Psalms 103-105

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!

1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

4He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

10He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

16The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

17where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

18The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

22The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

28When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

30When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

32He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

3Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

7He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

9the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

14He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

17He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

20The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

21He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.

29He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

30Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

31He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.

32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.

33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.

35They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!