Psalms 103:8-22 ▼

8 Compassionate and gracious is YHWH, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

9 He will not contend forever, and He will not keep it forever.

10 He has not done to us according to our sins, and He has not dealt with us according to our iniquities.

11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so His loving devotion is mighty for those fearing Him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, so has He put our transgressions far from us.

13 As a father has compassion for his children, so YHWH has compassion for those fearing Him.

14 For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.

15 A man—his days are like grass; like the flower of the field, so he blossoms;

16 For the wind passes over it, and it is no more; and its place does not recognize it anymore.

17 But the loving devotion of YHWH is from forever and even to forever upon those fearing Him, and His righteousness to the sons of the sons—

18 to those keeping His covenant, and to those remembering His precepts, to do them.

19 YHWH has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all.

20 Bless YHWH, His angels, mighty of strength, doing His word, to listen to the voice of His word.

21 Bless YHWH, all His hosts, His ministering ones doing His pleasure.

22 Bless YHWH, all His works, in all places of His dominion. O my soul, bless YHWH!