103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; 1
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. 2
103:2 Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Do not forget all his kind deeds! 3
1 tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”
2 tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”
3 tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the
4 sn Jewish myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and 2 Tim 4:4.