1. O thou my soul, bless God the Lord;and all that in me isBe stirred up his holy nameto magnify and bless.
2. Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God,and not forgetful beOf all his gracious benefitshe hath bestow'd on thee.
3. All thine iniquities who dothmost graciously forgive:Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal,and thee relieve.
4. Who doth redeem thy life, that thouto death may'st not go down;Who thee with loving-kindness dothand tender mercies crown:
5. Who with abundance of good thingsdoth satisfy thy mouth;So that, ev'n as the eagle's age,renewed is thy youth.
6. God righteous judgment executesfor all oppressed ones.
7. His ways to Moses, he his actsmade known to Isr'el's sons.
8. The Lord our God is merciful,and he is gracious,Long-suffering, and slow to wrath,in mercy plenteous.
9. He will not chide continually,nor keep his anger still.
10. With us he dealt not as we sinn'd,nor did requite our ill.
11. For as the heaven in its heightthe earth surmounteth far;So great to those that do him fearhis tender mercies are:
12. As far as east is distant fromthe west, so far hath heFrom us removed, in his love,all our iniquity.
13. Such pity as a father hathunto his children dear;Like pity shews the Lord to suchas worship him in fear.
14. For he remembers we are dust,and he our frame well knows.
15. Frail man, his days are like the grass,as flow'r in field he grows:
16. For over it the wind doth pass,and it away is gone;And of the place where once it wasit shall no more be known.
17. But unto them that do him fearGod's mercy never ends;And to their children's children stillhis righteousness extends:
18. To such as keep his covenant,and mindful are alwayOf his most just commandements,that they may them obey.
19. The Lord prepared hath his thronein heavens firm to stand;And ev'ry thing that being hathhis kingdom doth command.
20. O ye his angels, that excelin strength, bless ye the Lord;Ye who obey what he commands,and hearken to his word.
21. O bless and magnify the Lord,ye glorious hosts of his;Ye ministers, that do fulfilwhate'er his pleasure is.
22. O bless the Lord, all ye his works,wherewith the world is stor'dIn his dominions ev'ry where.My soul, bless thou the Lord.