Psalm
103
Thanksgiving
for God’s Goodness
1
Bless
the Lord, O my soul;
and
all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2
Bless
the Lord, O my soul,
and
forget not all his benefits,
3
who
forgives all your iniquity,
who
heals all your diseases,
4
who
redeems your life from the Pit,
who
crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5
who
satisfies you with good as long as you live
so
that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6
The
Lord works vindication
and
justice for all who are oppressed.
7
He
made known his ways to Moses,
his
acts to the people of Israel.
8
The
Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow
to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9
He
will not always chide,
nor
will he keep his anger for ever.
10
He
does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor
requite us according to our iniquities.
11
For
as the heavens are high above the earth,
so
great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12
as
far as the east is from the west,
so
far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13
As a
father pities his children,
so
the Lord pities those who fear him.
14
For
he knows our frame;
he
remembers that we are dust.
15
As
for man, his days are like grass;
he
flourishes like a flower of the field;
16
for
the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and
its place knows it no more.
17
But
the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
upon
those who fear him,
and
his righteousness to children’s children,
18
to
those who keep his covenant
and
remember to do his commandments.
19
The
Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and
his kingdom rules over all.
20
Bless
the Lord, O you his angels,
you
mighty ones who do his word,
hearkening
to the voice of his word!
21
Bless
the Lord, all his hosts,
his
ministers that do his will!
22
Bless
the Lord, all his works,
in
all places of his dominion.
Bless
the Lord, O my soul!