103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,
so his loyal love towers 1 over his faithful followers. 2
103:12 As far as the eastern horizon 3 is from the west, 4
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions 5 from us.
103:14 For he knows what we are made of; 6
he realizes 7 we are made of clay. 8
1 tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.
2 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
3 tn Heb “sunrise.”
4 tn Or “sunset.”
5 tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.
6 tn Heb “our form.”
7 tn Heb “remembers.”
8 tn Heb “we [are] clay.”