Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 103:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”
Psalms 103:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For as the heaven is high above the earth, {so} great is his mercy toward them that fear him. {as...: Heb. according to the height of the heaven}
As far as the east is from the west, {so} far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we {are} dust.
{As for} man, his days {are} as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
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