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Psalm 103

Psa. 103:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For φas the heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
is high above
gabahh (Hebrew #1361)
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
KJV usage: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Pronounce: gaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, so great
gabar (Hebrew #1396)
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
KJV usage: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
Pronounce: gaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
is his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
toward them that fear
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
him.
φ
according to the height of heaven.

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Cross References

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as the, etc.
Heb. according to the height of heaven.
Psa. 36:5• 5O Jehovah, thy mercy [is] in the heavens,{HR}Thy truth [is] unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 57:10• 10For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens,{HR}And thy truth unto the clouds. (Psa. 57:10)
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Psa. 89:2• 2For I said, Forever shall mercy be built up;{HR}Thou wilt stablish thy faithfulness in the heavens. (Psa. 89:2)
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Job 22:12• 12[Is] not God [Eloah] in the height of the heavens?{HR}And see the top of the stars, how high they are! (Job 22:12)
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Prov. 25:3• 3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,{HR}And the heart of kings [is] unsearchable. (Prov. 25:3)
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Isa. 55:9• 9For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:9)
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Eph. 2:4‑7• 4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5even us being dead in our offences he quickened with the Christ (by grace are ye saved),
 6and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
 7that he might show forth in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:4‑7)
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Eph. 3:18‑19• 18being in love rooted and grounded that ye may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
 19and to know the love of the Christ that surpasseth knowledge, that ye may be filled to all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:18‑19)
his mercy.
Psa. 103:17• 17But the mercy of Jehovah [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him;{HR}And his righteousness [is] to sons of sons, (Psa. 103:17)
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Luke 1:50• 50and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (Luke 1:50)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great isd his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "so has prevailed."

W. Kelly Translation

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For, as height of heavens [is] above the earth,{HR}His lovingkindness is mighty over those that fear them.