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 forget not all his praises:

3who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases;

4who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;

5who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.

6The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.

7He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel.

8The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy.

9He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.

11For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased 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.

13As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him.

14For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust.

15As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish.

16For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more.

17But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;

18to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them.

19The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all.

20Bless the Lord, all ye his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, ready to hearken to the voice of his words.

21Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.

22Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.