Psalms 103:11

← Psalms 103:10	Psalms 103:11 (KJV)	Psalms 103:12 →
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For as the heaven^H8064 is high above^H1361 the earth^H776, so great^H1396 is his mercy^H2617 toward them that fear^H3373 him.

Original Hebrew

כִּי כִגְבֹהַּ מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ גָּבַר חַסְדֹּו עַל־יְרֵאָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
כִ/גְבֹ֣הַּ	khi/g.Vo.ah	H1361	HR/Vqc	as/ is high
שָׁ֭מַיִם	Sha.ma.yim	H8064	HNcmpa	heaven
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	above
הָ/אָ֑רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
גָּבַ֥ר	ga.Var	H1396	HVqp3ms	it is strong
חַ֝סְדּ֗/וֹ	chas.D/o	H2617	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	covenant loyalty/ his
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	towards
יְרֵאָֽי/ו	ye.re.'A/v	H3373	HAampc/Sp3ms	(those) fearing/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H1361 — גָּבַהּ (gâbahh, gaw-bah'): a primitive root; to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty; exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
H1396 — גָּבַר (gâbar, gaw-bar'): a primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently; exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
H3373 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): from יָרֵא; fearing; morally, reverent; afraid, fear (-ful).
H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

as the — Job 22:12, Psalms 36:5, Psalms 57:10, Psalms 89:2, Proverbs 25:3, Isaiah 55:9, Ephesians 2:4-7, Ephesians 3:18-19
his mercy — Psalms 103:17, Luke 1:50

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