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Psalm 103:10-12
New English Translation
Psalm 103:10-12
New English Translation
10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve;[a]
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.[b]
11 For as the skies are high above the earth,
so his loyal love towers[c] over his faithful followers.[d]
12 As far as the eastern horizon[e] is from the west,[f]
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions[g] from us.
Footnotes
- Psalm 103:10 tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”
- Psalm 103:10 tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”
- Psalm 103:11 tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.
- Psalm 103:11 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
- Psalm 103:12 tn Heb “sunrise.”
- Psalm 103:12 tn Or “sunset.”
- Psalm 103:12 tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (peshaʿ, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.
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