| Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1My soul, bless the LORD, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. | 1Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! |
| 2My soul, bless the LORD, and do not forget all his benefits. | 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, |
| 3He forgives all your iniquity; he heals all your diseases. | 3who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, |
| 4He redeems your life from the Pit; he crowns you with faithful love and compassion. | 4who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, |
| 5He satisfies you with good things; your youth is renewed like the eagle. | 5who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. |
| 6The LORD executes acts of righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. | 6The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. |
| 7He revealed his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel. | 7He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. |
| 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love. | 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
| 9He will not always accuse us or be angry forever. | 9He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. |
| 10He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve or repaid us according to our iniquities. | 10He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. |
| 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his faithful love toward those who fear him. | 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; |
| 12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | 12as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
| 13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. | 13As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. |
| 14For he knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust. | 14For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. |
| 15As for man, his days are like grass--he blooms like a flower of the field; | 15As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; |
| 16when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known. | 16for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. |
| 17But from eternity to eternity the LORD's faithful love is toward those who fear him, and his righteousness toward the grandchildren | 17But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, |
| 18of those who keep his covenant, who remember to observe his precepts. | 18to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
| 19The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. | 19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. |
| 20Bless the LORD, all his angels of great strength, who do his word, obedient to his command. | 20Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! |
| 21Bless the LORD, all his armies, his servants who do his will. | 21Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! |
| 22Bless the LORD, all his works in all the places where he rules. My soul, bless the LORD! | 22Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! |
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