A psalm written by David

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

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

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

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

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

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

7Long 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.

8Yahweh 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.

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

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

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

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

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

14He 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].

15We 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,

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

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

18he 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.

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

20You 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.

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

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