Psalm 103:8–17

8  oThe Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and †plenteous in mercy.

9  pHe will not always chide:

Neither will he qkeep his anger for ever.

10  rHe hath not dealt with us after our sins;

Nor srewarded us according to our iniquities.

11  tFor †as the heaven is high above the earth,

So ugreat is his mercy toward vthem that fear him.

12  As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he wremoved our transgressions from us.

13  xLike as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth vthem that fear him.

14  For he knoweth our yframe;

zHe remembereth that we are adust.

15  As for man, his days are as bgrass:

As a cflower of the field, so he bflourisheth.

16  For ccthe wind passeth over it, and †it is gone;

And dthe place thereof shall know it no more.

17  But ethe mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon vthem that fear him,

And his righteousness funto children’s children;