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12 How far is the east from the west?
    The Lord has taken our sins further away than that!
    He no longer says that we are guilty.
13 As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us.
    He is kind to people who worship him.
14 He knows that we are weak humans.
    He remembers that he used dust to make us.

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12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions(A) from us.

13 As a father has compassion(B) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,(C)
    he remembers that we are dust.(D)

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