A Psalm of David.
1 Bless theLord, O my soul; and all that is within me,blesshis holy name.
2 Bless theLord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies:
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;so thatthy youth is renewed like the eagle.
6 TheLordexecuteth righteous acts, and judgments for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his doings unto the children of Israel.
8 TheLordis full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide; neither will he keephis angerfor ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so theLordpitieth them that fear him.
14 For 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 he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of theLordis from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his precepts to do them.
19 TheLordhath established his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless theLord, ye angels of his: ye mighty in strength, that fulfill his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless theLord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless theLord, all ye his works, in all places of his dominion: bless theLord, O my soul.