*Psalms 103

₁I will praise the Lord.

I want to praise his holy name

with all my heart.

₂I will praise the Lord with everything in my life.

I don't want to forget any

of the wonderful things that He has done.

₃He is the One who forgives

all my sins and heals all my diseases.

₄He is the One who saves my life

so that I don't go to the grave,

and who gives me his love and

his mercy that never change.

₅He is the One who is very good to me,

and who makes me strong

and young again, like an eagle.

₆The Lord does what is right and fair

to people who suffer and are oppressed.

₇He told Moses what He wanted,

and He showed the Israelites

what He could do.

₈The Lord is full of mercy and grace.

He is patient and does not become angry quickly.

His love for us will never change.

₉He will not always accuse us

or stay angry with us.

₁₀He does not punish us

for all the sins that we have done,

and He does not punish us as He should

for the things that we have done wrong.

₁₁Yes, as high as heaven is above the earth,

that is how great the love of the Lord is

for the people who fear Him,

and his love for us will never change.

₁₂As far as the east is from the west,

that is how far the Lord

takes away our sins from us.

₁₃As a father is good to his children,

that is how the Lord is good and shows

his mercy to the people who fear Him.

₁₄Because He knows us,

He knows how we were made,

and He knows that we are only dust.

₁₅A person does not live for a long time,

and his life is like grass.

It grows like a wild flower,

₁₆but when the wind blows over it,

it dies and disappears and

no one knows where it was.

₁₇But the love of the Lord never stops.

It continues forever for the people

who worship and serve Him,

and He is good to their children

and their grandchildren.

₁₈He does what is right for everyone

who obeys his covenant and does

what He says in his commandments.

₁₉The throne of the Lord is in heaven.

He is King of everything and everyone.

₂₀Angels of the Lord,

you must praise the Lord,

you who are strong and do what God says.

₂₁All the armies in heaven,

you are his servants who do

what the Lord wants, and you must praise Him.

₂₂Everything and everyone

that the Lord has made,

you must praise the Lord

in all the places where He is King.

I also want to praise the Lord.