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Ps 103:11 King James For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
great--efficient.
 
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9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.