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Psalm 103

Vers 1

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)O bless the LORD, my soul, bless your preserver!
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) My inmost being, praise his name with fervour.
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) Do not forget his deeds of love and grace.
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) O bless the LORD, who pardons your transgressions,
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) who heals your illnesses in his compassion,
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) and who redeems your life from death’s abyss.

Vers 2

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)O bless the LORD, who with his mercy crowns you,
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) who with his love and faithfulness surrounds you,
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) who grants his bounteous gifts your whole life through.
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) To him who shows his righteousness, sing praises;
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) from their affliction he his people raises.
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) Your youth he, like the eagle’s, will renew.

Vers 3

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)To the oppressed his justice he discloses
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) His ways he long ago revealed to Moses;
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) his deeds he has to Israel made known
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) Great is his love! The LORD is slow to anger.
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) He will not let his wrath forever linger
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) and will not endlessly accuse his own.

Vers 4

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)The LORD has dealt with us in great compassion,
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) not punished us according to transgression.
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) High as the vault of heaven, without end,
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) so great his mercy is to those who fear him;
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) he sweeps the sins of all those who revere him
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) as far away as east from west extends.

Vers 5

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)In tender mercy, like that of a father
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) who has compassion on his sons and daughters,
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) God looks on those who put in him their trust.
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) On all who fear him, he will have compassion,
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) for well he knows how we were formed and fashioned;
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) the LORD remembers that we’re only dust.

Vers 6

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)Life is like grass, so quick to fade and perish,
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) or like a flower that will but briefly flourish,
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) that sears and withers in the blowing wind;
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) soon it is gone, not leaving any traces.
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) But God is ever merciful and gracious:
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) his love stands firm, abiding without end.

Vers 7

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)God’s mercy, everlasting and unfailing,
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) his righteousness, for evermore prevailing,
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) will rest on those who worship him with awe.
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) God will be faithful through the generations
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) to children’s children who with dedication
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) uphold his covenant and obey his laws.

Vers 8

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)His holy throne the LORD in heaven has founded;
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) from there he rules with sovereign power unbounded,
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) for all the universe is his domain.
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) Praise him, you angels, great in might and splendour.
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) You loyal servants, in your awe and wonder
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) shout forth the praise of his eternal reign!

Vers 9

Notenbalk regel 1 (iso)Notenbalk regel 1 (rit)You hosts of angels, worship and adore him
Notenbalk regel 2 (iso)Notenbalk regel 2 (rit) All you who serve and minister before him,
Notenbalk regel 3 (iso)Notenbalk regel 3 (rit) his justice and his majesty extol!
Notenbalk regel 4 (iso)Notenbalk regel 4 (rit) Let all created things in glad communion
Notenbalk regel 5 (iso)Notenbalk regel 5 (rit) exalt his name throughout his vast dominion.
Notenbalk regel 6 (iso)Notenbalk regel 6 (rit) Come, praise the LORD and bless him, O my soul!
Over deze psalm

Psalm 103 is een psalm van David en behoort tot Boek IV (Psalm 90–106) van het Psalter.

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