Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
1Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. | 1Of David. Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. |
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— | 2Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- |
3He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, | 3who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, |
4who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, | 4who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, |
5who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. | 5who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. | 6The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. |
7He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. | 7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: |
8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. | 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. |
9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. | 9He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; |
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. | 10he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay 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 high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who 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 has he removed our transgressions from us. |
13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. | 13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; |
14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. | 14for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. |
15As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; | 15The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; |
16when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. | 16the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers 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 from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children-- |
18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. | 18with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. |
19The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. | 19The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. |
20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. | 20Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. |
21Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will. | 21Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. |
22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! | 22Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul. |
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