Psalm 103:8–18

⁸The LORD is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

⁹He will not always accuse us,

nor harbor His anger forever.

¹⁰He has not dealt with us according to our sins

or repaid us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,

so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

¹³As a father has compassion on his children,

so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

¹⁴For He knows our frame;

He is mindful that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass—

he blooms like a flower of the field;

¹⁶when the wind passes over, it vanishes,

and its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷But from everlasting to everlasting

the loving devotion of the LORD

extends to those who fear Him,

and His righteousness to their children’s children —

¹⁸to those who keep His covenant

and remember to obey His precepts.