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Psalms 103 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | To David. Praise Jehovah, O my soul, and all within me, 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 Jehovah, O my soul, and thou wilt not forget all his acts. | Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, | Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— | |
| 3 | Forgiving to all thine iniquity, healing to all thy diseases. | who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, | who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, | |
| 4 | Redeeming thy life from corruption, crowning thee with mercy and compassions. | 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 | Satisfying even to thee with good; thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle. | 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 | Jehovah did justices and judgments to all being oppressed. | The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. | The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. | |
| 7 | He will make known his ways to Moses, his doings to the sons of Israel. | 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 | Jehovah being compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and great of mercy. | 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 will not contend forever; he will not keep forever. | 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 did not to us according to our sins, and he did not recompense upon us according to our iniquities. | 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 height of the heavens above the earth, his mercy prevailed upon those fearing him. | 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 off as the sunrisings from the west, he removed far from us our transgressions. | 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 compassionating over his sons, Jehovah compassionated those fearing him. | 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 knew our formation; he remembered that we are dust. | 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 | Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish. | 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 | For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more. | 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 | And the mercy of Jehovah is from forever even to forever upon those fearing him, and his justice to sons' sons. | 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 watching his covenant, and to those remembering his charges to do them. | 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 | Jehovah prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruled over all. | 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 Jehovah, ye his messengers mighty of strength, doing his word, to hear the voice of his word. | 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 Jehovah, all ye his armies; his servants doing his will. | 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 Jehovah all ye his works in all places of his dominions: praise Jehovah, 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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