| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Bless the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. | 1Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! |
| 2Bless the LORD, my soul, and never forget any of his benefits: | 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, |
| 3He continues to forgive all your sins, he continues to heal all your diseases, | 3who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, |
| 4he continues to redeem your life from the Pit, and he continuously surrounds you with gracious love and compassion. | 4who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, |
| 5He keeps satisfying you with good things, and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle's. | 5who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. |
| 6The LORD continuously does what is right, executing justice for all who are being oppressed. | 6The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. |
| 7He revealed his plans to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel. | 7He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. |
| 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love. | 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
| 9He does not maintain a dispute continuously or remain angry for all time. | 9He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. |
| 10He neither deals with us according to our sins, nor repays us equivalent to our iniquity. | 10He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. |
| 11As high as heaven rises above earth, so his gracious love strengthens those who fear him. | 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; |
| 12As distant as the east is from the west, that is how far he has removed our sins from us. | 12as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
| 13As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him. | 13As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. |
| 14For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust. | 14For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. |
| 15A person's life is like grass— it blossoms like wild flowers, | 15As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; |
| 16but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was. | 16for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. |
| 17Yet the LORD's gracious love remains throughout eternity for those who fear him and his righteous acts extend to their children's children, | 17But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, |
| 18to those who keep his covenant and to those who remember to observe his precepts. | 18to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
| 19The LORD has established his throne in heaven and his kingdom rules over all. | 19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. |
| 20Bless the LORD, you angels who belong to him, you mighty warriors who carry out his commands, who are obedient to the sound of his words. | 20Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! |
| 21Bless the LORD, all his heavenly armies, his ministers who do his will. | 21Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! |
| 22Bless the LORD, all his creation, in all the places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, my soul. | 22Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! |
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