Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 103:13 in other translations
| BSB | As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. |
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| WEB | Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. |
| ASV | Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. |
| YLT | As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him. |
| DARBY | As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. |
| BBE | As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers. |
| Webster | Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. |
What does Psalms 103:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 103:6-14
Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. He always has been full of compassion. How unlike are those to God, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! What would become of us, if God should deal so with us? The…
Psalms 103:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 103:13
- Luke 11:11-12
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
- Hebrews 12:5-11
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. …
- Luke 15:21-22
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
- Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
- Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
- Proverbs 3:12
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
- Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Malachi 3:16-17
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
- Psalms 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Matthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
- Psalms 103:11
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
- Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 103:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como el padre se compadece de los hijos, se compadece Jehová de los que le temen. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comme un père a compassion de ses fils, l’ Éternel a compassion de ceux qui le craignent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie ein Vater sich über die Kinder erbarmt, so erbarmt sich Jehova über die, welche ihn fürchten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Rigans montes de superioribus suis; de fructu operum tuorum satiabitur terra: |