Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Of David.
1 ver. 22;Ps. 104:1Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 [See ver. 1above] Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and Deut. 6:12;8:11forget not all his benefits,
3 who Ex. 34:7;Isa. 33:24;Matt. 9:2;Mark 2:5;[Luke 7:47] forgives all your iniquity,
who Ps. 107:20;147:3;Ex. 15:26;[Matt. 8:17]heals all your diseases,
4 who See Ps. 56:13redeems your life from the pit,
who [Ps. 5:12]crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who Ps. 107:9satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like Isa. 40:31the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works Ps. 146:7righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his Ex. 33:13;[Ps. 25:4] ways to Moses,
his [Ps. 78:11;Ex. 34:10]acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is See Ps. 86:15merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 Isa. 57:16He will not always chide,
nor will he Ps. 30:5;Jer. 3:5,12;Mic. 7:18keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us Ezra 9:13according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For See Ps. 36:5as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his Ps. 117:2steadfast love toward ver. 13, 17;Luke 1:50those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he [Isa. 38:17;43:25;Mic. 7:19]remove our transgressions from us.
13 As Mal. 3:17a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion [See ver. 11above]to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;103:14 Or knows how we are formed
he Ps. 78:39remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like Ps. 90:5grass;
he flourishes like See Job 14:2a flower of the field;
16 for Isa. 40:7the wind passes over it, and Ps. 37:36it is gone,
and See Job 7:10its place knows it no more.
17 But Ps. 25:6the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on [See ver. 11above] those who fear him,
and his righteousness to Ex. 20:5,6children’s children,
18 to those who Deut. 7:9keep his covenant
and Ps. 19:8remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has Ps. 11:4;93:2established his throne in the heavens,
and his Ps. 47:2;Dan. 4:17kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you Ps. 148:2;[Luke 2:13] his angels,
you Ps. 78:25mighty ones who Matt. 6:10do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his Gen. 32:2;Josh. 5:14;1 Kgs. 22:19hosts,
his Ps. 104:4;Dan. 7:10;Heb. 1:14ministers, who do his will!
22 Ps. 145:10Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
ver. 1, 2Bless the Lord, O my soul!