Psalm 103

1. O bless the LORD, my soul, bless your Preserver; / Let all within me praise His Name with fervor. / My soul, forget not all His benefits; / O bless the LORD, who pardons your / transgression, / Who heals your illnesses in His compassion, / Who saves you and redeems you from the Pit.

2. Bless Him who with His steadfast mercy crowns / you, / Who with His love and faithfulness surrounds / you, / Who grants His bounteous gifts your whole life / through. / To Him who shows His righteousness sing / praises; / From their affliction He His people raises. / Your youth He, like the eagle’s, will renew.

3. To the oppressed His justice He discloses. / His glorious ways He once made known to / Moses; / The LORD revealed His deeds to Israel. / He will not always chide, but, mercy showing, / His steadfast cov’nant love on us bestowing, / He’ll stay His wrath; the LORD is merciful. / William Helder, 1972