Psalm 103, Chant D

 

Psalm 103  Benedic, anima mea

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, *
and all that is within me, bless his ho-ly Name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, *
and forget not all his ben-efits.

3 He forgives all your sins *
and heals all your in-firm-ities;

4 He redeems your life from the grave *
and crowns you with mercy and lov-ing-kind-ness;

5 He satisfies you with good things, *
and your youth is renewed like an ea-gle’s.

6 The LORD exe-cutes right-eousness *
and judgment for all who are op-pressed.

7 He made his ways known to Mo-ses *
and his works to the chil-dren of Is-rael.

8 The LORD is full of compassion and mer-cy, *
slow to anger and of great kind-ness.

9 He will not always ac-cuse us, *
nor will he keep his an-ger for e-ver.

10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, *
nor rewarded us according to our wic-kedness.

11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, *
so is his mercy great upon those who fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, *
so far has he re-moved our sins from us.

13 As a father cares for his chil-dren, *
so does the LORD care for those who fear him.

14 For he himself knows whereof we are made; *
he remembers that we are but dust.

15 Our days are like the grass ; *
we flourish like a flower of the field;

16 When the wind goes over it, it is gone, *
and its place shall know it no more.

17 But the merciful goodness of the LORD endures for ever on those who fear him, *
and his righteousness on chil-dren’s chil-dren;

18 On those who keep his co-venant *
and remember his command-ments and do them.

19 The LORD has set his throne in hea-ven, *
and his kingship has dominion ov-er all.

20 Bless the LORD, you angels of his, you mighty ones who do his bid-ding, *
and hearken to the voice of his word.

21 Bless the LORD, all you his hosts, *
you ministers of his who do his will.

22 Bless the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his do-min-ion; *
bless the LORD, O my soul.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ev-er. A-men.