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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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Earth,
Heaven,
Mercy

Cross References

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as the, etc.
Heb. according to the height of heaven.
Psa. 36:5• 5Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 57:10• 10For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. (Psa. 57:10)
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Psa. 89:2• 2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. (Psa. 89:2)
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Job 22:12• 12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height 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, 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, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
 7That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:4‑7)
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Eph. 3:18‑19• 18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
 19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. (Eph. 3:18‑19)
his mercy.
Psa. 103:17• 17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 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 on them that fear him from generation to generation. (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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d
Lit. "so has prevailed."