1. Psalm 103:1-22
(NIV)
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless Your holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget none of Your benefits; You forgive all our sins, You heal all our diseases; You redeem our lives from the pit, You crowns us with lovingkindness and compassion; You satisfy our lives with good things, so that our youth is renewed like the eagle. The LORD performs righteous deeds and judgments for all who are oppressed. He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. The, LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He does not treat us as our sins deserve, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He knows what we are made of (For He knows how we are formed);
He remembers that we are just dust (He is mindful that we are but dust).
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone and its place remembers it no more. But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness with their children's children, with those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them. The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all. Bless the LORD, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His word, obeying the voice of His word!
Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you who serve Him, doing His will. Bless the LORD, all His works, everywhere in His dominion; bless the LORD, O my soul!
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