Psalms 103

¹The hundrid and thridde salm. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art magnyfied greetli. Thou hast clothid knouleching and fairnesse; and thou art clothid with liyt,

²as with a cloth. And thou stretchist forth heuene as a skyn;

³and thou hilist with watris the hiyer partis therof. Which settist a cloude thi stiyng; which goest on the fetheris of wyndis.

⁴Which makist spiritis thin aungels; and thi mynystris brennynge fier.

⁵Which hast foundid the erthe on his stablenesse; it schal not be bowid in to the world of world.

⁶The depthe of watris as a cloth is the clothing therof; watris schulen stonde on hillis.

⁷Tho schulen fle fro thi blamyng; men schulen be aferd of the vois of thi thundur.

⁸Hillis stien vp, and feeldis goen doun; in to the place which thou hast foundid to tho.

⁹Thou hast set a terme, which tho schulen not passe; nether tho schulen be turned, for to hile the erthe.

¹⁰And thou sendist out wellis in grete valeis; watris schulen passe bitwix the myddil of hillis.

¹¹Alle the beestis of the feeld schulen drynke; wielde assis schulen abide in her thirst.

¹²Briddis of the eir schulen dwelle on tho; fro the myddis of stoonys thei schulen yyue voices.

¹³And thou moistist hillis of her hiyer thingis; the erthe schal be fillid of the fruyt of thi werkis.

¹⁴And thou bringist forth hei to beestis; and eerbe to the seruyce of men. That thou bringe forth breed of the erthe;

¹⁵and that wiyn make glad the herte of men. That he make glad the face with oile; and that breed make stidefast the herte of man.

¹⁶The trees of the feeld schulen be fillid, and the cedris of the Liban, whiche he plauntide;

¹⁷sparewis schulen make nest there. The hous of the gerfaukun is the leeder of tho;

¹⁸hiye hillis ben refute to hertis; a stoon is refutt to irchouns.

¹⁹He made the moone in to tymes; the sunne knewe his goyng doun.

²⁰Thou hast set derknessis, and nyyt is maad; alle beestis of the wode schulen go ther ynne.

²¹Liouns whelpis rorynge for to rauysche; and to seke of God meete to hem silf.

²²The sunne is risun, and tho ben gaderid togidere; and tho schulen be set in her couchis.

²³A man schal go out to his werk; and to his worching, til to the euentid.

²⁴Lord, thi werkis ben magnefiede ful myche, thou hast maad alle thingis in wisdom; the erthe is fillid with thi possessioun.

²⁵This see is greet and large to hondis; there ben crepinge beestis, of which is noon noumbre. Litil beestis with grete;

²⁶schippis schulen passe there. This dragoun which thou hast formyd; for to scorne hym.

²⁷Alle thingis abiden of thee; that thou yyue to hem meete in tyme.

²⁸Whanne thou schalt yyue to hem, thei schulen gadere; whanne thou schalt opene thin hond, alle thingis schulen be fillid with goodnesse.

²⁹But whanne thou schalt turne awey the face, thei schulen be disturblid; thou schalt take awei the spirit of them, and thei schulen faile; and thei schulen turne ayen in to her dust.

³⁰Sende out thi spirit, and thei schulen be formed of the newe; and thou schalt renule the face of the erthe.

³¹The glorie of the Lord be in to the world; the Lord schal be glad in hise werkis.

³²Which biholdith the erthe, and makith it to tremble; which touchith hillis, and tho smoken.

³³I schal singe to the Lord in my lijf; Y schal seie salm to my God, as longe as Y am.

³⁴Mi speche be myrie to him; forsothe Y schal delite in the Lord.

³⁵Synneris faile fro the erthe, and wickid men faile, so that thei be not; my soule, blesse 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.