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¹ Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ² Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: ³ who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; ⁴ who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; ⁵ who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.

⁶ The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. ⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel. ⁸ The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy. ⁹ He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever. ¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. ¹¹ For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. ¹³ As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him. ¹⁴ For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. ¹⁶ For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more. ¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children; ¹⁸ to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them.

¹⁹ The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all. ²⁰ Bless the Lord, all ye his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, ready to hearken to the voice of his words. ²¹ Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will. ²² Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.