For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
Psalm 103:13 - English Standard Version 2016 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. 更多版本King 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 steadfast love toward those who fear him;
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the Lord.
With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers?
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
“Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.