By David.
1Praise Yahweh, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2Praise Yahweh, my soul,
and don’t forget all his benefits,
3who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases,
4who redeems your life from destruction,
who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
5who satisfies your desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6Yahweh executes righteous acts,
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the children of Israel.
8Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9He will not always accuse;
neither will he stay angry forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13Like a father has compassion on his children,
so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14For he knows how we are made.
He remembers that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.
17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,
his righteousness to children’s children,
18to those who keep his covenant,
to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.
His kingdom rules over all.
20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,
who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,
obeying the voice of his word.
21Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,
you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion.
Praise Yahweh, my soul!
References to the prophet and lawgiver Moses are found over 1,000 times in the Bible, demonstrating his importance in biblical history. His life ranges from being a baby hidden by his mother from the death decree ordered by the Pharoah of Egypt (Exod 2:2, 3) to his death on Mt. Nebo in Jordan (Deut 34:1, 6), not far from his brother Aaron on Mt. Ebal (Deut 10:6).
Moses was the son of Amram and Jochebed (Hebrews in Egyptian slavery). He was a descendant of Levi and brother of Aaron and Miriam. His wife's name was Zipporah, through whom was born Gershom and Eliezer. He is most known as the lawgiver of the Jews and the miracle worker in Egypt, responsible for the freeing of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt.
Moses was brought up in Egypt in the royal house (trained in all the ways of the Egyptians, Exod ), but afterwards the killing of an Egyptian who was beating an Israelite, he fled Egypt, staying in the desert with Jethro, a priest of Midian. Moses afterward married Zipporah, a daughter of Jethro, from whom was born Moses' first son, Gershom.
Several years later, Moses encountered Yahweh, the God of Israel, who appeared to Moses in a burning bush, revealed His personal name (see Exod ) and told Moses to return to Egypt, showing miraculous signs to the Pharoah, demanding the release of the Israelites from bondage.
For more information on Moses, see Joan Comay and Ronald Brownrigg, Who's Who in the Bible: The Old Testament and The Apocrypha, The New Testament, Two Volumes in One (New York: Bonanza Books, 1980), pp. 270-289; Herbert Lockyer, All the Men of the Bible and All the Women of the Bible, Two Books in One (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1958, 1967), pp. 246-248; Biographies of Bible Characters, People and characters in the Bible. https://www.encinardemamre.com/en/Biographies/M.html