1 O my soul, bless your Redeemer;
  
all within me bless God's Name;
  
bless the Savior, and forget not
  
all God's mercies to proclaim.
2 God forgives all your transgressions,
  
all diseases gently heals;
  
God redeems you from destruction,
  
and with you so kindly deals.
3 Far as east from west is distant,
  
God has put away our sin;
  
like the pity of a father
  
has the Lord's compassion been.
4 As it was without beginning,
  
so it lasts without an end;
  
to their children's children ever
  
shall God's righteousness extend.
5 Unto such as keep God's cov’nant
  
and are steadfast in God's way;
  
unto those who still remember
  
the commandments and obey.
6 Bless your Maker, all you creatures,
  
ever under God's control,
  
all throughout God's vast dominion;
  
bless the LORD of all, my soul!
                        
The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition
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This psalm seems to invite hymns, this being the second one in this hymnal. Sadly, this hymnal doesn't contain a scripture index, so I can't tell if more are coming. We'll just have to wait and see.
  
    I was a part of a Plymouth Brethren splinter group back in the mid- to late 1970s that used to sing Psalm 103 from the NASB; I can still remember most of it and find myself occasionally singing it. Quite a powerful psalm.
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