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He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

103:11 heaven is high. The Lord, in picturing His infinite mercy, uses the infinite height of the heavens as the appropriate simile, thus predating the most modern concepts of observational astronomy.


103:12 east is from the west. Here is a second figure applied to the limitless scope of God’s forgiving grace. One can travel east (or west) forever without coming to its end. This perfectly fits the idea of a global earth.


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