Psalms 103
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306811× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כֹּלkôlH36059× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- בָרַךְbârakH12886× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62135× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- אֵתʼêthH8535× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH11214× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- חֵסֵדchêçêdH26174× in this chapter
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33733× in this chapter
fearing; morally, reverent
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53153× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57693× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- דָּבָרdâbârH16972× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- זָכַרzâkarH21422× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- מָקוֹםmâqôwmH47252× in this chapter
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- עָוֺןʻâvônH57712× in this chapter
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66662× in this chapter
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- רָחַםrâchamH73552× in this chapter
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
- רָחַקrâchaqH73682× in this chapter
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80642× in this chapter
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- אָבʼâbH11× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12851× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- גָּאַלgâʼalH13501× in this chapter
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- גָּבַהּgâbahhH13611× in this chapter
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrH13681× in this chapter
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- גָּבַרgâbarH13961× in this chapter
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
- גְּמוּלgᵉmûwlH15761× in this chapter
treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
- גָּמַלgâmalH15801× in this chapter
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- חָדַשׁchâdashH23181× in this chapter
to be new; causatively, to rebuild
- חֵטְאchêṭᵉʼH23991× in this chapter
a crime or its penalty
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חַנּוּןchannûwnH25871× in this chapter
gracious
- חָצִירchâtsîyrH26821× in this chapter
grass; also a leek (collectively)
- טוֹבṭôwbH28961× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יוֹםyôwmH31171× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)