For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy for those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13 - Tree of Life Version As a father has compassion on his children, so Adonai has compassion on those who fear Him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him [with reverence, worship, and awe]. American Standard Version (1901) Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. Common English Bible Like a parent feels compassion for their children— that’s how the LORD feels compassion for those who honor him. Catholic Public Domain Version You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: |
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy for those who fear Him.
But the mercy of Adonai is from everlasting to everlasting on those who revere Him, His righteousness to children’s children,
Adonai delights in those who revere Him, in those who trust in His lovingkindness.
For Adonai loves those He reproves, even as a father, the son in whom he delights.
Erect road markers, set up signposts! Set your heart toward the highway, the way by which you traveled! Return, O virgin Israel, return to your cities.
Hear the word of Adonai, O nations, and declare it in the distant islands, and say: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather and watch over him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
“Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I hate them into utter destruction, and break My covenant with them, for I am Adonai their God.
Did I conceive all these people, or did I give birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom just as the nurse carries an infant’—to the land You promised to their fathers?
For the pagans eagerly pursue all these things; yet your Father in heaven knows that you need all these.
“Therefore, pray in this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, sanctified be Your name.
Yeshua says to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father. Go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
“Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham and those among you who are God-fearers, it is to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars, in addition to a great many unwalled towns.