11 Higher than the highest heavens— that’s how high your tender mercy extends! Greater than the grandeur of heaven above is the greatness of your loyal love, towering over all who fear you and bow down before you! 12 Farther than from a sunrise to a sunset— that’s how far you’ve removed our guilt from us. 13 The same way a loving father feels toward his children— that’s but a sample of your tender feelings toward us,[a] your beloved children, who live in awe of you.
Footnotes:
Psalm 103:13Or “like a father has deep compassion on his children.” The Hebrew word for “tender feelings” is raham, which is a homonym and can also be translated “womb.” Our Father carries you in his womb. What a beautiful word play that our Father has a mother’s nurturing love for his children.
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