| Chapter 103 |
1 | {[A Psalm] of David.} Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name!
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2 | Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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3 | Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases;
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4 | Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;
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5 | Who satisfieth thine old age with good [things]; thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
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6 | Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.
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7 | He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
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8 | Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
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9 | He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
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10 | He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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11 | For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.
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12 | As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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13 | As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
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14 | For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
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15 | As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
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16 | For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
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17 | But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
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18 | To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.
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19 | Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all.
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20 | Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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21 | Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.
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22 | Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless Jehovah, O my soul!
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