- [A Psalm] of David.
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- Bless Jehovah, O my soul;
And all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.
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- Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
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- Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
Who healeth all thy diseases;
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- Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
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- Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, [So that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
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- Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.
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- He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel.
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- Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
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- He will not always chide;
Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
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- He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.
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- For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.
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- As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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- Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
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- For he knoweth our frame;
He remembereth that we are dust.
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- As for man, his days are as grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
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- For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
And the place thereof shall know it no more.
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- But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;
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- To such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his precepts to do them.
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- Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens;
And his kingdom ruleth over all.
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- Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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- Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts, Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
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- Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion: Bless Jehovah, O my soul.
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