KJV King James Version
Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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Psalm 103:13
Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
WEB World English Bible
Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
ASV American Standard Version
Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
Surrounding context — Psalm 103
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.
15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
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Luke 11:11-12If 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?Hebrews 12:5-11And 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:Luke 15:21-22And 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.Psalm 103:17But 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 3:12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.Jeremiah 31:9They 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 4:2But 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.Psalm 147:11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.Malachi 3:16-17Then 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.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.Isaiah 63:15-16Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?Psalm 103:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.Matthew 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.Acts 13:26Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.Numbers 11:12Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
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