103:3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases, 1
103:4 who delivers 2 your life from the Pit, 3
who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,
103:5 who satisfies your life with good things, 4
so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. 5
103:6 The Lord does what is fair,
and executes justice for all the oppressed. 6
103:7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts 7 to Moses,
his deeds to the Israelites.
103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;
he is patient 8 and demonstrates great loyal love. 9
103:9 He does not always accuse,
and does not stay angry. 10
103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; 11
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. 12
103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,
so his loyal love towers 13 over his faithful followers. 14
103:12 As far as the eastern horizon 15 is from the west, 16
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions 17 from us.
103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, 18
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. 19
103:14 For he knows what we are made of; 20
he realizes 21 we are made of clay. 22
103:15 A person’s life is like grass. 23
Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
103:16 but when the hot wind 24 blows by, it disappears,
and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
103:17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, 25
and is faithful to their descendants, 26
103:18 to those who keep his covenant,
who are careful to obey his commands. 27
103:19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven;
his kingdom extends over everything. 28
103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,
you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees
and obey his orders! 29
103:21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, 30
you servants of his who carry out his desires! 31
103:22 Praise the Lord, all that he has made, 32
in all the regions 33 of his kingdom!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!