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Quiz about Psalm 103
Quiz about Psalm 103

Psalm 103 Trivia Quiz


Psalm 103, one of the Psalms of David, is in the Ketuvim section of the Torah. Can you fill in the missing words? (The translation I'm using is from the seventh edition of 'Forms of Prayer for Jewish Worship'.)

by Kankurette. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Kankurette
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4 mins
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420,945
Updated
Sep 15 25
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Bless the L-rd, my soul,
All that is in me, bless His holy name!
Bless the L-rd, my soul,
And forget none of His kind deeds.

He who pardons all your ,
Who heals all your ,
Who redeems your life from the pit of death,
Who surrounds you with love and compassion,
Who fills your old age with goodness,
Renewing your youth like an .

The L-rd does what is right,
Does justice to all the .
He made His ways known to ,
His great acts to the children of .

Tender and compassionate is the L-rd,
Slow to anger and full of .
Not for all time does He accuse,
Not forever does He keep His ,
Not according to our has He dealt with us,
Not according to our deceit has He treated us.

As high as the over the earth,
So great is His love over those who fear Him;
As far as the east from the ,
So far has He taken our misdeeds from us.

As a is tender to his children,
So the L-rd is tender to those who fear Him;
For it is He who knows our nature,
Remembers that we are .

Frail man, his days are like the ;
He blossoms like a flower in the field;
But the passes over it and it is gone
And its place knows it no more.

But the love of the L-rd lasts forever and ever
For those who Him,
And His loyalty to the children's children
Of those who keep His ,
Bearing His precepts in their mind, to do them.
The L-rd has set firm His throne in
And His kingdom rules over all.
Your Options
[breeze] [heaven] [Israel] [eagle] [west] [anger] [failings] [covenant] [dust] [oppressed] [Moses] [love] [father] [grass] [deceit] [sky] [suffering] [fear]

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
Answer:

From a Jewish perspective, Psalm 103 and its verses appear in different contexts. In my UK Reform synagogue, it would be read during the Yizkor (memorial) service on Yom Kippur.

Verse 1 ('Bless the L-rd, my soul,/All that is in me, bless His holy name!') appears in 'Nishmat Kol Chai', a prayer read on Shabbat.

Verses 2 ('Bless the L-rd, my soul,/And forget none of His kind deeds'), 10 ('Not according to our failings has He dealt with us,/Not according to our deceit has He treated us') and 13 ('As a father is tender to his children,/So the L-rd is tender to those who fear Him') are read during the Selichot, the prayers of pardon, during the High Holy Days and on fast days.

Verse 14 ('For it is He who knows our nature,/Remembers that we are dust') is recited during burial services. 'Remember that we are but dust' is a line that also occurs in 'Avinu Malkeinu', a prayer recited multiple times on Yom Kippur.

Verse 17 ('But the love of the L-rd lasts forever and ever/For those who fear Him,/And His loyalty to the children's children') is recited on the second day of Rosh Hashana, before the blessings.

In a Christian context, Psalm 103 is recited during the Office of Sunday readings as part of the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours (prayers used to mark hours of the day) in the second week. It is also one of the six psalms recited in Orthros, the early morning service, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

(There is more to this psalm, but I left it out for space reasons.)
Source: Author Kankurette

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