Psalms 103

1 [I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. I will praise him [MTY] with all of my inner being, [because] he [MTY] is holy.

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts — His Holy Name.

2 [I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh and never forget all the kind things he has done for me:

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,

3 He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;

Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,

4 he keeps me from dying [MTY], and blesses me by faithfully loving me and acting mercifully to me.

Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee — kindness and mercies,

5 He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles.

Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.

6 Yahweh judges justly and (vindicates/does what is right for) all those who have been treated unfairly.

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

7 [Long ago] he revealed to Moses what he planned to do; he showed to the [ancestors of us] Israeli people the mighty things that he was able to do.

He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.

8 Yahweh acts mercifully and kindly; he does not quickly (get angry/punish us) [when we sin]; he is always [showing us that he] faithfully loves us.

Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

9 He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever.

Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

10 He punishes us for our sins, but he does not punish us [severely] as we deserve [DOU]!

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

11 The skies are very high above the earth, and Yahweh’s faithful love for all those who revere him is just as great.

For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

12 He has taken away [the guilt for] [MTY] our sins, taking it as far from us as the east is from the west.

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

13 Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

14 He knows what our bodies are like; he remembers that [he created us from] dirt, and so we quickly fail [to do what pleases him] [MET].

For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.

15 We humans do not live forever [SIM]; we are like grass [SIM] [that withers and dies]. We are like wild flowers: They bloom [for a short while],

Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

16 but then the [hot] wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again.

For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

17 But Yahweh will faithfully keep loving forever all those who revere him. He will act fairly to our children and to their children;

And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

18 he will act that way to all those who obey the agreement he made with them [to bless them if they did what he told them to do], to all those who obey what he has commanded.

To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.

19 Yahweh made/caused the heavens to be the place where he rules [MTY]; from there he rules over everything.

Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.

20 You angels who belong to Yahweh, praise him! You are powerful creatures/beings who do what he tells you to do; you obey what he commands.

Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power — doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

21 Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires!

Bless Jehovah, all ye His hosts, His ministers — doing His pleasure.

22 All you things that Yahweh has created, praise him; praise him in every place where he rules, everywhere! And I [also] will praise Yahweh!

Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!