103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; 1
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. 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.
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 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.