Psalm 103:11
New International Version
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

New Living Translation
For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

English Standard Version
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

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

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

New King James Version
For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

New American Standard Bible
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.

NASB 1995
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

NASB 1977
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

Amplified Bible
For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].

Christian Standard Bible
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his faithful love toward those who fear him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because as Heaven is higher than the Earth, so has the grace of LORD JEHOVAH prevailed upon his worshipers.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.

Contemporary English Version
How great is God's love for all who worship him? Greater than the distance between heaven and earth!

Douay-Rheims Bible
For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As high as the heavens are above the earth- that is how vast his mercy is toward those who fear him.

Good News Translation
As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.

International Standard Version
As high as heaven rises above earth, so his gracious love strengthens those who fear him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.

Literal Standard Version
For as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, | His kindness has been mighty over those fearing Him.

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

New American Bible
For as the heavens tower over the earth, so his mercy towers over those who fear him.

NET Bible
For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

New Revised Standard Version
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

New Heart English Bible
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

Webster's Bible Translation
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him.

World English Bible
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

Young's Literal Translation
For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Bless the LORD, O My Soul
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him. 12As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.…

Cross References
Psalm 36:5
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Psalm 57:10
For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Psalm 115:11
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

Psalm 115:13
He will bless those who fear the LORD--small and great alike.

Psalm 117:2
For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!

Isaiah 55:9
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.


Treasury of Scripture

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

as the, etc.

Psalm 36:5
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Psalm 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Psalm 89:2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

his mercy

Psalm 103:17
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Luke 1:50
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

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Psalm 103
1. An exhortation to bless God for his mercy
5. And for the constancy thereof














(11) So great is his mercy toward.--Literally, Strong is his mercy upon (or, over). (Comp. Psalm 117:2.) The comparison in the first clause, and the use of this expression in Genesis 49:26 and 2Samuel 11:23, suggests as the right rendering here

For as the heaven is higher than the earth,

So far (above what was expected) for them fearing him prevails his mercy.

(For the same comparison, see Isaiah 55:7-9; and comp. Isaiah 38:17; Micah 7:19.) . . .

Verse 11. - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him (comp. Psalm 36:5, "Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds"). The metaphor is bold, yet inadequate; for God's mercy is infinite.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

as high
כִגְבֹ֣הַּ (ḵiḡ·ḇō·ah)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty

as the heavens
שָׁ֭מַיִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

are above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the earth,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

so great
גָּבַ֥ר (gā·ḇar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1396: To be strong, to prevail, act insolently

is His loving devotion
חַ֝סְדּ֗וֹ (ḥas·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

those who fear Him.
יְרֵאָֽיו׃ (yə·rê·’āw)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3373: Fearing, reverent


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