Psalms 103:13

“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”

King James Version (KJV)


Other Translations for Psalms 103:13

Like as a father pitieth his children: so the Lord pitieth them that feare him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Just as a father has compassion on {his} children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
- American Standard Version (1901)

As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
- Basic English Bible

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
- Darby Bible

Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
- English Revised Version

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Psalms 103:13

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 103:13


103:11 So great - So much above their deserts and expectations.

103:14 Knoweth - The weakness and mortality of our natures, and the frailty of our condition, so that if he should let loose his hand upon us, we should be irrecoverably destroyed.


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