Psalms 103

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

Psalm 103 begins with the speaker calling upon their soul and entire being to bless the holy name of the Lord and remember His benefits. The text details that God forgives iniquities, heals diseases, redeems lives from the Pit, provides loving devotion, and satisfies the soul with good things while executing righteousness and justice for the oppressed. It recounts that God revealed His ways to Moses and His deeds to the people of Israel, establishing His throne in heaven with a kingdom ruling over all. The psalm contrasts the brief, grass-like lifespan of mortal humans—whose days vanish when the wind passes—with the everlasting loving devotion and righteousness of the Lord that extends to children's children for those who keep His covenant. Finally, the speaker summons all angels, heavenly hosts, servants, and all works across God's dominion to bless the Lord, concluding with a repetition of the call for the speaker's own soul to bless the Lord.

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¹Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. ²Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— ³He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, ⁴who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, ⁵who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. ⁶The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. ⁷He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. ⁸The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. ⁹He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. ¹⁰He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. ¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for 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 has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. ¹⁴For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. ¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; ¹⁶when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. ¹⁷But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— ¹⁸to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. ¹⁹The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. ²⁰Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. ²¹Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will. ²²Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

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