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(By Davina.) Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise her holy name!
Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all her benefits;
who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
She made known her ways to Moses, her deeds to the children of Israel.
Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
She will not always accuse; neither will she stay angry forever.
She has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is her loving kindness toward those who fear her.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has she removed our transgressions from us.
Like a mother has compassion on her children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear her.
For she knows how we are made. She remembers that we are dust.
As for woman, her days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so she flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear her, her righteousness to children's children;
to those who keep her covenant, to those who remember to obey her precepts.
Yahweh has established her throne in the heavens. Her kingdom rules over all.
Praise Yahweh, you angels of her, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill her word, obeying the voice of her word.
Praise Yahweh, all you armies of her, you servants of her, who do her pleasure.
Praise Yahweh, all you works of her, in all places of her dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!