Psalm 103:8-17

English Standard Version

⁸The Lord is ^(A)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹^(B)He will not always chide,
    nor will he ^(C)keep his anger forever.
¹⁰He does not deal with us ^(D)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For ^(E)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(F)steadfast love toward ^(G)those who fear him;
¹²as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(H)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³As ^(I)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(J)to those who fear him.
¹⁴For he knows our frame;^[a]
    he ^(K)remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like ^(L)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(M)a flower of the field;
¹⁶for ^(N)the wind passes over it, and ^(O)it is gone,
    and ^(P)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷But ^(Q)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^(R)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to ^(S)children's children,