⁶ Yahweh does what is right and fair
    for all who are oppressed.
⁷         He let Moses know his ways.
        He let the Israelites know the things he had done.
⁸ Yahweh is compassionate, merciful, patient,
    and always ready to forgive.

⁹ He will not always accuse us of wrong
    or be angry with us forever.
¹⁰ He has not treated us as we deserve for our sins
    or paid us back for our wrongs.

¹¹ As high as the heavens are above the earth—
    that is how vast his mercy is toward those who fear him.
¹² As far as the east is from the west—
    that is how far he has removed our rebellious acts from himself.
¹³ As a father has compassion for his children,
    so Yahweh has compassion for those who fear him.

¹⁴ He certainly knows what we are made of.
    He bears in mind that we are dust.
¹⁵ Human life is as short-lived as grass.
    It blossoms like a flower in the field.
¹⁶ When the wind blows over the flower, it disappears,
    and there is no longer any sign of it.

¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting,
    Yahweh’s mercy is on those who fear him.
        His righteousness belongs
            to their children and grandchildren,
¹⁸ to those who are faithful to his promise,^[a]
    to those who remember to follow his guiding principles.
¹⁹ Yahweh has set his throne in heaven.
    His kingdom rules everything.

²⁰ Praise Yahweh, all his angels,
    you mighty beings who carry out his orders
        and are ready to obey his spoken orders.
²¹ Praise Yahweh, all his armies,
    his servants who carry out his will.
²² Praise Yahweh, all his creatures
    in all the places of his empire.
    Praise Yahweh, my soul!