| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Davidic. My soul, praise Yahweh, and all that is within me, praise His holy name. | 1Bless the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. |
| 2My soul, praise the LORD, and do not forget all His benefits. | 2Bless the LORD, my soul, and never forget any of his benefits: |
| 3He forgives all your sin; He heals all your diseases. | 3He continues to forgive all your sins, he continues to heal all your diseases, |
| 4He redeems your life from the Pit; He crowns you with faithful love and compassion. | 4he continues to redeem your life from the Pit, and he continuously surrounds you with gracious love and compassion. |
| 5He satisfies you with goodness; your youth is renewed like the eagle. | 5He keeps satisfying you with good things, and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle's. |
| 6The LORD executes acts of righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. | 6The LORD continuously does what is right, executing justice for all who are being oppressed. |
| 7He revealed His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. | 7He revealed his plans to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel. |
| 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in faithful love. | 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love. |
| 9He will not always accuse us or be angry forever. | 9He does not maintain a dispute continuously or remain angry for all time. |
| 10He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve or repaid us according to our offenses. | 10He neither deals with us according to our sins, nor repays us equivalent to our iniquity. |
| 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him. | 11As high as heaven rises above earth, so his gracious love strengthens those who fear him. |
| 12As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. | 12As distant as the east is from the west, that is how far he has removed our sins from us. |
| 13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. | 13As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him. |
| 14For He knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust. | 14For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust. |
| 15As for man, his days are like grass-- he blooms like a flower of the field; | 15A person's life is like grass— it blossoms like wild flowers, |
| 16when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known. | 16but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was. |
| 17But from eternity to eternity the LORD's faithful love is toward those who fear Him, and His righteousness toward the grandchildren | 17Yet the LORD's gracious love remains throughout eternity for those who fear him and his righteous acts extend to their children's children, |
| 18of those who keep His covenant, who remember to observe His precepts. | 18to those who keep his covenant and to those who remember to observe his precepts. |
| 19The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. | 19The LORD has established his throne in heaven and his kingdom rules over all. |
| 20Praise the LORD, all His angels of great strength, who do His word, obedient to His command. | 20Bless the LORD, you angels who belong to him, you mighty warriors who carry out his commands, who are obedient to the sound of his words. |
| 21Praise the LORD, all His armies, His servants who do His will. | 21Bless the LORD, all his heavenly armies, his ministers who do his will. |
| 22Praise the LORD, all His works in all the places where He rules. My soul, praise Yahweh! | 22Bless the LORD, all his creation, in all the places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, my soul. |
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