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103:1  This is a song that David wrote. I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’ Everything that is in me, praise his holy name!
103:2  I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’ Never forget all the good things that he has done for you!
103:3  He forgives all my sins. He makes me well again when I am ill.
103:4  He saves me from the deep hole of death's power. He always loves me and he is kind to me. That is how he blesses me so much!
103:5  He gives me many good things for my life here. So I become strong again, with the strength of a young eagle.
103:6  The Lord does what is right and fair. He helps poor people who suffer.
103:7  He showed Moses how he works to help his people. He showed the Israelites the great things that he could do.
103:8  The Lord is kind to people and he forgives them. He is slow to get angry and his love always continues.
103:9  He will not always tell us that we are wrong. He will not always continue to be angry.
103:10  We should receive much punishment for the bad things that we do. But the Lord does not punish us so much.
103:11  For people who worship him, his faithful love is very great. How far is the sky above the earth? His love is greater than that!
103:12  How far is the east from the west? The Lord has taken our sins further away than that! He no longer says that we are guilty.
103:13  As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him.
103:14  He knows that we are weak humans. He remembers that he used dust to make us.
103:15  A person's life is like grass that quickly dies. He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field.
103:16  A hot wind blows over flowers and they die! Nobody even remembers where they were growing.
103:17  But the faithful love of the Lord will always be with people who worship him. He promises to be kind to their children's children for ever.
103:18  He continues to love people who obey his covenant. Those are the people who obey his laws.
103:19  The Lord rules from his throne in heaven. He rules as king over everything.
103:20  You who are the Lord's angels, you strong angels who do what he tells you to do, praise the Lord!
103:21  All of you who belong to his armies in heaven, his servants who do what he wants, praise the Lord!
103:22  Yes, everything that the Lord has made, in all the places that he rules over, praise the Lord! I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’