Psalms 103:1

Psalms 103:1. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Come, my soul, wake up! Bestir thyself! Thou hast great work to do, such work as angels do for ever and ever before the throne. Let no power or faculty exempt itself from this divine service. Come, my memory, my will, my judgment, my intellect, my heart, all that in me is, be stirred up his holy name to magnify and bless. "Bless the Lord, O my soul," - for the music must begin deep down in the center of my being; it must be myself, my very self, that praises God.