| Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. | Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! |
| The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. | The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
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| As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
| As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. | As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. |
| 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. | But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
