Be Encouraged   

    

Praise the Lord, O my soul;

all my innermost being, praise his holy name.

...and forget not all his benefits - 

who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,

who satisfies your desires with good things

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, 

slow to anger, abounding in love.

He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever.

He does not treat us as our sins deserve 

or repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him...

As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him,

for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 

But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him,

and his righteousness with their children's children -

with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

Everywhere is his dominion.

Psalm 103

(David)