Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

¹ By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

² Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

³ who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

⁴ who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

⁵ who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶ Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

⁸ Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

⁹ He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

¹⁴ For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

¹⁶ For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷ But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,

¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹ Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

²¹ Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.

²² Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!