Mazmur 103:8

103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;

he is patient ¹  and demonstrates great loyal love. ² 

Mazmur 103:10-11

103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; ³ 

he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. ⁴ 

103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers ⁵  over his faithful followers. ⁶ 

[103:8]  ¹ tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Ps 86:15).

[103:8]  ² tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Ps 86:15).

[103:10]  ³ tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”

[103:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”

[103:11]  ⁵ tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

[103:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “those who fear him.”