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Psalms 103
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1My soul, praise the LORD! Every part of me, praise his holy name!
- 2My soul, praise the LORD and never forget how kind he is!
- 3He forgives all our sins and heals all our sicknesses.
- 4He saves us from the grave, and he gives us love and compassion.
- 5He gives us plenty of good things. He makes us young again, like an eagle that grows new feathers.
- 6The LORD does what is fair. He brings justice to all who have been hurt by others.
- 7He taught his laws to Moses. He let Israel see the powerful things he can do.
- 8The LORD is kind and merciful. He is patient and full of love.
- 9He does not always criticize. He does not stay angry with us forever.
- 10We sinned against him, but he didn’t give us the punishment we deserved.
- 11His love for his followers is as high above us as heaven is above the earth.
- 12And he has taken our sins as far away from us as the east is from the west.
- 13The LORD is as kind to his followers as a father is to his children.
- 14He knows all about us. He knows we are made from dust.
- 15He knows our lives are short, that they are like grass. He knows we are like a little wildflower that grows so quickly,
- 16but when the hot wind blows, it dies. Soon, you cannot even see where the flower was.