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Psalm 103: Bless the LORD, O My Soul

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Psalms 103:1–22

1Bless the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2Bless the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; 4who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed. 7He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to 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 forever. 10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward those who fear him. 12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear him. 14For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. 15As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. 17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children; 18to such as keep his covenant, and to those who remember his commandments to do them. 19The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. 20Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word. 21Bless the LORD, all you his hosts; you ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, my soul.

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David tells his soul to bless the LORD and not forget his benefits. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our sins from us. He knows we are dust, yet his loving devotion lasts forever for those who fear him.

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One of 19 passages in David's Psalms and Prayers of David, in the group “Other well-known psalms of David.”

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