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Psalms 103:11 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 103:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:119 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כִ/גְבֹ֣הַּkigəbōha
as is highpronH1361
be haughty · be high · lift up · mount up ···
שָׁ֭מַיִםšāmayim
heavennounH8064
astrologer · heaven
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
גָּבַ֥רgābar
it is strongverbH1396
confirm · be great · be mighty · prevail ···
חַ֝סְדּ֗/וֹḥasədwō
covenant loyalty hisnounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
עַלʿal
towardspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְרֵאָֽי/וyərēʾāyw
those fearing himadjH3373
fear
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:11

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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