Bless the LORD, O My Soul

Of David.

¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul;

all that is within me, bless His holy name.

² Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and do not forget all His kind deeds —

³ He who forgives all your iniquities

and heals all your diseases,

⁴ who redeems your life from the Pit

and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

⁵ who satisfies you with good things,

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶ The LORD executes righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

⁷ He made known His ways to Moses,

His deeds to the people of Israel.

⁸ The LORD is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

⁹ He will not always accuse us,

nor harbor His anger^* forever.

¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins

or repaid us^* according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

¹² As far as the east is from the west,

so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ As a father^* has compassion on his children,

so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

¹⁴ For He knows our frame;

He is mindful that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass—

he blooms like a flower of the field;

¹⁶ when the wind passes over, it vanishes,

and its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting

the loving devotion of the LORD

extends to those who fear Him,

and His righteousness to their children’s children —

¹⁸ to those who keep His covenant

and remember to obey His precepts.

¹⁹ The LORD has established His throne in heaven,

and His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength

who carry out His word,

who hearken to the voice of His command.

²¹ Bless the LORD, all His hosts,

you servants who do His will.

²² Bless the LORD, all His works

in all places of His dominion.

Bless the LORD, O my soul!