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Psalms 103 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | By David. Praise the LORD, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name! | Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! | Of David. Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. | |
| 2 | Praise the LORD, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds! | Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, | Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— | |
| 3 | He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, | who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, | who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, | |
| 4 | who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion, | who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, | who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, | |
| 5 | who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle's. | who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. | who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. | |
| 6 | The LORD does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed. | The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. | The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. | |
| 7 | The LORD revealed his faithful acts to Moses, his deeds to the Israelites. | He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. | He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: | |
| 8 | The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love. | The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. | The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. | |
| 9 | He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry. | He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. | He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; | |
| 10 | He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. | He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. | he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. | |
| 11 | For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers. | For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; | For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; | |
| 12 | As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us. | as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. | 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 his faithful followers. | As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. | As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; | |
| 14 | For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. | For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. | for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. | |
| 15 | A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, | As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; | The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; | |
| 16 | but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew. | for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. | the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. | |
| 17 | But the LORD continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants, | But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, | But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— | |
| 18 | to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands. | to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. | with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. | |
| 19 | The LORD has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything. | The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. | The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. | |
| 20 | Praise the LORD, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders! | Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! | Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. | |
| 21 | Praise the LORD, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires! | Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! | Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. | |
| 22 | Praise the LORD, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the LORD, O my soul! | Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! | Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul. | |
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