For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.