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10 He does not treat us as our sins deserve
    or repay us according to our offenses.
11 As high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his kindness toward those who fear him.[a]
12 As far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 103:11 Kindness: see note on 6:5. Those who fear him: see note on Ps 15:2-5.
  2. Psalm 103:12 God places a huge gulf between his faithful and their sins, extending, as it were, from one end of the earth to the other (see Isa 1:18; 43:25; Jer 31:34; 50:20; Mic 7:18f).