King James Version
Psalms 103:13 in the King James Version says “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 103 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”
Psalms 103:13 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Like as a father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“his children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“so the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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