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- ¶ BLESS the LORD, O my soul;
and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
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- Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
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- Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.
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- Who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
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- Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
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- ¶ The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
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- He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the children of Israel.
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- The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy.
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- He will not always chide;
neither will he retain his anger for ever.
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- He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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- For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that revere him.
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- As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
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- As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who worship him.
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- For he knows whereof we are made;
he remembers that we are dust.
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- As for man, his days are as grass;
as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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- For when the wind passes over it, it is gone;
and the place thereof is known no more.
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- But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that reverence him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
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- To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
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- ¶ The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
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- Bless the LORD, O you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word.
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- Bless you the LORD, all you his hosts;
you ministers of his that do his pleasure.
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- Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion;
bless the LORD, O my soul.
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