Psalm 103:1-18

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Of David.

1
y Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
 2 y Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and z forget not all his benefits,
 3 who a forgives all your iniquity,
who b heals all your diseases,
 4 who c redeems your life from the pit,
who d crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
 5 who e satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like f the eagle's.

6 The Lord works g righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
 7 He made known his h ways to Moses,
his i acts to the people of Israel.
 8 The Lord is j merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
 9 k He will not always chide,
nor will he l keep his anger forever.
 10 He does not deal with us m according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
 11 For n as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his o steadfast love toward p those who fear him;
 12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he q remove our transgressions from us.
 13 As r a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion p to those who fear him.
 14 For he knows our frame; 1
he s remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like t grass;
he flourishes like u a flower of the field;
 16 for v the wind passes over it, and w it is gone,
and x its place knows it no more.
 17 But y the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on p those who fear him,
and his righteousness to z children's children,
 18 to those who a keep his covenant
and b remember to do his commandments.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 103:22
    Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    Psalms 104:1
    Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 103:1
    Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:12
    Then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
    Deuteronomy 8:11
    Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 34:7
    Keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.
    Isaiah 33:24
    And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
    Matthew 9:2
    And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.
    Mark 2:5
    And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven.
    Luke 7:47
    Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven - for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 107:20
    He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
    Psalms 147:3
    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
    Exodus 15:26
    Saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.
    Matthew 8:17
    This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 56:13
    For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 5:12
    For you bless the righteous, O Lord ; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 107:9
    For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:31
    But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 146:7
    Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 33:13
    Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.
    Psalms 25:4
    Make me to know your ways, O Lord ; teach me your paths.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 78:11
    They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them.
    Exodus 34:10
    And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 86:15
    But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:16
    For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 30:5
    For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
    Jeremiah 3:5
    Will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.
    Jeremiah 3:12
    Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord ; I will not be angry forever.
    Micah 7:18
    Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
  16. Cross References
    Ezra 9:13
    And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 36:5
    Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 117:2
    For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 103:13
    As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
    Psalms 103:17
    But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children.
    Luke 1:50
    And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 38:17
    Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
    Micah 7:19
    He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
  21. Cross References
    Malachi 3:17
    They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 103:11
    For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 78:39
    He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 90:5
    You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
  25. Cross References
    Job 14:2
    He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:7
    The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 37:36
    But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
  28. Cross References
    Job 7:10
    He returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 25:6
    Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 103:11
    For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 20:5 - 6
    You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:9
    Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 19:8
    The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
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