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Psalms 102
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1(103) [A Psalm] of David. Bless the Lord, O 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, O my soul, and forget not all his praises:
2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3who forgives all your transgressions, who heals all your diseases;
3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4who redeems your life from corruption; who crowns you with mercy and compassion;
4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5who satisfies your desire with good things: [so that] your youth shall be renewed like [that] of the eagle.
5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.
6The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel.
7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, longsuffering, and full of mercy.
8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever.
9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.
10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has [so] increased his mercy toward them that fear him.
11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west, [so far] has he removed our transgressions from us.
12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13As a father pities [his] children, the Lord pities them that fear him.
13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust.
14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15[As for] man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish.
15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;
17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
18to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them.
18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all.
19The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20Bless the Lord, all you⌃ his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, [ready] to listen to the voice of his words.
20Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21Bless the Lord, all you⌃ his hosts; [you⌃] ministers of histhat do his will.
21Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
22Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.