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class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul, bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">and do not forget all his benefits.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He forgives all your iniquity;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he heals all your diseases.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He redeems your life from the Pit;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He satisfies you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.103.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> with good things;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your youth is renewed like the eagle.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> executes acts of righteousness</p><p class="poem">and justice for all the oppressed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He revealed his ways to Moses,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">his deeds to the people of Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is compassionate and gracious,</p><p class="poem">slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He will not always accuse us</p><p class="poem">or be angry forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve</p><p class="poem">or repaid us according to our iniquities.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For as high as the heavens are above the earth,</p><p class="poem">so great is his faithful love</p><p class="poem">toward those who fear him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As far as the east is from the west,</p><p class="poem">so far has he removed</p><p class="poem">our transgressions from us.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As a father has compassion on his children,</p><p class="poem">so the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has compassion on those who fear him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For he knows what we are made of,</p><p class="poem">remembering that we are dust.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As for man, his days are like grass —</p><p class="poem">he blooms like a flower of the field;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,</p><p class="poem">and its place is no longer known.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.103.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But from eternity to eternity</p><p class="poem">the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,</p><p class="poem">and his righteousness toward the grandchildren<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>of those who keep his covenant,</p><p class="poem">who remember to observe his precepts.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has established his throne in heaven,</p><p class="poem">and his kingdom rules over all.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">all his angels of great strength,</p><p class="poem">who do his word,</p><p class="poem">obedient to his command.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, all his armies,</p><p class="poem">his servants who do his will.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.103.22" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/103-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, all his works</p><p class="poem">in all the places where he rules.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.103.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">My soul, bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>!</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.103" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.103.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.5">103:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">satisfies your ornament</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.103.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.16">103:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">place no longer knows it</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.103" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.1">103:1</a></span> Ps 30:4; 97:12; 104:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.2">103:2</a></span> Dt 6:12; 8:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.3">103:3</a></span> Is 43:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.3">103:3</a></span> Jr 30:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.4">103:4</a></span> Ps 49:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.4">103:4</a></span> Ps 5:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.5">103:5</a></span> Ps 107:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.5">103:5</a></span> Is 40:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.6">103:6</a></span> Ps 147:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.7">103:7</a></span> Ex 33:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.7">103:7</a></span> Ps 78:11; 99:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.8">103:8</a></span> Ex 34:6; Nm 14:18; Neh 9:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.9">103:9</a></span> Is 57:16; Jr 3:12; Mc 7:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.10">103:10</a></span> Ezr 9:13; Lm 3:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.11">103:11</a></span> Ps 36:5; 57:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.12">103:12</a></span> Is 43:25; Mc 7:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.13">103:13</a></span> Mal 3:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.14">103:14</a></span> Gn 2:7; 3:19; Ps 78:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.15">103:15</a></span> Jb 14:2; 1Pt 1:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.15">103:15-16</a></span> Is 40:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.17">103:17</a></span> Ex 20:6; Dt 5:10; Ps 25:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.18">103:18</a></span> Dt 7:9; Ps 25:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.19">103:19</a></span> Ps 11:4; 47:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.20">103:20</a></span> Ps 29:1; 148:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.21">103:21</a></span> 1Kg 22:19; Neh 9:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.103.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.103.22">103:22</a></span> Ps 145:10</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.103" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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