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Forכִּיas the heightכִגְבֹהַּof the heavensשָׁמַיִםabove the earth,עַל הָאָרֶץso strongגָּבַרis his loyal loveחַסְדּוֹover those who fear him.עַל יְרֵאָיו
Psalms 103:11
Study it in the app“For as the height of the heavens above the earth, so strong is his loyal love over those who fear him.”
David compares God to a father who knows what we are made ofWho God IsAs far as east from west, he removes our wrongs from usForgiveness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 103:11, word by word
- as the heightגְבֹהַּgevoha
be high
To be or rise very high, above everything else.
Where else “gevoha” appears- of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- above the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- so strongגָּבַרgavar
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “gavar” appears- is his loyal loveחַסְדּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appears- over those who fear himיְרֵאָיyereay
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yereay” appears
The context
10Not according to our sins has he dealt with us, nor according to our iniquities has he repaid us.
11 · This verse (above)
12As far as the east is from the west, so far he has removed from us our transgressions.