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href="../psalms/102.htm" title="Psalm 102">◄</a> Psalm 103 <a href="../psalms/104.htm" title="Psalm 104">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/103.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O My Soul</p><subheading class="psalm-title">Of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O my soul,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all that is within me,</span><br /><span class="indent">bless his holy name!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O my soul,</span><br /><span class="indent">and forget not all his benefits,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who forgives all your iniquity,</span><br /><span class="indent">who heals all your diseases,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who redeems your life from the pit,</span><br /><span class="indent">who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who satisfies you with good</span><br /><span class="indent">so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> works righteousness</span><br /><span class="indent">and justice for all who are oppressed.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He made known his ways to Moses,</span><br /><span class="indent">his acts to the people of Israel.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is merciful and gracious,</span><br /><span class="indent">slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He will not always chide,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor will he keep his anger forever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He does not deal with us according to our sins,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor repay us according to our iniquities.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For as high as the heavens are above the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">as far as the east is from the west,</span><br /><span class="indent">so far does he remove our transgressions from us.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As a father shows compassion to his children,</span><br /><span class="indent">so the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> shows compassion to those who fear him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he knows our frame;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or knows how we are formed">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">he remembers that we are dust.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As for man, his days are like grass;</span><br /><span class="indent">he flourishes like a flower of the field;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,</span><br /><span class="indent">and its place knows it no more.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But the steadfast love of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his righteousness to children’s children,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to those who keep his covenant</span><br /><span class="indent">and remember to do his commandments.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has established his throne in the heavens,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his kingdom rules over all.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O you his angels,</span><br /><span class="indent">you mighty ones who do his word,</span><br /><span class="indent">obeying the voice of his word!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, all his hosts,</span><br /><span class="indent">his ministers, who do his will!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, all his works,</span><br /><span class="indent">in all places of his dominion.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O my soul!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">knows</span> how we are formed</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text 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