| Berean Study Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. | 1A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. |
| 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— | 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: |
| 3He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, | 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; |
| 4who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, | 4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; |
| 5who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. | 5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
| 6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. | 6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. |
| 7He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. | 7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. |
| 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. | 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. |
| 9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. | 9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. |
| 10He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. | 10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. |
| 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who 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 has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. | 13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. |
| 14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. | 14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. |
| 15As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; | 15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. |
| 16when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. | 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. |
| 17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their 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 those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. | 18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. |
| 19The LORD has established His throne in 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 His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. | 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 His hosts, you servants who 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 all places 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. |
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