By David.
103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
With all that is within me, praise 2 his holy name!
103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Do not forget all his kind deeds! 3
103:3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases, 4
103:4 who delivers 5 your life from the Pit, 6
who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,
103:5 who satisfies your life with good things, 7
so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. 8
103:6 The Lord does what is fair,
and executes justice for all the oppressed. 9
103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts 10 to Moses,
his deeds to the Israelites.
103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;
he is patient 11 and demonstrates great loyal love. 12
103:9 He does not always accuse,
and does not stay angry. 13
103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; 14
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. 15
103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,
so his loyal love towers 16 over his faithful followers. 17
103:12 As far as the eastern horizon 18 is from the west, 19
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions 20 from us.
103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, 21
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. 22
103:14 For he knows what we are made of; 23
he realizes 24 we are made of clay. 25