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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• 5Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 57:10• 10For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. (Psa. 57:10)
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Psa. 89:2• 2For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. (Psa. 89:2)
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Job 22:12• 12Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they! (Job 22:12)
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Prov. 25:3• 3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, 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, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
 6and has raised us up together, and has made us sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
 7that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:4‑7)
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Eph. 3:18‑19• 18in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height;
 19and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled even to all the fulness of God. (Eph. 3:18‑19)
his mercy.
Psa. 103:17• 17But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, (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."