Psalm 102

Thanksgiving to God for his mercies.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 103, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 102.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 For David himself.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.
3 Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.
5 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.
7 He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.
13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:
14 For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:
15 Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.
16 For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,
18 To such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his commandments to do them.
19 The lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.
20 Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.
21 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.
22 Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Ipsi David.

Benedic, anima mea, Domino,
et omnia quæ intra me sunt nomini sancto ejus.
2 Benedic, anima mea, Domino,
et noli oblivisci omnes retributiones ejus.
3 Qui propitiatur omnibus iniquitatibus tuis;
qui sanat omnes infirmitates tuas:
4 qui redimit de interitu vitam tuam;
qui coronat te in misericordia et miserationibus:
5 qui replet in bonis desiderium tuum;
renovabitur ut aquilæ juventus tua:
6 faciens misericordias Dominus,
et judicium omnibus injuriam patientibus.
7 Notas fecit vias suas Moysi;
filiis Israël voluntates suas.
8 Miserator et misericors Dominus:
longanimis, et multum misericors.
9 Non in perpetuum irascetur,
neque in æternum comminabitur.
10 Non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis,
neque secundum iniquitates nostras retribuit nobis.
11 Quoniam secundum altitudinem cæli a terra,
corroboravit misericordiam suam super timentes se;
12 quantum distat ortus ab occidente,
longe fecit a nobis iniquitates nostras.
13 Quomodo miseretur pater filiorum,
misertus est Dominus timentibus se.
14 Quoniam ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum;
recordatus est quoniam pulvis sumus.
15 Homo, sicut fœnum dies ejus;
tamquam flos agri, sic efflorebit:
16 quoniam spiritus pertransibit in illo, et non subsistet,
et non cognoscet amplius locum suum.
17 Misericordia autem Domini ab æterno,
et usque in æternum super timentes eum.
Et justitia illius in filios filiorum,
18 his qui servant testamentum ejus,
et memores sunt mandatorum ipsius ad faciendum ea.
19 Dominus in cælo paravit sedem suam,
et regnum ipsius omnibus dominabitur.
20 Benedicite Domino, omnes angeli ejus:
potentes virtute, facientes verbum illius,
ad audiendam vocem sermonum ejus.
21 Benedicite Domino, omnes virtutes ejus;
ministri ejus, qui facitis voluntatem ejus.
22 Benedicite Domino, omnia opera ejus:
in omni loco dominationis ejus,
benedic, anima mea, Domino.

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