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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/103.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">Davidic</p><p class="heading">Praise God, who Forgives</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Bless the LORD, my soul,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all that is within me, bless<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:1 The Heb. lacks bless">a</a></span> his holy name.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Bless the LORD, my soul,</p> <p class="poetry2">and never forget any of his benefits:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He continues to forgive all your sins,</p> <p class="poetry2">he continues to heal all your diseases,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>he continues to redeem your life from the Pit,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:4 i.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and he continuously surrounds you</p> <p class="poetry2">with gracious love and compassion.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He keeps satisfying you with good things,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle’s.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD continuously does what is right,</p> <p class="poetry2">executing justice for all who are being oppressed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He revealed his plans<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:7 Lit. ways ">c</a></span> to Moses</p> <p class="poetry2">and his deeds to the people of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The LORD is compassionate and gracious,</p> <p class="poetry2">patient,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:8 Lit. slow of anger ">d</a></span> and abundantly rich in gracious love.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He does not maintain a dispute<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:9 Or not rebuke">e</a></span> continuously</p> <p class="poetry2">or remain angry for all time.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He neither deals with us according to our sins,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor repays us equivalent to our iniquity.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As high as heaven rises above earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">so his gracious love strengthens<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:11 MT phrase high as sounds like MT verb strengthens">f</a></span> those who fear him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As distant as the east is from the west,</p> <p class="poetry2">that is how far he has removed our sins from us.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As a father has compassion for his children,</p> <p class="poetry2">so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For he knows how we were formed,</p> <p class="poetry2">aware that we were made from dust.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A person’s life is like grass—</p> <p class="poetry2">it blossoms like wild flowers,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>but when the wind blows through it,</p> <p class="poetry2">it withers away and no one remembers where it was.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet the LORD’s gracious love remains</p> <p class="poetry2">throughout eternity for those who fear him</p> <p class="poetry2">and his righteous acts extend to their children’s children,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>to those who keep his covenant</p> <p class="poetry2">and to those who remember to observe his precepts.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The LORD has established his throne in heaven</p> <p class="poetry2">and his kingdom rules over all.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Bless the LORD, you angels who belong to him,</p> <p class="poetry2">you mighty warriors who carry out his commands,</p> <p class="poetry2">who are obedient to the sound of his words.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:20 So LXX 4QPs; MT LXX read word">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Bless the LORD, all his heavenly armies,</p> <p class="poetry2">his ministers who do his will.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/103-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Bless the LORD, all his creation,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="103:22 Lit. works; or deeds">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">in all the places of his dominion.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">Bless the LORD, my soul.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 103:1 The Heb. lacks <i>bless</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 103:4 i.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 103:7 Lit. <i>ways </i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 103:8 Lit. <i>slow of anger</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 103:9 Or <i>not rebuke</i><br 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