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

For his unfailing love toward those who fear him

is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

He has removed our sins as far from us

as the east is from the west.

The Lord is like a father to his children,

tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Bless Yahweh, O my soul,

and do not forget all his benefits:

who forgives all your iniquity,

who heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with loyal love and mercies,

who satisfies your life with good

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Yahweh does deeds of justice

and judgments for all who are oppressed,

who made known his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel.

Yahweh is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and abundant in loyal love.

He does not dispute continually,

nor keep his anger forever.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

nor repaid us according to our iniquities.

For as the heavens are high above the earth,

so his loyal love prevails over those who fear him.

As far as east is from west,

so he has removed far from us the guilt of our transgressions.

As a father pities his children,

so Yahweh pities those who fear him.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The Lord executeth righteousness

And judgment for all that are oppressed.

He made known his ways unto Moses,

His acts unto the children of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

He will not always chide:

Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth,

So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Like as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

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