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Psalms 103:11-12

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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.

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[103:11]  1 tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

[103:11]  2 tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[103:12]  3 tn Heb “sunrise.”

[103:12]  4 tn Or “sunset.”

[103:12]  5 tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.



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