¹   Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.
²   Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and do not forget all his benefits —
³   who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
⁴   who redeems your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵   who satisfies you with good as long as you live
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶   The LORD works vindication
and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷   He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
⁸   The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹   He will not always accuse,
nor will he keep his anger for ever.
¹⁰  He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹  For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
¹²  as far as the east is from the west,
so far he removes our transgressions from us.
¹³  As a father has compassion for his children,
so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
¹⁴  For he knows how we were made;
he remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵  As for mortals, their days are like grass;
they flourish like a flower of the field;
¹⁶  for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
¹⁷  But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
¹⁸  to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.

¹⁹  The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
²⁰  Bless the LORD, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
obedient to his spoken word.
²¹  Bless the LORD, all his hosts,
his ministers that do his will.
²²  Bless the LORD, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.

EVENING PSALM 117