Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 103 Young's Literal Translation
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts — His Holy Name.
1 By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2 Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,
2 Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,
3 Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,
3 who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
4 Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee — kindness and mercies,
4 who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
5 Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.
5 who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.
6 Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
8 Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
8 Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9 Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.
9 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
10 Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11 For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12 As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14 For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.
14 For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15 Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17 And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,
17 But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,
18 To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.
18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19 Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.
19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power — doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.
20 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
21 Bless Jehovah, all ye His hosts, His ministers — doing His pleasure.
21 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22 Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!
22 Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 146:1–2; Psalm 57:7–11; 1 Corinthians 14:15; John 4:24; Psalm 111:1
- 2 Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 116:12; Psalm 105:5; Luke 17:15–18; Deuteronomy 6:12
- 3 Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 53:5; Jeremiah 17:14; Psalm 30:2; Psalm 41:3–4
- 4 Psalm 56:13; Psalm 71:23; Psalm 103:12; 1 Peter 5:4; Psalm 34:22
- 5 Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 107:9; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Psalm 63:5
- 6 Psalm 12:5; Psalm 9:9; Proverbs 14:31; Psalm 146:7; Psalm 72:12
- 7 Exodus 33:13; Psalm 147:19; Psalm 78:11; Nehemiah 9:14; Psalm 77:20
- 8 Psalm 86:15; Joel 2:13; Exodus 34:6–7; Psalm 145:8; Nahum 1:3
- 9 Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 30:5; Micah 7:18–19; Jeremiah 3:5; Jeremiah 3:12
- 10 Ezra 9:13; Nehemiah 9:31; Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 130:3; Daniel 9:18–19
- 11 Psalm 57:10; Luke 1:50; Psalm 36:5; Ephesians 2:4–7; Psalm 103:17
- 12 Isaiah 43:25; 1 John 1:7; Micah 7:18; Isaiah 38:17; Jeremiah 31:34
- 13 Luke 11:11–12; Hebrews 12:5–11; Luke 15:21–22; Psalm 103:17; Jeremiah 31:20
- 14 Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 10:9; Psalm 78:38–39; Genesis 3:19; Psalm 89:47
- 15 1 Peter 1:24; James 1:10–11; Isaiah 40:6–8; Isaiah 51:12; Isaiah 28:1
- 16 Isaiah 40:7; Job 20:9; Job 14:10; Job 7:6–10; Genesis 5:24
- 17 Psalm 100:5; Ephesians 2:4–7; 2 Timothy 1:9; Exodus 20:6; Romans 1:17
- 18 Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 132:12; Matthew 28:20; Luke 1:6; Exodus 24:8
- 19 Psalm 47:2; Philippians 2:9–10; Psalm 9:7; Psalm 11:4; 1 Peter 3:22
- 20 Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 148:2; Luke 1:19; Matthew 26:53; Luke 2:13–14
- 21 1 Kings 22:19; Nehemiah 9:6; Luke 2:13; Psalm 104:4; Joshua 5:14
- 22 Isaiah 42:10–12; Isaiah 49:13; Psalm 145:10; Psalm 148:3–12; Psalm 150:6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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