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Selected Verse: Psalms 103:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 103:11 |
Strong Concordance |
For as the heaven [08064] is high above [01361] the earth [0776], so great [01396] is his mercy [02617] toward them that fear [03373] him. |
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King James |
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| great--efficient. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For as the heaven is high above the earth - See the notes at Psa 57:10. Compare the notes at Isa 55:9. The literal translation of the phrase here would be, "For like the height of the heavens above the earth." The heavens - the starry heavens - are the highest objects of which we have any knowledge; and hence, the comparison is used to denote the great mercy of God - meaning that it is as great as can be conceived; that there is nothing beyond it; that we cannot imagine that it could be greater - as we can imagine nothing higher than the heavens.
So great is his mercy toward them that fear him - To those who reverence and serve him. That is, His mercy is thus great in forgiving their offences; in imparting grace; in giving them support and consolation. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
fear
Also (Psa 103:13);
(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The ingenious figures in Psa 103:11. (cf. Psa 36:6; Psa 57:11) illustrate the infinite power and complete unreservedness of mercy (loving-kindness). הרחיק has Gaja (as have also השׁחיתו and התעיבו, Psa 14:1; Psa 53:2, in exact texts), in order to render possible the distinct pronunciation of the guttural in the combination רח. Psa 103:13 sounds just as much like the spirit of the New Testament as Psa 103:11, Psa 103:12. The relationship to Jahve in which those stand who fear Him is a filial relationship based upon free reciprocity (Mal 3:11). His Fatherly compassion is (Psa 103:14) based upon the frailty and perishableness of man, which are known to God, much the same as God's promise after the Flood not to decree a like judgment again (Gen 8:21). According to this passage and Deu 31:21, יצרנוּ appears to be intended of the moral nature; but according to Psa 103:14, one is obliged to think rather of the natural form which man possesses from God the Creator (ויּיצר, Gen 2:7) than of the form of heart which he has by his own choice and, so far as its groundwork is concerned, by inheritance (Psa 51:7). In זכוּר, mindful, the passive, according to Bצttcher's correct apprehension of it, expresses a passive state after an action that is completed by the person himself, as in בּטוּה, ידוּע, and the like. In its form Psa 103:14 reminds one of the Book of Job Job 11:11; Job 28:23, and Psa 103:14 as to subject-matter recalls Job 7:7, and other passages (cf. Psa 78:39; Psa 89:48); but the following figurative representation of human frailty, with which the poet contrasts the eternal nature of the divine mercy as the sure stay of all God-fearing ones in the midst of the rise and decay of things here below, still more strongly recalls that book. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| So great - So much above their deserts and expectations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For as the heaven is high above the earth - Great and provoking as our crimes may have been, yet his mercies have, in their magnitude and number, surpassed these, as far as the heavens are elevated beyond the earth. |
9 For as the heavens [08064] are higher [01361] than the earth [0776], so are my ways [01870] higher [01361] than your ways [01870], and my thoughts [04284] than your thoughts [04284].
10 For thy mercy [02617] is great [01419] unto the heavens [08064], and thy truth [0571] unto the clouds [07834].
9 The fear [03374] of the LORD [03068] is clean [02889], enduring [05975] for ever [05703]: the judgments [04941] of the LORD [03068] are true [0571] and righteous [06663] altogether [03162].
13 Like as a father [01] pitieth [07355] his children [01121], so the LORD [03068] pitieth [07355] them that fear [03373] him.
48 What man [01397] is he that liveth [02421], and shall not see [07200] death [04194]? shall he deliver [04422] his soul [05315] from the hand [03027] of the grave [07585]? Selah [05542].
39 For he remembered [02142] that they were but flesh [01320]; a wind [07307] that passeth away [01980], and cometh not again [07725].
7 O remember [02142] that my life [02416] is wind [07307]: mine eye [05869] shall no more [07725] see [07200] good [02896].
14 For he knoweth [03045] our frame [03336]; he remembereth [02142] that we are dust [06083].
23 God [0430] understandeth [0995] the way [01870] thereof, and he knoweth [03045] the place [04725] thereof.
11 For he knoweth [03045] vain [07723] men [04962]: he seeth [07200] wickedness [0205] also; will he not then consider [0995] it?
14 For he knoweth [03045] our frame [03336]; he remembereth [02142] that we are dust [06083].
7 Purge [02398] me with hyssop [0231], and I shall be clean [02891]: wash [03526] me, and I shall be whiter [03835] than snow [07950].
7 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] man [0120] of the dust [06083] of [04480] the ground [0127], and breathed [05301] into his nostrils [0639] the breath [05397] of life [02416]; and man [0120] became a living [02416] soul [05315].
14 For he knoweth [03045] our frame [03336]; he remembereth [02142] that we are dust [06083].
21 And it shall come to pass, when many [07227] evils [07451] and troubles [06869] are befallen [04672] them, that this song [07892] shall testify [06030] against [06440] them as a witness [05707]; for it shall not be forgotten [07911] out of the mouths [06310] of their seed [02233]: for I know [03045] their imagination [03336] which they go about [06213], even now [03117], before I have brought [0935] them into the land [0776] which I sware [07650].
21 And the LORD [03068] smelled [07306] a sweet [05207] savour [07381]; and the LORD [03068] said [0559] in [0413] his heart [03820], I will not again [03254] curse [07043] the ground [0127] any more for man's [0120] sake [05668]; for the imagination [03336] of man's [0120] heart [03820] is evil [07451] from his youth [05271]; neither will I again [03254] smite [05221] any more every thing living [02416], as I have done [06213].
14 For he knoweth [03045] our frame [03336]; he remembereth [02142] that we are dust [06083].
11 And I will rebuke [01605] the devourer [0398] for your sakes, and he shall not destroy [07843] the fruits [06529] of your ground [0127]; neither shall your vine [01612] cast her fruit [07921] before the time in the field [07704], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
12 As far as [07368] the east [04217] is from the west [04628], so far hath he removed [07368] our transgressions [06588] from us.
11 For as the heaven [08064] is high above [01361] the earth [0776], so great [01396] is his mercy [02617] toward them that fear [03373] him.
13 Like as a father [01] pitieth [07355] his children [01121], so the LORD [03068] pitieth [07355] them that fear [03373] him.
2 God [0430] looked down [08259] from heaven [08064] upon the children [01121] of men [0120], to see [07200] if there were [03426] any that did understand [07919], that did seek [01875] God [0430].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm of David [01732]. The fool [05036] hath said [0559] in his heart [03820], There is no God [0430]. They are corrupt [07843], they have done abominable [08581] works [05949], there is none that doeth [06213] good [02896].
11 Be thou exalted [07311], O God [0430], above the heavens [08064]: let thy glory [03519] be above all the earth [0776].
6 Thy righteousness [06666] is like the great [0410] mountains [02042]; thy judgments [04941] are a great [07227] deep [08415]: O LORD [03068], thou preservest [03467] man [0120] and beast [0929].
11 For as the heaven [08064] is high above [01361] the earth [0776], so great [01396] is his mercy [02617] toward them that fear [03373] him.