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Psalms 103:11

in Psalms 103

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.

KJV

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

This verse in Psalms 103

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Boundless in extent towards his chosen is the mercy of the Lord; it is no more to be measured than the height of heaven or the heaven of heavens. "Like the height of the heavens" is the original language, which implies other points of comparison besides extent, and suggests sublimity, grandeur, and glory.

This site's exposition

nor harbor His anger forever

on Psalms 103:9-12

God's anger has an end, and He has held back the repayment the sins deserve. Two measures are given, height for the loving devotion and distance for the sin. The heavens stand above the earth, and east never reaches west.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֤יfor

    kiH35884482 times

  • כִגְבֹ֣הַּas is high

    khigvoahH136134 times

  • שָׁ֭מַיִםheaven

    shamayimH8064421 times

  • עַל־above

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth

    haaretzH7762504 times

  • גָּבַ֥רit is strong

    gavarH139625 times

  • חַ֝סְדּ֗וֹcovenant loyalty his

    chasdoH2617247 times

  • עַל־towards

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • יְרֵאָֽיו׃[those] fearing him

    yereavH337364 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 1:50

    His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 20:6

      but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 103:17–18

      But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

    • Genesis 17:7

      I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    • Psalms 118:4

      Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

    • Exodus 34:6–7

      Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

  • Through

    Psalms 36:5

    Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 100:5

      For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Psalms 57:10

    For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 108:4

      For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 36:5

      Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Where this verse is studied

About Psalms

Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 and Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David.