---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 103
verse_count: 22
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 103, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 103

*An exhortation to praise God for his mercy. A Psalm of David.*

**1** Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
**2** Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits;
**3** Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
**4** Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;
**5** Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
**6** The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
**7** He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
**8** The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
**9** He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever.
**10** He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
**11** For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
**12** As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
**13** Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
**14** For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
**15** As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
**16** For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.
**17** But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
**18** To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
**19** The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
**20** Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
**21** Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his pleasure.
**22** Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion; bless the Lord, O my soul.