New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 103:2-18

2Bless the Lord, O my soul, And 1forget none of His benefits;3Who 2pardons all your iniquities, Who 3heals all your diseases;4Who 4redeems your life from the pit, Who 5crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;5Who 6satisfies your 7years with good things, So that your youth is 8renewed like the eagle.

6The Lord 9performs 10righteous deeds And judgments for all who are 11oppressed.7He 12made known His ways to Moses, His 13acts to the sons of Israel.8The Lord is 14compassionate and gracious, 15Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.9He 16will not always strive with us, Nor will He 17keep His anger forever.10He has 18not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.11For as high 19as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who 20fear Him.12As far as the east is from the west, So far has He 21removed our transgressions from us.13Just 22as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who 23fear Him.14For 24He Himself knows 25our frame; He 26is mindful that we are but 27dust.

15As for man, his days are 28like grass; As a 29flower of the field, so he flourishes.16When the 30wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its 31place acknowledges it no longer.17But the 32lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who 33fear Him, And His 34righteousness 35to children’s children,18To 36those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.

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Notes

1. Psalms 103:2 Deut 6:12; 8:11 ↩
2. Psalms 103:3 Ex 34:7; Ps 86:5; 130:8; Is 43:25 ↩
3. Psalms 103:3 Ex 15:26; Ps 30:2; Jer 30:17 ↩
4. Psalms 103:4 Ps 49:15 ↩
5. Psalms 103:4 Ps 5:12 ↩
6. Psalms 103:5 Ps 107:9; 145:16 ↩
7. Psalms 103:5 Or desire ↩
8. Psalms 103:5 Is 40:31 ↩
9. Psalms 103:6 Ps 99:4; 146:7 ↩
10. Psalms 103:6 Or deeds of vindication ↩
11. Psalms 103:6 Ps 12:5 ↩
12. Psalms 103:7 Ex 33:13; Ps 99:7; 147:19 ↩
13. Psalms 103:7 Ps 78:11; 106:22 ↩
14. Psalms 103:8 Ex 34:6; Num 14:18; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; Jon 4:2; James 5:11 ↩
15. Psalms 103:8 Ps 145:8; Joel 2:13; Nah 1:3 ↩
16. Psalms 103:9 Ps 30:5; Is 57:16 ↩
17. Psalms 103:9 Jer 3:5, 12; Mic 7:18 ↩
18. Psalms 103:10 Ezra 9:13; Lam 3:22 ↩
19. Psalms 103:11 Ps 36:5; 57:10 ↩
20. Psalms 103:11 Or revere ↩
21. Psalms 103:12 2 Sam 12:13; Is 38:17; 43:25; Zech 3:9; Heb 9:26 ↩
22. Psalms 103:13 Mal 3:17 ↩
23. Psalms 103:13 Or revere ↩
24. Psalms 103:14 Is 29:16 ↩
25. Psalms 103:14 I.e. what we are made of ↩
26. Psalms 103:14 Ps 78:39 ↩
27. Psalms 103:14 Gen 3:19; Eccl 12:7 ↩
28. Psalms 103:15 Ps 90:5; Is 40:6; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
29. Psalms 103:15 Job 14:2; James 1:10, 11 ↩
30. Psalms 103:16 Is 40:7 ↩
31. Psalms 103:16 Job 7:10; 8:18; 20:9 ↩
32. Psalms 103:17 Ps 25:6 ↩
33. Psalms 103:17 Or revere ↩
34. Psalms 103:17 I.e. faithfulness to His gracious promises ↩
35. Psalms 103:17 Ex 20:6; Deut 5:10; Ps 105:8 ↩
36. Psalms 103:18 Deut 7:9; Ps 25:10 ↩

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