Psalms 103
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Psalms 103:6-18

6The Lord 1performs 2righteous deeds And judgments for all who are 3oppressed.7He 4made known His ways to Moses, His 5deeds to the sons of Israel.8The Lord is 6compassionate and gracious, 7Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.9He 8will not always contend with us, Nor will He 9keep His anger forever.10He has 10not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.11For as high 11as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who 12fear Him.12As far as the east is from the west, So far has He 13removed our wrongdoings from us.13Just 14as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who 15fear Him.14For 16He Himself knows 17our form; He 18is mindful that we are nothing but 19dust.

15As for man, his days are 20like grass; Like a 21flower of the field, so he flourishes.16When the 22wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its 23place no longer knows about it.17But the 2425mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who 26fear Him, And His justice 27to the children’s children,18To 28those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts, so as to do them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 103:6 Ps 99:4; 146:7 ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 103:6 Or deeds of vindication ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 103:6 Ps 12:5 ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 103:7 Ex 33:13; Ps 99:7; 147:19 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 103:7 Ps 78:11; 106:22 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 103:8 Ex 34:6; Num 14:18; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; Jon 4:2; James 5:11 ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 103:8 Ps 145:8; Joel 2:13; Nah 1:3 ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 103:9 Ps 30:5; Is 57:16 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 103:9 Jer 3:5, 12; Mic 7:18 ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 103:10 Ezra 9:13; Lam 3:22 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 103:11 Ps 36:5; 57:10 ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 103:11 Or revere ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 103:12 2 Sam 12:13; Is 38:17; 43:25; Zech 3:9; Heb 9:26 ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 103:13 Mal 3:17 ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 103:13 Or revere ↩
  16. 16. Psalms 103:14 Is 29:16 ↩
  17. 17. Psalms 103:14 I.e., what we are made of ↩
  18. 18. Psalms 103:14 Ps 78:39 ↩
  19. 19. Psalms 103:14 Gen 3:19; Eccl 12:7 ↩
  20. 20. Psalms 103:15 Ps 90:5; Is 40:6; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
  21. 21. Psalms 103:15 Job 14:2; James 1:10, 11 ↩
  22. 22. Psalms 103:16 Is 40:7 ↩
  23. 23. Psalms 103:16 Job 7:10; 8:18; 20:9 ↩
  24. 24. Psalms 103:17 Or faithfulness ↩
  25. 25. Psalms 103:17 Ps 25:6 ↩
  26. 26. Psalms 103:17 Or revere ↩
  27. 27. Psalms 103:17 Ex 20:6; Deut 5:10; Ps 105:8 ↩
  28. 28. Psalms 103:18 Deut 7:9; Ps 25:10 ↩

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