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Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. |
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Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— |
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He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, |
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who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, |
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who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. |
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The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. |
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He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. |
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The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. |
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He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. |
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He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. |
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For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear 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 has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. |
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For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. |
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As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; |
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when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. |
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But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— |
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to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. |
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The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. |
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Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command. |
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Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will. |
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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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