Psalms 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.

Psalms 103

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

⁵Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

⁸The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

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

¹¹For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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

¹³Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

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

¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

¹⁶For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

¹⁷But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

¹⁸To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

¹⁹The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

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